Safety alert! When traveling, many parents put their infants to bed in unsafe positions or locations, increasing the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and other injuries. 1. Safe sleeping arrangements are often difficult to duplicate away from home. Until infants are one year of age they should be put to bed on their […]
Winter Driving / Safety / Infants / Car Seats
January 3, 2016 by
Comments on our most recent article: Winter Driving/Safety/Infants/Car seats We have the greatest readers – and they keep us on our toes! Many are experts on various aspects of keeping kids healthy and safe for travel and outdoor activities, which is our focus. Within eight hours of posting our latest article, we heard from three […]
Infants/Baby carriers/Hazards
August 16, 2013 by
Warning: Carrying infants in baby carriers can be hazardous for both infants and adult carriers. Problems arise when parents wear carriers incorrectly, are unaware that carriers are particularly dangerous for certain infants, and parents cannot be notified when infant carriers are recalled for newly found defects, says the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Here […]
Children / car seats
April 7, 2013 by
Keeping young kids safe and comfortable in car seats is ever more complicated. The seats are becoming more sophisticated, costly and difficult to install correctly, and are subject to frequent recalls and changes in height/weight and facing forward/facing backward issues. Complicating matters even further, thousands of children are injured each year due to the misuse […]
Driving/Distractions from Children
February 8, 2013 by
Crying infants and unruly children may be greater distractions for a driver who is the only adult in a car than are texting or using a cell phone. Undisciplined and unrestrained pets also present problems. 1. Driver distraction causes 80% of crashes and 65% of near-crashes. Surveys show that children are four times as distracting […]
New Recommendations for Infant Car Safety Seats
May 19, 2011 by
Just when you thought that you knew all you had to know about children’s car safety seats, the experts come up with a slew of new recommendations, forcing you to rethink what you were sure that you already knew. 1. The new recommendations: Children should ride in rear-facing safety seats until they are two years […]
Health Alert: Infants/Car Seats/Hazardous Away from Cars
June 16, 2010 by
Infant cars seats – when infants are aboard – belong strapped into the back seat of cars where they prevent injuries and save lives. They do NOT belong on beds, couches, chairs or kitchen counters, says the American Academy of Pediatrics. Car seats are not totally stable when standing alone. Sometimes they are accidentally tipped […]
