Safe For Kids! BEDROOMS/PLAYROOMS While all areas of the home should be inspected for safety, bedrooms and playrooms should be especially free of dangers that could harm infants and toddlers.These tips and guidelines will help you ensure that your baby or young child has a safe place of his or her own. • Use cordless window coverings to prevent strangulation. • Plug in cool nightlights away from curtains and bedding. • Use toy chests/boxes and other furniture designed for children, with removable lids (no hinges). • Cribs should be assembled according to the manufacturer’s directions using hardware provided by the manufacturer. • Secure dressers, changing tables, and other furniture to the walls to prevent tipping. • Add child-proof latches/locks on all drawers, doors, and cabinets. • Put all toys away after use and keep the ��oors free of obstacles, especially at night. • Install a smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector outside the bedroom door. • The child’s bedroom door should not have a lock on it. • Place cribs, beds, and other furniture away from windows. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE Babies and toddlers are curious, and they often like to explore – which frequently means climbing up, on, under, and into pieces of furniture throughout your home. Follow these guidelines to help ensure that young children and infants are safe around furniture. • Follow all manufacturer instructions when assembling furniture on your own – or opt to have it professionally assembled. • Use brackets to secure bookcases, hutches, media towers, dressers, armoires, and other tall furniture to prevent tipping. • Mount ��at-screen TVs and place older CRT televisions on low, stable surfaces. • Cushion or cover sharp corners to protect against pokes, scrapes, and scratches. • Inspect beneath furniture and between cushions for small or dangerous objects, such as coins, pins, paperclips, etc. • Remove or hide objects (toys, treats, etc.) that may tempt children to climb on furniture. • Keep furniture away from windows so that children cannot reach cords or fall out open windows. • Check furniture for jagged edges, splinters, nails, staples, or other sharp, protruding pieces. Bridget Stack has a background in marketing, social media, and journalism. She previously worked for numerous national brands, and she now focuses her passion for research on protecting consumers.
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