Baby Safety

7 Tips for Baby Proofing Your Home

Guest Post by Blake Fields. 

You’ve been anticipating, for months, the birth of your child and it’s finally time to bring home the newest addition to your family. In addition to decorating the nursery, searching for deals on clothing that can survive a spit-up attack, and stocking up on cloth diapers, you’ll want to make sure your home is baby proofed to keep your infant – and soon-to-be toddler – safe. While you can find coupons and deals in most parenting magazines, keeping your baby safe should be your number one priority.

Every year in the United States, around 22 million children are injured inside their homes and in their yards. Nine out of ten of these accidents can be prevented if you practice household safety. You want to start babyproofing your home in the nursery, but be aware of other dangerous locations in your home. If there is a potentially deadly spot in your house, your baby will find it – once he starts crawling around. So, always be on guard and keep your baby safe at all times.

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Green Living: How to Choose Non-Toxic Toys for Your Baby

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This is a Guest Post.  Choosing eco-conscious toys for your baby allows you to not only help your own family, but help the planet as well. Evaluate a toy before you buy, and consider the material the toy is made from, the workmanship or design and basic safety compliance before you make the purchase. Buying [...]

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Keeping Baby Safe Outdoors: 5 Baby Safety Tips

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Summer is the time for splashing in the pool, feeling the cool grass blades between your toes, and playing outside. If you’re introducing your baby to her first summer, you’ll want to keep her happy, but safe. Make sure that you follow these five tips for the safest summer adventures with your baby. 1. Slather [...]

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Why a Bare Crib is the Safest Place for Baby

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Guest post by Authors, Dr. Rachel Y. Moon, M.D. and Dr. Fern R. Hauck, M.D., M.S. When you’re expecting, it’s easy to be charmed by the dozens of different suggestions for decorating the nursery. Magazines, catalogs, web sites and baby boutiques display what seems like every possible theme for bumpers, comforter covers, changing table pads [...]

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Ear Piercing in Babies: Should You Pierce Her Ears?

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Should you pierce your baby’s ears? Learn the pros and cons of the ear piercing debate, why some parents decide to wait, what pediatricians have to say, and tips to care for your baby’s newly pierced ears.

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Study: 80 Percent of All Baby Products Are Potentially Toxic

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Children can’t live and thrive in a plastic bubble environment. Germs exist in our world, as do chemicals and carcinogens. That is the sad reality. As parents, we do our best to protect our kids, but some things are out of our control. Take a scary new finding just released this week – 80 percent [...]

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Baby Wearing Safety – Tips to Keep Your Baby Safe

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Baby wearing has gotten a bad rep in recent years, due to all the baby sling recalls and infant suffocation cases. This shouldn’t deter you from baby wearing, though. In many of these cases, parents were not wearing their baby correctly and not reading the sling instructions. Baby wearing is safe when it’s properly done [...]

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