I love this time of year. It's so great getting to spend time with the ones we love. Unfortunately though, it's also a busy time of year. That's why Safety 1st and Consumer Safety Expert Julie Vallese have kindly put together some helpful tips to keep our little ones safe from hidden hazards in the kitchen and beyond.
Tips to keep your child safe this holiday season:
- Attending a holiday party? Foods like grapes or tomatoes left out on a low table can become choking hazards. Speak with your host to see if these can be put out of your child’s reach.
- Ask that your host not put lighted candles on a table cloth or anything else that a child could pull down.
- For infants, make sure your child is always buckled in their car seat, even when not in the car. You never know who will pick up a car seat with a sleeping baby and you don’t want to risk your child slipping out.
- As family and friends come and go from your house child safety gates may be left open. Always make sure you, a family member or a friend is always watching your child.
- Ensure that your stove has knob covers to protect kids from turning it on and off as you cook. As an added safety measure, try to use the back burners as much as possible.
- Opening and shutting the fridge as you make your holiday meal? A fridge lock makes it difficult for your child to open, but still convenient for mom or dad.
You can check out more tips from Julie, and videos on the Safety 1st Facebook page as well! I know I will be, as I really thought the ones above were great points and sometimes things we look over when we're busy with the busyness if the season. The choking hazard one hit home especially, as my kids are all fairly young, and like to grab food that sits out at family gatherings this time of year.
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Your tip-As family and friends come and go from your house child safety gates may be left open. Always make sure you, a family member or a friend is always watching your child is a very good one. The minute one of our gates are down she makes a beeline for the stairs.
Electric outlets, esp for smaller kids. We keep the house simple, no decorations or anything babies or toddlers can pull on, get wrapped in etc. We even close the fireplace with a special gate.
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"Attending a holiday party? Foods like grapes or tomatoes left out on a low table can become choking hazards. Speak with your host to see if these can be put out of your child’s reach"
Very good tip!
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this is a great tip As family and friends come and go from your house child safety gates may be left open. Always make sure you, a family member or a friend is always watching your child.
The perfect fit gate. Its so busy during the holidays with people coming in and out that they forget to close the gate and my babies can get into everything. great tip. amypugmire@live.com
Keep lighted candles up high
I think the car seat tip is most important.
jjak2003 at gmail dot com
With all the cooking going on it is important to keep a close eye on the little ones and the stove/oven!
j1man1r66@etex.net
I think the stove one is important, always worries me that they will be able to hurt themselves with the oven.
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the stove is most concerning for me.
Remember poinsettias are poisonous!
always make sure the baby is fully secured in their car seat
Keeping grapes out of hands reach for kids - otherwise they should be cut up!
I like all of these but also find it necessary to have cabinet locks. We sometimes forget what is stored underneath our cabinets.
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Tip: Foods like grapes or tomatoes left out on a low table can become choking hazards. Speak with your host to see if these can be put out of your child’s reach.
This is especially important this year since my daughter is only 18 months and puts everything in her mouth. It would be so easy to choke on these and other small foods.
•Ensure that your stove has knob covers to protect kids from turning it on and off as you cook. As an added safety measure, try to use the back burners as much as possible.
Safety 1st Clear View Stove Knob Covers, are so important, with all the cooking. Molly Bussler meoleme@yahoo.com
Ensure that your stove has knob covers to protect kids from turning it on and off as you cook. As an added safety measure, try to use the back burners as much as possible.
i want the stove covers.-- we need locks on the doors
vanitizebaby at yahoo dot com
The car seat tip is very important and something that I never thought of before.
Paula Michele Hafner
The car seat tip is so important. I have seen so many kids topple out of their seats because the parents didn't strap them in
"For infants, make sure your child is always buckled in their car seat, even when not in the car. You never know who will pick up a car seat with a sleeping baby and you don’t want to risk your child slipping out."
i think this tip is something important I might forget myself
Foods like grapes or tomatoes left out on a low table can become choking hazards. Speak with your host to see if these can be put out of your child’s reach
carawling(at)hotmail(dot)com
I think the tip to avoid leaving small food such as grapes within reach of a little one is the most applicable to my life.
leave small objects up high
these are all really great tips and reminders for us to be safe!!
I love the stove covers!
onecheaplady@yahoo.com
This one is the most important. I'm always afraid my son is going to touch the stove!
Ensure that your stove has knob covers to protect kids from turning it on and off as you cook. As an added safety measure, try to use the back burners as much as possible.
my tip is to take it easy and relax, you cant enjoy the holidays if your a big ball of stress running around trying to do too much!
keep plants out of the reach o children.
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i like the tip to always have your child buckled when in their car seat, even if not in the car
I need the fridge lock! My kids are in there too much, haha!
I never thought about foods such as grapes being left on the table within reach of small children...great safety tip!
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to me the For infants, make sure your child is always buckled in their car seat, even when not in the car. You never know who will pick up a car seat with a sleeping baby and you don’t want to risk your child slipping out, tip is important. especially with bad waether this time of year, cant be too careful
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I think the car seat tip is the most important. Thanks so much for the fantastic giveaway and happy New Year!
Reneewalters3@yahoo.com
I think the Foods like grapes or tomatoes left out on a low table can become choking hazards is the most important one.
winit6@hotmail.com
I think the tip about making sure the car seat is buckled is very important!
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car seat tips are important - especially with family around and moving car seat from car to car
The tips about choking hazards.
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This tip: Attending a holiday party? Foods like grapes or tomatoes left out on a low table can become choking hazards. Speak with your host to see if these can be put out of your child’s reach.
We go visit a lot of family and friends during the holidays and you don't always prepare for what other people have in their homes
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make sure poisonous plants are not in reach of children and pets
vmkids3 at msn dot com
The stove, I'm always paranoid and worried about that one.
The most important is to ensure your child is buckled in their car seat.
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I like this tip:Ask that your host not put lighted candles on a table cloth or anything else that a child could pull down.
Everyone needs to watch their children more closely!
I like the tip of keeping small good items that could pose a chocking hazard out of children's reach.
I think they're all great, but I think the one about foods such as grapes or tomatoes is really a good one, because I think it's one that's most often overlooked.
beckytag618 at gmail dot com
The gate by far.
With my son I worry most about the stairs, so the gate would be my choice.
to have a holly jolly christmas you just have to believe. its all about attitude
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I like the buckled up in carseat whether your in the car or not!
jofo120 at yahoo dot com
I think this one For infants, make sure your child is always buckled in their car seat, even when not in the car. You never know who will pick up a car seat with a sleeping baby and you don’t want to risk your child slipping out.
the choking hazard food, my aunt did this and i had to move almost all her appetizers
Foods like grapes or tomatoes left out on a low table can become choking hazards.
all great tips...but i really like the one about not having lit candles on the tables...what a huge disaster that could be!
I think the tip for not putting lighted candles on tablecloths is the most important
Foods like grapes or tomatoes left out on a low table can become choking hazards. Speak with your host to see if these can be put out of your child’s reach.
keeping lit candles up high
sarahurick(at)comcast(dot)net
I never thought about this..when not in the car.
•For infants, make sure your child is always buckled in their car seat, even when not in the car. You never know who will pick up a car seat with a sleeping baby and you don’t want to risk your child slipping out.
Ensure that your stove has knob covers to protect kids from turning it on and off as you cook. As an added safety measure, try to use the back burners as much as possible.
So many accidents happen in the kitchen with small children that can easily be prevented :)
Asking hosts to not put out lighted candles :)
ktgonyea at gmail.com
The tip about finger foods being choking hazards.
candles on a table cloth is a good tip
ardy22 at earthlink dot net
try to use the back burners as much as possible.
I like the fridge lock tip, that is something I currently don't use.
For infants, make sure your child is always buckled in their car seat, even when not in the car. You never know who will pick up a car seat with a sleeping baby and you don’t want to risk your child slipping out.
i think the stove knob covers is a really good and important tip
Ask that your host not put lighted candles on a table cloth or anything else that a child could pull down.
The tip about candles. With all the wrapping paper and decorations-a fire would be disastrous. dpschad at yahoo dot com
I like this tip:
As family and friends come and go from your house child safety gates may be left open. Always make sure you, a family member or a friend is always watching your child.
Keeping baby safe from lit candles and buckled in their infant seat- both really good tips.
i think its important to not put lighted candles on a table cloth or anything else that a child could pull down.
"•For infants, make sure your child is always buckled in their car seat, even when not in the car. You never know who will pick up a car seat with a sleeping baby and you don’t want to risk your child slipping out."
the stove knob covers and the choking hazards!
jagar0047 at yahoo dot com
I think the car seat is most important. During this time of year, it is easy for people to get distracted and not pay attention to what they are doing or remember what they have (or haven't) done
All great tips, but really love this one: "•Ask that your host not put lighted candles on a table cloth or anything else that a child could pull down."
I like the one about asking your host not to put lighted candles on the table!
I like the one about making sure to watch your child because people will leave the gates open.
Perfect Fit Gate.
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The stove knob covers are super important because I'm cooking a lot this time of year.
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