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.
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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"
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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.
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With all the cooking going on it is important to keep a close eye on the little ones and the stove/oven!
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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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ReplyDeletealways make sure the baby is fully secured in their car seat
ReplyDeleteKeeping grapes out of hands reach for kids - otherwise they should be cut up!
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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.
ReplyDeleteThis 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.
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The car seat tip is very important and something that I never thought of before.
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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
ReplyDelete"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."
ReplyDeletei think this tip is something important I might forget myself
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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.
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This one is the most important. I'm always afraid my son is going to touch the stove!
ReplyDeleteEnsure 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!
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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
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ReplyDeleteI never thought about foods such as grapes being left on the table within reach of small children...great safety tip!
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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!
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I think the Foods like grapes or tomatoes left out on a low table can become choking hazards is the most important one.
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I think the tip about making sure the car seat is buckled is very important!
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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.
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make sure poisonous plants are not in reach of children and pets
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The stove, I'm always paranoid and worried about that one.
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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.
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ReplyDeleteI like the tip of keeping small good items that could pose a chocking hazard out of children's reach.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
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The gate by far.
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I like the buckled up in carseat whether your in the car or not!
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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.
ReplyDeletethe choking hazard food, my aunt did this and i had to move almost all her appetizers
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ReplyDeleteall great tips...but i really like the one about not having lit candles on the tables...what a huge disaster that could be!
ReplyDeleteI think the tip for not putting lighted candles on tablecloths is the most important
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I never thought about this..when not in the car.
ReplyDelete•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.
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Asking hosts to not put out lighted candles :)
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The tip about finger foods being choking hazards.
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try to use the back burners as much as possible.
ReplyDeleteI like the fridge lock tip, that is something I currently don't use.
ReplyDeleteFor 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.
ReplyDeletei think the stove knob covers is a really good and important tip
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ReplyDeleteAs 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.
ReplyDeletei think its important to not put lighted candles on a table cloth or anything else that a child could pull down.
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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
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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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