Keeping Babies and Children Safe
With a baby or young child in your family, you know there is nothing more important than safety. Whether you're a parent or a child caregiver, there are steps you can take to keep babies and children safe. Follow these general safety rules.
- Use safe playgrounds.
- Use gates on stairs.
- Always supervise children in or near water.
- Buckle up.
- Never keep guns in any child care setting.
- Call the poison control center if you think a child has been poisoned.
- Post emergency numbers next to your telephone.
Take an American Red Cross course in first aid and infant/child CPR. Make sure that others caring for your children are certified as well, and make sure that if you have a babysitter, they have taken the American Red Cross Babysitter's Training Course. Contact the Central Illinois Chapter for more information.