Keeping Your Grandchildren Safe in Your Care
A few years may have passed since you have been responsible for a baby or young child. Here are some guidelines for safeguarding your grandchildren in your home and in your car.
Do Swimming Lessons Keep Children Safe in the Water?
What protective value do swimming lessons have for children under age 4? What safety measures need to be practiced at all ages?
What protective value do swimming lessons have for children under age 4? What safety measures need to be practiced at all ages?
Is It Safe for My Grandchildren to Swim Underwater and Practice Breath Holding?
Maybe you've seen the signs at some swimming pools, "No Prolonged Underwater Swimming Or Breath Holding." When you take your grandchildren swimming, is this a rule you should enforce?
Maybe you've seen the signs at some swimming pools, "No Prolonged Underwater Swimming Or Breath Holding." When you take your grandchildren swimming, is this a rule you should enforce?
When Is It Safe for My Grandchildren to Use a Hot Tub?
Grandparents who own hot tubs or spas need to know at what age their grandchildren can be allowed to get in. Children in hot tubs are at risk because their bodies do not get rid of heat easily.
Grandparents who own hot tubs or spas need to know at what age their grandchildren can be allowed to get in. Children in hot tubs are at risk because their bodies do not get rid of heat easily.
Relationship Between Grandparent Care and SIDS
Certain factors put infants at higher risk of SIDS, and about one fifth of all SIDS deaths occur while infants are in the care of someone other than parents. Caregivers, perhaps grandparents in particular, need to know the ways to reduce the risk of SIDS.
Certain factors put infants at higher risk of SIDS, and about one fifth of all SIDS deaths occur while infants are in the care of someone other than parents. Caregivers, perhaps grandparents in particular, need to know the ways to reduce the risk of SIDS.
Swimming and Pool Safety
Giving swimming lessons to kids under four isn't an effective way of preventing drowning. Far better is the "layers of protection" safety program recommended by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Giving swimming lessons to kids under four isn't an effective way of preventing drowning. Far better is the "layers of protection" safety program recommended by the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Back to Sleep: Preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Many grandparents remember that we were told to put our babies to sleep on their stomachs. Today pediatricians recommend that babies be put to sleep on their backs to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Many grandparents remember that we were told to put our babies to sleep on their stomachs. Today pediatricians recommend that babies be put to sleep on their backs to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Hidden Dangers and Child Safety
Parents and grandparents know about keeping kids safe in cars and in the water but may not realize the dangers associated with escalators, shopping carts and bounce houses.
Parents and grandparents know about keeping kids safe in cars and in the water but may not realize the dangers associated with escalators, shopping carts and bounce houses.