Falling children

Many injuries that happen at home are the result of falls. Little children are naturally curious and often amazingly good climbers. Here are some tips from the American Red Cross that can prevent them from finding their way to the tops of tables, bookcases, chairs, staircases, and other high places.

• Be sure not to leave infants or children alone where they are in danger of falling.
• Put baby gates at the top and bottom of staircases. Be sure they do not have spaces in which a child’s head or fingers could be trapped or pinched.
• The bars or slats on baby gates should be less than 4 1/4” apart and on cribs less than 2 3/8” apart.

Use these tips, and keep your little adventurer out of harms way.