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About 2-1/2 million children are injured or killed each year, due to hazards in the home.

Many of these incidents can be prevented by taking steps to make sure that your home is safe and that you follow age appropriate recommendations for each stage of your child’s young life.

There are many devices available to help prevent injury, along with using common sense. Remember, nothing is completely safe and eyes must be on the children at all times. It only takes a blink of an eye, a turn of the head, for an incident to occur.

Bringing Home Baby

Most  important, ALWAYS  put your baby on his/her back, on a firm, flat, tight-fitting mattress, to sleep.
More infants die or are injured in crib accidents than any other nursery item.
Remove all pillows and soft, loose bedding from the crib.  These items can cause suffocation.

The Crib

Never use a crib that has missing slats or loose hardware.

If you repaint the crib use only high quality lead-free paint.

Use a mattress that fits tightly:  If you can fit more than 2 fingers between the edge of the mattress and the crib side, the mattress is too small.

The DaVinci Emily Convertible Crib is a comprehensive sleeping system that grows with your kid. It starts out as a crib, and can afterward be converted to a tot bed, and in the long run to a young adult bed. This variable alteration gives a comprehensive solution for your dear child’s sleeping requirements. Creating a bed that will take a individual from early infancy into maturity is truly remarkable. This crib is manufactured to survive a lifetime.

The sympathetic design includes a crib made closer to the ground to help protect mom’s back from strain.

The mattress spring system sets to four different levels, permitting the crib to survive through the entire growth of your child. The DaVinci crib mattress is also available in microfiber blends, environmentally friendly mattresses, orthopedic designs, as well as other designs that are relaxing, classy, as well as reasonably priced to fit your crib selection.

The Da Vinci Emily comes in several finishes and has passed all federal safety regulations. Its most important feature that makes it one of the topmost picks is that it is eco-responsible according to Consumer Reports. It is manufactured from wood from sustainable forests and uses a nontoxic finish.

These days, when it concerns baby care, it feels like innovative products and practices are emerging on a continual basis, and each new idea is believed to be the greatest thing ever for your little one. The catch is, though, that a lot of fashionable child rearing and baby care practices in the past have shown themselves to be merely one more passing trend, and some of them have even proven to be risky. So how do you figure out if the latest trend is truly healthy for your infant? For example, the baby hammock receives a great deal of hype. But is it trustworthy?

A great way to learn the views of other parents on items like these would be to peruse customer assessments on the websites that sell these products. A parenting forum is also a good spot to look for information. When taking a look at a number of these sites, it appears that the baby hammock is a hit with the majority of parents who have used it. The reviews are largely upbeat in nature and seem to confirm most of the product details put out by the manufacturers. Naturally, however, various brand names and designs of hammocks got assorted reviews.

Before you go looking at baby cribs you should determine your budget. A good idea is to have a price range to work with. This will allow for more choices in the long run.

The main concern you should have whether you are buying a new crib or a used one. The crib must meet government standards. When you put the crib together be sure to so following the manufacturer’s directions exactly to ensure the greatest amount of safety for your child. It should also be used properly.

Safety concerns include the mattress. The mattress must be firm and tight fitting and there should be no missing or broken hardware. There should be no missing or loose slats. The slats should not be any more than 2 3/8 inches apart – about the width of a soda can. There should be no cutouts in the foot or headboards. If there are corner posts they should be no more than a sixteenth of an inch above the foot or head bar.

You have just learned that you are expecting a baby. Even if you have other children, you must take a look at cribs. Is the crib you already have an antique? You should look carefully at your second hand crib whether it is an antique or not.

The safety of your new baby makes this necessary. The screws and/or other fasteners such as bolts must be in place and not loose. It is of the utmost importance that this is tested before you place your baby in the crib.

Take something that is almost equal to your 4-month-old baby’s weight. In order to be certain that it will hold its position bounce it off the mattress. If it doesn’t your baby could be hurt seriously or worse. When you set up your nursery, if it isn’t set-up already, seriously consider where you will place your crib.

If you have to place the crib near a window with Venetian blinds, you can either shorten the cords or anchor them to prevent your baby from reaching and getting hold of them. Avoid, if possible placing the crib near the window. As your baby grows into a toddler and begins to climb out of the crib, s/he could become seriously injured in a fall.

Congratulations!  You have just learned that you are having a baby.  Whether this is your first or not you need to look at cribs.  Do you have one already?  Is it an antique?  A second hand crib whether antique or not needs to be carefully looked at.  This is for the safety of your new baby.

The screws, bolts, and/or other fasteners should all be in place. Are they loose?  Will the position of the mattress hold under your baby’s weight? It is imperative that this be tested before you put your baby in the crib. Take something that approximates the weight of your baby at about 4 months old.  Bounce it off the mattress to be certain it will hold its position. If it doesn’t it could cause serious injury to your baby or worse.

When setting up the nursery (if it isn’t already up) consider very carefully where you will place the crib.  If you place the crib near a window and you have Venetian blinds, either shorten the cords or anchor them somewhere that your baby can’t reach and get a hold of them.  If it all possible avoid placing the crib near the window. As your baby grows into a toddler and s/he attempts to climb out of the crib; s/he could possibly fall which could cause serious injury to your baby.