Keep your little ones safe on a DYI Budget with @safety_1st {Giveaway}

Buying for baby on a budget, and DIY are the big trends right now.  For parents with little ones on the move it’s easier than parents may think to safeguard the home.  I wanted to share some simple and easy tips to safeguard the home, beyond locking cabinets and using outlet covers.  There are many hidden hazards in the home parents often overlook or don’t think about.  Julie Vallese, Consumer Safety Expert for Safety 1^st has provides tips, below in a Guest post to keep your little ones safe and sound.

• A recent study shows that over 5,000 children annually are treated in emergency rooms for falls from windows (CPSC). Make sure you have a Window Lock to help prevent falls.
• Beware of toy stacking. Children will pile up anything to get a view outside the window.
• Additionally, most screens cannot hold up to the weight of a small child, nor are they meant to. The study showed that in 83% of the reported falls, window screens were on the window that was fallen through.
• Anchor all heavy furniture or appliances that could topple onto child as a result of climbing or pulling. According to the CPSC the most common tip-over scenarios involve toddlers who have climbed onto, fallen against or pulled themselves up on furniture. About 70 percent of children’s fatalities involved falling televisions, and 27 percent involved only furniture falling.
• Use a Flat Screen TV lock to help prevent falling TVs and Furniture Wall Straps to attached large furniture to the wall. 
• Anything that will fit inside an empty cardboard toilet paper roll is a choking hazard
• Remove dish towels from an oven door; a child could pull on the towel and hit his or her head on an oven door.
• Utilize an Oven Lock to prevent the door from opening, and Clear View Stove Knob Covers to keep kids from accidentally turning on the stove
• Babies can fall into a toilet, or front load washer head first and not be able to get out. The toilet also water source and a place where kids love to throw toy.
• Try to keep those rooms off limits, or install a Front Load Washer-Dryer Lock, or the ProGrade™ Push-Button Toilet Lock to keep children safe.
• Ensure all cabinets and drawers are locked and off limits. Young kids love opening and closing cabinet doors and drawers, where they can access sharp utensils, small appliances and cleaning supplies.
• However, have a safe zone for kids to explore, such as leave the Tupperware drawer unlocked.

Did you know that Safety 1st has a lot of amazing products, tips and ideas on how to keep your little one safe from any dangers that are around the home? Be sure to visit Safety 1st on their website or follow on Facebook or Twitter to keep up with all the new and latest Safety information, especially if you have little ones around,  you don’t want to miss that information… so be sure to keep them in mind and on your Facebook list :0).

Giveaway

One lucky 2Boys+1Girl=OneCrazyMom reader will win a fun Safety basket that will include:

• Furniture Wall Strips
• Essential Childproofing Kit
• Pro Grade Window Lock – 2 pack

This prize pack would be great for any new mom or dad, or even if you have a Toddler in the house.. Good Luck!! Be sure to enter below.

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