Is your home safe for baby?

• Be wary of clothes with hoods and drawstrings.
• Use only sleepwear that is flame-retardant.
• Use only cold-air vaporizers.
• Never put a baby on a waterbed. (The mattress has too much give, and an infant can't lift his head away for air.)
• Don't drink hot liquids when holding an infant.
• Don't use pillows in a crib.
• Always use restraint straps on infant seats and strollers and the like.
• Never leave a baby in an infant seat anywhere high, and especially not on a couch or bed. If the seat tips, the baby's face might be pushed into the bedding or mattress.
• Always supervise an older sibling around the baby.
• Never leave a baby alone in the bath or on the change table.
• Turn the hot water heater down to 48°C (120°F) from the usual 57-60°C (135-140°F).
• Don't throw your baby up into the air or drop her onto a bed as a game.
• Don't give a baby a balloon to play with. The loud bang when it breaks can hurt her tiny eardrums, and the thin pieces of material that remain could suffocate or choke her.