Safety tips

Babies are curious by nature. At this age, they try to crawl everywhere. They may climb to get things they want. Protect your child against poisons. Here are some safety tips:

• Watch your child at all times. Stay close and keep her out of danger.
• Lock poisons in cabinets.
• Store all home products out of reach.
• Make sure all medicines have safety caps. These make it harder for children to take them off. But don't depend on safety caps alone. Given enough time, children can pry them loose.
• Don't leave medicine on the kitchen table or the bathroom sink. Keep all medicines out of reach.
• Put away your purse and those of people who come to visit. Purses often contain medicines and other harmful products.
• Throw out old medicines. Check "Expiration Date" on the label. Flush old medicine down the toilet. Rinse out the container.
• Keep products in the containers they came in. Don't pour gasoline into a soda pop bottle, for example. You don't want a child to mistake one for the other.
• Store harmful products away from foods.
• Get rid of any harmful products you don't need. It's better to discard a half can of paint thinner than to risk an accident. Call the garbage pickup agency. They have a special place for disposing of these products.