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Baby Steps: Simple Safety Tips

December 7, 2011 by Wendy S

Like a Mama Bear, parents will do everything they can to keep their children safe.  I know because I am one of those parents.  For the last 7 years, I have been protecting my babies bears.  Now I’m not going to suggest that we’re not going to worry any less but there are many thing we can do to keep our kids safe.

I remember as a new parent getting lots of advice from many different sources.  Here are some of the tips that I felt are important when my kids were still babies:

“Back to sleep” to prevent SIDS 
It has been recommended that babies are placed on a firm mattress on their backs to sleep. With the baby dressed in seasonally appropriate clothing there is no need for extra blankets in the crib or bassinet
If it fits through a toilet paper tube, a child can choke on it.

Since children like to put everything in their mouths it is very important to keep the small objects away. An easy way to know if an object is too small is to see if it would fit through a toilet paper tube.

There is a brand of toys that my daughters play with that are remarkably larger than the version I played with as a child.  Their’s don’t fit through the tube where the ones that I had do.

Baby gates are great for kids and pets

Baby gates are excellent for keeping kids in areas that are safe for them and away from stairs.  But they are also great for keeping pets out.  We have a dog and even though she is very tame and friendly, she is still an animal with instincts.  As much as pets need to learn how to behave around children, children need to learn how to treat a dog.

See things from their level

Crawl on the floor to see what they see.  What can they reach? What could potentially hurt them?  As you find things, you’ll move them up out of the way.

Be sure to secure heavy objects like TVs and bookshelves so that they cannot be pulled over onto the child.

As children are very curious, be sure to put child proof handles on all doors Just like with gates, you want to keep kids in the areas where they will be safe.  We had these on all the door leading outside as well as on the doors leading to stairs.

Don’t leave children unattended in the bathtub

Drowning is the second leading cause of death in children.  Too many parents walk away from the kids “for just a minute” and that is one second too long.   Children can drown in less than 1 inch of water.




Register all of your children’s equipment with the manufacturer.

There are so many items that children need that come with a registration card: car seats, strollers, jumpers.  It is important to register these incase the manufacturer issue a recall.  Manufacturers are constantly safety testing their products to make sure they aren’t going to hurt anyone.  If they happen to find something that needs to be adjusted, repaired or replaced, you need to know.  They will contact you to let you know if your product needs some attention.

I hope that you find these tips useful!  What do you recommend to other new parents?

Filed Under: Life, parenting Tagged With: safety

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About Wendy S

+Wendy S (also known as @mapsgirl) is a mom to two daughters. They are the inspiration of this blog.Passionate about child passenger safety, Wendy has been a certified Car Seat Technician in Ontario, Canada since 2008.

ShesConnected Mission: #ToshibaTablet

December 6, 2011 by Wendy S

(Get the Mission impossible theme stuck in your head…dun dun da da dun dun da da …)

Ambassador mapsgirl:

Your mission, as a Toshiba Brand Ambassador, if you choose to complete it, is to search out the coveted Toshiba Tablet report back on it’s features and benefits.


I wish that I could say that I got to be lowered into a room from the ceiling in order to steal a Toshiba Tablet, but no such luck.

However, I did drive over to Future Shop in Burlington, Ontario to find out more about the Toshiba Tablet.

Toshiba Canada has a great website detailing all of the features of their tablet — Toshiba Canada

I really like that you can replace the battery:

“User-Replaceable Battery
Keep your tablet—and yourself—running stronger, faster, longer, thanks to an easily replaceable battery. Be sure to have a second battery pack ready in your bag or at the office so you can double your unplugged computing time when inspiration strikes.”

And I like that you can add additional memory.

Full-size SD Card Reader
Sharing your photos, video clips, playlists and other files makes mobile life more fun. And the Toshiba Tablet definitely knows how to play along, offering a full-size SD Card slot, simplifying file transfers to and from your tablet, or simply expanding your storage capabilities.

This is definitely on my Christmas wish list!  Is it on yours?


Disclosure:  I am participating in the Toshiba Brand Ambassador program by ShesConnected.  I received a Toshiba Camileo in exchange for my participation in this campaign.  The opinions on this blog are my own.


Filed Under: Ambassador, Products & Reviews, ShesConnected Tagged With: Toshiba

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+Wendy S (also known as @mapsgirl) is a mom to two daughters. They are the inspiration of this blog.Passionate about child passenger safety, Wendy has been a certified Car Seat Technician in Ontario, Canada since 2008.

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