We've teamed up with the Children's Services Council to help give you some baby safety tips. Read them all below to find out interesting tips to keep your little one safe and healthy.

Car Safety
Would you leave a million dollars alone in your car? Of course not. So why leave behind the most precious cargo of all, your children? Unfortunately, millions of adults do this every day. Leaving children unattended in a vehicle can lead to injuries, abductions, heat stroke, even death. Thousands of these preventable tragedies happen every year, and one is too many. Zero seconds is how long you leave your child in a car. To learn more about the Zero Second Hope Project visit harrisonshope.org. Keep kids safe in and around cars.
    Key Facts
  1. Over 230 children have died after being left in a hot car (sometimes on relatively mild days with only 70 degree temperatures) since 1998.
  2. On a typical summer day, the temperature inside a car (even with the windows rolled down a little) can quickly rise above 120 to 140 degrees.
  3. Even on a relatively mild day, the temperature inside a car can get above 100 degrees. At those temperatures, kids are at great risk for heat stroke, which can lead to a high fever, dehydration, seizures, stroke and death.

    To keep your kids safe:
  • don't leave them in a car, which can quickly heat up, especially on a hot, sunny day
  • always lock your car and secure the keys so that your kids can't get to them
  • warn your kids about playing in the car by themselves without adult supervision
  • install a trunk release mechanism, so that they can't get trapped in the trunk
  • get your kids out of the car first, and then worry about getting the groceries, etc., out of the car when you get home
  • make sure that child car providers and day care workers have a plan to make sure that kids aren't left in the day care providers car or van
  • if you are afraid that you might leave your sleeping infant or toddler in their car seat when you get out of the car, place a reminder on the dashboard.

    Your baby's bed - Safety!
  • To keep your kids safe:
  • don't leave them in a car, which can quickly heat up, especially on a hot, sunny day
  • always lock your car and secure the keys so that your kids can't get to them
  • warn your kids about playing in the car by themselves without adult supervision
  • install a trunk release mechanism, so that they can't get trapped in the trunk
  • get your kids out of the car first, and then worry about getting the groceries, etc., out of the car when you get home
  • make sure that child car providers and day care workers have a plan to make sure that kids aren't left in the day care providers car or van
  • if you are afraid that you might leave your sleeping infant or toddler in their car seat when you get out of the car, place a reminder on the dashboard.

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