Home Is Small: Child's Sanctuary Must Be Place of Safety
In the Better Babies edition, Marian Houlihan warns that homes remain the second leading site of accidents after highways, with five times more infant deaths at home than in auto crashes. She urges double caution as babies crawl, citing hazards from pins and needles, open floor vents, hot irons, teething dangers, sharp toys, and unsafe toys, recommending safe storage, sterilization, and sturdy, rounded toys.
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Better Babies
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Eves
Jimmy
Gearing Care for Baby and Home Safety
The piece stresses family car safety with tires and brakes for baby’s protection. It warns of hazards inside and outside the home including sharp furniture edges dangerous scraps and hot liquids, urging systematic housekeeping to prevent injuries to children.
Backyard Playgrounds Guard Children From Traffic
An article urges parents to convert backyards into safe play spaces for preschoolers. It recommends a sandbox with shade, slides, blocks, swings, a garden sprinkler for hot days, and a small garden to teach youngsters where food comes from, reducing street wanderings.
Child posture tips to improve health and development
Advice emphasizes posture in feeding, walking, and bathing. It recommends natural exercises by letting infants kick and swing arms on a flat surface before bath and stresses a firm, smooth bed to support straight carriage and grace.
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Lexington Road
Concord, Mass
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