THE PREVENTION OF MISHAPS

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 3, Issue 3, 1 September 1924, Page 45

THE PREVENTION OF MISHAPS

One accident occurring in a second of time, or one serious fall, may deform or disable a child for life. Yet babies just beginning* to walk and tots of two and three are frequently exposed hourly and daily to the most dangerous risks. Their mothers seem quite unable to realise the necessity for taking precautions. A Necessary Safeguard No baby should ever be left alone in a room where there is an open fire. One minute is enough for baby to be able to crawl into the fireplace and set himself alight. A strong fireguard should always be provided. Similarly, no baby who is able to pull himself up in his cot and lean over the side should be left to sleep without the protection of a net over the top of his cot. One never knows when he may wake, get up in his cot, stretch out for some coveted object, and fall out of bed on to his head. When a net is used baby cannot come to harm, whereas if he be tied in with a sash or some similar arrangement he may tighten the sash with his struggles so that it does him harm.