Child Care Tips

Safety Tips

- Always check bath water temperature with your elbow or wrist before putting your baby in to bathe.
- Never, ever, leave your child alone in the bathtub or near any water.
- Keep medicines and cleaning products in containers with safety caps and locked away from children.
- Don’t leave your baby alone in highchair.
- Lock household cleaning product, matches, knives, and plastic bags away from children.

Cleaning Tips
While keeping the newborn clean these guidelines can be taken into account:

- There is no need to bathe the baby everyday.
- While sponging your baby, always wash his/her face first while the water is the cleanest.
- Make sure that the nappy is dry and clean and in case the nappy gets infected, using a little antiseptic powder will help dry it.
- Always remember to wash the baby’s hands after he/she has come in contact with pets.
- Do not use disinfectants on your baby’s skin, because they take away the skin’s natural ability to fight infection.
- Till the baby is four months old, sterilize everything that goes into your baby’s mouth. Try keeping him/her away from people that are sick.
- After 4 months continue sterilizing milk utensils and water bottles.
- Never leave it at room temperature for too long, be careful about storage and heating milk.
- Good food preparation rules should be followed.

Tips to protect children from environmental threats

- Help children breathe easier.
- Don’t smoke or let others smoke in your home or car. Keep your home as clean as possible. Dust, mold, certain household pests, can trigger asthma attack and allergies.
- Protect children from too much sun. Have them wear hats, and protective clothing.
- Keep them out of the mid-day sun.
- Protect the children from lead poisoning.
- Protect children from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
- Keep pesticides and other toxic chemicals away from children.
- Always wash children’s hands before they eat and often wash their toys and bottles.
- Wash floors and window sills to protect kids from dust and peeling paint contaminated with lead – especially in older homes.
- To keeps pests from coming into your home, put food and trash away in closed containers.

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