Keep eye on child safety

* Go around the house regularly and ensure that there are no sharp edges exposed that can hurt a child.

* Keep all medicine out of the reach of children. Many tablets look like sweets and toddlers love to eat them. Even medicines like iron tablets and vitamins are dangerous.

*Do not give leftover medicine prescribed on a previous occasion or for others to a child it may be both inappropriate and dangerous.

*Do not allow children to play unsupervised on balconies.

*Do not allow children to play on the rooftop, even if supervised. Most parapet walls are not high enough to prevent a child from falling over.

*Be extremely careful around stairs infants and toddlers can easily fall down and injure themselves. If you have open stairs in a house, consider having a carpenter make a temporary safety gate until the child is old enough to use the stairs without assistance.

*Do not place chains or other closed loop like objects around a child's neck. These can get caught on objects and strangulate the child.

*Keep josticks and other burning objects well away from children children sometimes try to look at the glowing tip and get burns on the face.

*Do not allow children to play with or handle plastic bags these can suffocate a child if placed over the head.

- The Hindu