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Many homes , Introducing Your New Baby to Your Pet are full of products such as cribs, baby , and Toddlers Clothes - The Evolution of Children's Clothing gates, and playpens. Parents , The Six Hottest Trends for Babies and Children naturally think that these products are safe, otherwise they would not have been allowed to have been sold... right?  This could be a dangerous assumption. Some older products have caused deaths and have been taken off the market, but they're still found at garage sales or are passed from family , Backpacking With Children: My Own Adventures to family. , Lavender: A Mom's Best Friend Another problem is that some common products are often used incorrectly, putting children , Should Your Baby Sleep In Your Bed? at risk for injury.

Products to check include:

Baby walkers with wheels: Don't use them! Children , Mommy & Baby: Keeping Tabs On Baby's Growth have suffered head injuries from falling down stairs in walkers.

Baby bath seats with suction cups: Babies , Lavender: A Mom's Best Friend left alone in bath seats have drowned; some have almost drowned even when their parents , Choosing Decorations for a Baby Shower were in the bathroom. The suction cups on the bottom of the bath seats don't always stick properly, and babies , and Toddlers Clothes - The Evolution of Children's Clothing may fall over into the water.

Playpens: Millions of playpens have been recalled for safety reasons in the last decade.

Baby gates at the top of stairs: Make sure that any gates at the top of stairs are fastened to the wall with screws, it's not uncommon for parents , Breastfeeding Problems - Mastits to mistakenly use pressure gates, which aren't fastened to the wall, and these can give way if children , Baby Sleep Tips - Stick to A Routine lean on them.

Bunkbeds from garage sales:  Every year many children , How Do I Know if My is Ready to be Potty Trained? die, not from falling off bunk beds, but from sliding underneath the "safety rail" and then choking to death, their feet unable to reach the ground to push themselves back up.  This safety rail may have been the reason the parent in fact bought the bunk bed thinking it was safe, as their child , Tips for Making Baby Shower Gift Baskets would not have been able to fall out.  The safety rail on a bunk bed, must be solid, or if slatted, the slats must be so close togethor your child , Choosing Decorations for a Baby Shower can not slip through.  Modern bunk beds are usually fine, but garage sale version have often been modifed and unsafely so.

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Name Origin - Meaning Gender Celebrity baby Name? Celebrity Name? Favorites ABDIMELECH African - Name of an Aethiopian eunuch who lived in ancient Rome.  Name means 'servant to kings.'  Could be shortened to ABDI or MELECH. Add to Favorites BEM African - Male - Peace Add to Favorites IDRISSA African - Senegal and Gambia name meaning 'immortal.' Add to Favorites KADIJA African - Swahili name meaning 'born prematurely.' KHADIJA Add to Favorites LUMUMBA African - Congolese name meaning 'gifted.' Add to Favorites