The Parenting Journal

Diaper Changing Safety: Preventing Falls from the Changing Table

Diaper Changing Safety: Preventing Falls from the Changing Table

Every diaper change is a small, ordinary moment. It is also one of the most common settings for an infant fall.Changing table falls send thousands of children to emergency rooms each year in the United States. Most of those falls...

Kitchen Table and High Chair Safety: Preventing Falls at Mealtime

Kitchen Table and High Chair Safety: Preventing Falls at Mealtime

About 9,400 children under age 3 are treated in U.S. emergency departments each year for high-chair-related injuries (CPSC). That number stopped me cold when I first read it, because I know exactly how those moments happen. You turn around to...