Baby Safety, In the Bathroom

For an unaccompanied infant your bathroom can be full with potential and dangerous hazards, in spite of this by taking a small number of effortless precautions the risk of accidents may be minimised.

A number of parents opt to keep the bathroom door locked or blocked with a gate to ensure that their toddler cannot sneak in unattended. Nevertheless, this is not an tactic liked by all as baby is not offered the chance to familiarise themself with the bathroom and get to learn about its likely dangers before they start off toilet training.

Significant precautions to take include ensuring all medications, toiletries and cleaning products are safe in cupboards high out of your baby’s reach, removing any pointed objects such as scissors, razors and tweezers from the bathroom or storing them in a cupboard fitted with a child proof lock in addition to keeping electrical appliances out of the bathroom. Further, it is also worthwhile to fit a child lock on the toilet seat to thwart curious children from peering or climbing inside.

By setting the thermostat on your water heater t no more than 50 degrees Celsius you will help to reduce the possibility of your baby being burnt by hot water. When running a bath for your baby you must fill up the bath with cold water first and then add the warm water. You should make sure the temperature with your elbow or wrist as opposed to your hand as these areas are more responsive to heat. Furthermore, as babies are very easily burnt (their skin is 15 times thinner than an adults) it is critical that the hot water used in an adult bath is drained as soon as it is done with.

You should in no way leave your baby without supervision in the bath, not even for a second while you answer the phone or go to get something - even when your baby is resting on a bath support or in a baby seat. It is for this extremely important reason to make sure that you have all the bits you need to bath your baby to hand, if you have forgotten something, take your baby out of the bath and take them with you.

Avent Bath Thermometers are available to help you run the optimum temperature for your baby's bath, however it is usually a good idea to use your skin to test the water also, this method is fail safe unlike a faulty thermometer.

By taking these important precautions and making sure you by no means leave baby unsupervised in a room with a filled sink or bath, you will help to reduce any potential hazards whilst helping your baby to learn how to use the bathroom safely.