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| Many Children
suffer from peanut butter and shellfish
allergies and this article by Dr. Sudha and Neva Schwartz, gives you some pointers
on this subject. |
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| Many parents get
a "convertible" car seat for their newborn that
can be used from birth through 30 or 35 pounds.
Previously, the recommendation was that the baby
should stay in the rear-facing position until he
was 20 pounds weight and 1 year old.
Then the seat could be turned around and the
child would sit upright facing forward. ;
Recently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
jointly modified the recommendation. AAP in
fact has a car seat guide. They now
state that to achieve optimal protection, the
child should remain rear facing until reaching
the maximum weight for their particular car seat
as long as the head is one inch BELOW THE TOP of
the seat back.
Once a child
reaches the upper weight limit of the car seat
or is too tall for the rear facing seat, the
child then needs to ride in a forward facing car
seat with a harness until the upper weight limit
of the harness.
Older children
over 40 pounds must be restrained in a booster
seat (hi-back or low/no back) until they reach 4
foot 9 inches.
For further
information, you can go to the following
websites: (1) http://www.nhtsa.gov and follow the link to
vehicle and equipment (child seats) (2) www.aap.org and go to the link of "car
safety seats". |
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Some examples of special safety hazards unique to AZ living include: sunburns, drowning deaths in swimming pools, scorpion stings, snake bites, heat exposure in locked cars, etc. |
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• For life threatening
emergencies, call 911
• Keep a list of emergency contact numbers near the phone, including the phone number to our office, the local Pediatric Urgent Care Centers and Hospital Emergency Rooms
• BANNER POISON CONTROL CENTER:Available 24 hours in English and Spanish 1-800-222-12222
• Summer Safety Tips:Especially important in AZ, this comprehensive guide from the AAP provides information on sunburns, pool safety, heat stress in exercising children, boat safety, bug safety, playground safety, bicycle, skate board and scooter safety, lawnmower safety, travel safety, lawnmower safety, fireworks safety, and home alone safety.
With so many swimming pools in Arizona, drowning
deaths are the highest in the nation. This is an
entirely preventable tragedy. Here is a link
to a site that teaches water safety for kids.
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| As you may be well aware, many toys, often dangerous
to children have been recalled, many of them
recently. The American Academy of Pediatrics
has an a lot of information on this subject including guidelines
for toy safety and information on the recalls and
you may want to begin here (http://www.aap.org/new/toyrecall.htm).
You may also want to check out U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission for
the latest recalls mandated by the agency. Mattel has information on their website on
recalls of Mattel products. |
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