Traditional wheeled baby walkers that let babies scoot around are banned in Canada and discouraged by the AAP. They don't help babies learn to walk and cause thousands of injuries annually, mostly from stair falls. Stationary activity centers are a safer alternative.
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Steps taken to keep babies and toddlers from falling off furniture, down stairs, or out of windows. Baby gates at the top and bottom of stairs, window guards above the first floor, and never leaving a baby unattended on a changing table are the big ones.
Falls on stairs are one of the top causes of injury for kids under 5. Install hardware-mounted gates at the top of stairs and pressure-mounted gates at the bottom. Make sure banisters have slats close enough together that a child can't squeeze through.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is the federal agency that regulates the safety of consumer products including cribs, car seats, toys, and furniture. They issue recalls, set safety standards, and maintain a database of product-related injuries and deaths.
Skills and abilities that most children reach by certain ages, like rolling over, sitting up, crawling, and walking. Each milestone creates new safety considerations. Pediatricians track them at well-child visits, and the CDC has a milestone tracker app for parents.