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Your Safety Checklist for September, National Baby Safety Month – Week 1

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 21:19:06 +0000

For each week of Baby Safety Month, we will highlight simple things you can do to help keep your wee one safe. Please try to take a few moments every day (or over the weekend) to complete the tasks and check them off this handy list. Week 1 With all the confusion over new safety [...]

New Feature Helps Users Give Away Unwanted Items on Social Networks

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:04:52 +0000

WeMakeItSafer Makes “Out with the Old” Easier, Safer and More Eco-Friendly Oakland, CA (PRWEB) August 25, 2011: Today, WeMakeItSafer announces a new feature that enables users of its Items I Own application to quickly post on social networks the items they no longer need. Giving away unwanted items benefits everyone and helps protect the environment, but [...]

How Video Game Ratings Work

Johner Riehl — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:37:19 +0000

Editor’s Note: Children love video games but, as parents, it’s our job to keep them safe from violent images and concepts they may not be old enough to understand. How can we really do that without playing every game ourselves first? Exactly what do those letter-ratings mean, and can they be trusted? WeMakeItSafer decided to [...]

Baby Sign Language Can Help Keep Children Safe

Jennifer P. Toney — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:47:14 +0000

Sincere thanks to Joann Woolley for her contribution to this post. Communicating with babies before they can talk is a challenge to say the least. We think they understand when we tell them, “don’t touch,” but how can we be sure? Teaching babies and toddlers some simple signs will help them to more fully comprehend [...]

WeMakeItSafer Partners with Bebe Paluzza to Bring Product Safety to New Parents

admin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:32:17 +0000

We are very excited to be teaming up with Bebe Paluzza to bring product safety and recall awareness to new and expecting parents and caregivers. Bebe Paluzza events showcase the latest products and services geared toward babies and toddlers – and those who care for them – in a unique Faire that, unlike trade shows, [...]

Putting Out a Grease Fire: At 13, I Made the Wrong Choice

admin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:11:47 +0000

Earlier this week, we asked our facebook fans what they would do in this scenario: You leave bacon on the stove while running to put in a load of laundry, and the pan catches fire. What do you do? a) Cover it with a lid. b) Put water on it. c) Sprinkle it with baking [...]

Dog Bites: How to Protect Yourself

Melina Druga — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:08:57 +0000

WeMakeItSafer thanks Melina Druga for this guest post. You love your dog. You may even consider it one of your family members. But a dog is still an animal and must be treated like one. Dogs can and do bite. According to The Humane Society of the United States 800,000 people a year are bitten [...]

Crib Recalls FAQs, Crib Recall List

Jennifer P. Toney — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:25:31 +0000

New safety standards for cribs went into effect on June 28, 2011. In addition to a ban on the traditional drop-side, there are new requirements for stronger slats, hardware and mattress supports, as well as new rules for more rigorous testing. We previously wrote about what to do if you own a drop-side crib that [...]

Protecting Yourself from Recalled Products – How Much Risk Can You Bear?

Jennifer P. Toney — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:55:44 +0000

Thousands of consumer products, accounting for hundreds-of-millions of items, are recalled each year for safety hazards that put their owners at increased risk of injury or death. Over the past five years alone, we have seen more than 150 million children’s items, 110 million household goods and 9 million pieces of sporting equipment recalled by [...]

CPR has Changed: What you Need to Know

Jennifer P. Toney — Thu, 26 May 2011 21:43:19 +0000

In last week’s guest post on safe swimming , Melina Druga recommended learning CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation). We agree. Learning CPR is a good idea – even if you have already taken a CPR course in the past. Why re-learn? Because what you were taught before may no longer be the best advice. As medical science [...]