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Hazard or harmless? Keeping baby safe

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    Dangerous products to be aware of

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Seems to -- it's the everyday products.

Do you use for your baby could be more dangerous than you can imagine joining us now is senior project editor for -- -- magazine Mandy walker she's here to break down.

The latest this could deceive many I haven't a newborn at homes on the a lot of -- absolutely I've -- Never seen these -- heard about the efficacy -- -- driving dangerous on that the purpose is to keep baby upright -- abating but they can either.

And I think necessarily hold them well and that but the -- the problem is that they can lull parents into a false sense of security that might leave the baby which is when a lot of deaths of record.

They can tip over and babies can fall into the tubs and -- so is there any safe alternative to have a hard -- hard plastic baby bath seats instead and of course always stay with your baby keep them -- -- and and looking right at the mother and yet don't have very important that you can everyone used to have bumpers on the gas and then you have all -- that's still come with them in fact when you buy the -- and why yeah why are they.

Bumps from hitting the sides of the crib but.

Unfortunately can be -- suffocation hazard pay in fact have died because they get their heads wedged up against them even the so called -- will read the book kind.

And they don't have the motor skills to turn their heads on the company and its strained relations -- -- possible.

Who is just no way out there are safety experts recommend a bear crib with a fitted sheet and I know a lot of parents have been because it looks nice to know.

-- great with them -- -- little something else he writes I can have sleep position is is that forward putting the BB in bed with you.

Well -- for putting -- -- in -- in the crib.

And it's the the purposes tents so there won't roll over the course of its concern about -- -- -- -- on -- back but -- -- -- -- it have a suffocation hazard -- have.

Had their heads waged against them have been unable to turn them green and rolled -- to bedding and suffocated there.

So recommend -- -- just putting baby on the back instead of using them and and then percent of -- right at the same goes you -- for whether it's them.

Blanket whether it's a town hall a lot of parents happy look at these uncomfortable masters as many think I need add something like an -- products are -- are.

But they can't be suffocation hazard but -- -- get entangled in them or be suffocated by Telus and that's should parents that to your document the parents spend we don't recommend coast thinking with -- kids.

Because of course it could be true with adult sheets as well.

Suggested there of their bed and you can put them in footed pajamas is mostly Texas that keep them warm but it's a coal -- right I know it looks uncomfortable that naturally have a nice double play it safe and that's what's most important to all that matters all right next you say -- -- as a sling carriers it's nice to -- baby clothes but unfortunately you have to be tied exactly correctly.

And baby -- because it suggests so in some babies and they've been tied and frankly they've been too close Nick's mother.

A lot of -- have happened -- it's a lot of head injuries as a result of falling out of I don't have that but I'm a big fan of the -- attacks -- the carrier and there's also -- -- -- there's some sleep over the years there -- that -- to meet safety regulations to -- carries the backpack carrier so we think the safety precautions -- in the regulations -- are good there until those are very strong -- in the carrier seats with the -- hand -- -- that.

Or my car seats OK I had one of the but he forgets.

Why are they game.

Saw the bumper -- -- it's made by many manufacturers right in often cases -- write.

That they can babies can despite -- standard stopping or turning you're leaning can fall out of them.

And especially if they're put on counters -- on beds.

That you know of the -- can a lot of head injuries so.

Don't recommend and use instead -- stationary activity center jumper seat and even went on the floors have been some injuries and cheer cheer for the biggest problem is.

The example we had -- when it's what -- got -- on -- -- -- you all tell how often you see them with the tempered that answer seats or the station activity centers on the ground so.

On -- just for argument -- if I have this on the carpet on -- soft padded floor.

He's dependency.

Then there have been some injuries even -- -- on the floor so just for ultimate -- but let me groups are let them.

You say that most important thing I'll be okay Mandy walker here from the senior project editor for shop Smart magazine and -- find these.

If you missed them where -- -- Smart -- got pork and who put them on our web site.

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