Keep Your Child Safe from Hidden Dangers: A Room-by-Room Guide

• Use the backburners instead of front burners for cooking; always turn pot handles inward, toward the stove.
• Store knives, glassware, and appliances in cabinets with child-safety locks.
• Avoid using placemats and tablecloths. Toddlers can pull these cloths down along with whatever is on top of them.
• Never leave mopping supplies unattended. A child can drown in even an inch of water.

Top Hidden Danger: Holding your child while you cook. It's easy to put your child on your hip while you make dinner, but it's just as easy for a wiggly toddler to put out a hand and burn herself on a pan or for you to lose your balance and not be able to hold both your child and a hot pan.