Is the baby really safe in the stroller?

Posted by on January 31, 2012

Baby strollers are being used for many years already due to simple reason: they just make the parents’ life easier. However the strollers as well as the other child related gear should be considered for their safety. As soon as our children is the greatest wealth we have please do consider the following safety tips while choosing the stroller and may be they will help you to avoid a trouble one day.
According to the statistics there is a certain number of the injuries baby get due to the stroller use. And below there are some facts about this statistic. The period considered is between 2004 and 2007. There were registered 121 incidents involving baby strollers within this period. The age of the children ivolved into these incidents is between 0 and 6 month.
Almost the half of all cases (47.5% to say precisely) implies the injury got due to the fall. 59% of the injuries relate to the injuries within the head are of the child. 18% of all children involved into incidents got the direct injury of the face and facial area.
At least 77% of the children fell into the incidents were delivered to the local emergency treatment center by the ambulance.
Fortunately there was no death cases reported. Though about 8% of all those hospitalized were provided with the more thorough treatment.
The medical experts considered these statistics and decided that it is really worth teaching the parents how to use the stroller and how to behave oneself with the stroller when having a walk, jogging and etc. The experts suppose that such education will help to avoid or at least to decrease the number of the incidents involving injury of the baby in the stroller.
The safety tips  
So in case you have already purchased or just going to purchase the stroller you should carefully read the tips safety tips below.
1.    Narrow strollers are easier to lean or tip over at all. Therefore make sure that the stroller you are going to buy has a wide basement that will provide it with additional stability and will help you to avoid any fall at all.
2.    Avoid hanging any things (like bags and so on) on the stroller handle as these may cause tipping over of the stroller and the injury of the baby as a result.
3.     Do use the seatbelts the stroller is equipped with as they will provide additional security to your child in any situation.
4.    Every time you use the stroller make sure you use the device that locks the stroller and that the foot brakes (or other wheel locking devices) work properly.
5.    Never leave the baby in the stroller alone.
6.    Carefully check the whole stroller before and after every use. Check that all the parts are at their places, nothing is missing and nothing is broken. Otherwise fix the stroller or find the missing parts before using it.
7.    Periodically check the recall lists of your stroller manufacturer. In case you find your stroller model there you should discard it and follow the further instructions provided in the recall list.
So, the stroller may be dangerous for the baby and it may significantly ease the life of the parents if used properly. The matter is that you should learn as much as possible about the stroller you have (like how to avoid risky situations and how to behave in case any of them took place) and simply keep being attentive while using the stroller with your baby in it. Following the above mentioned advices is a real warranty of your child safety.

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