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• Consumer Reports' Child-Safety Mega-Guide Hitting Stores May 13

  It's a big, scary world out there, and it becomes even scarier when you start having kids, as everything from an open window (falling hazard!) to that wonderful end table your grandparents handed down to you (lead paint!) takes on new life as a potential danger. Hitting stores this Monday, the Consumer Reports Guide to Childproofing & Safety collects 600 tips for averting everyday hazards, starting with the nursery and ending at the neighborhood swimming pool. Read More... Posted May 08 2008, 11:03 AM by Aaron Burgess with | with no comments Filed under: nursery, safety, childproofing, child safety, lead paint, consumer reports, everyday hazards, everyday dangers, household hazards, keeping kids safe

• 5 Ways Not to Kill Your Children With Baby Products

  Born Free glass bottle: one of many safe alternatives. As I type this, I'm eating lunch from a curiously soapy-smelling plastic container that I've just pulled out of the microwave -- physician heal thyself, indeed. When it comes to what my kids ingest, however, I'm far more cautious -- and, no doubt like you, I'm becoming overwhelmed by news stories about hormone disruption, lead poisoning, choking hazards and other potentially deadly undersides to what've long been considered staples of parental consumerism (read: affordable plastic baby crap). Here, then, a round-up of five sources to help you understand why some old-fashioned methods of feeding, washing and playing with your child are becoming increasingly dangerous. Read More... Posted Apr 09 2008, 12:15 PM by Aaron Burgess with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: food safety, childproofing, baby food, baby bottles, consumer reports, bpa, phthalates, Lists, plastic dangers, deadly baby products, child safety concerns, bisphenol-a, dangerous baby products, cpsc, safe shopping, choking hazard recalls, lead paint recalls, lead poisoning, consumer safety, hidden dangers

• Bunk Barrier Protects Little Ones, Confuses Everyone Else

  I want to love this ladder cover for bunk beds. I do. What could make more sense than a way to render a bunk ladder inoperable for tiny tots who might be injured climbing on it? Wrap this around the ladder, zip it up, and voila! No toddlers crashing to the ground in their older sibling's bedroom. But, um, I just have one question. Once you put this on the ladder... how does anyone climb up? Are we actually expecting tweens to unzip, climb, and rezip? (And even if that's the idea, I'm picturing a child hanging upside-down from the top bunk to do so. Nice and safe!) Or maybe we're counting on them shinnying up the sides, monkey-style. Great idea with a somewhat flawed execution, methinks. Posted Jun 04 2007, 03:03 PM by Mir with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: ladder cover, safety, childproofing, bunk beds