With a baby or young child in your family, you know there is nothing more important than safety. Whether you're a parent or a child caregiver, there are steps you can take to keep babies and children safe. Follow these general safety rules.

• Use safe playgrounds.
• Use gates on stairs.
• Always supervise children in or near water.
• Buckle up.
• Never keep guns in any child care setting.
• Call the poison control center if you think a child has been poisoned.
• Post emergency numbers next to your telephone.

Take an American Red Cross course in first aid and infant/child CPR. Make sure that others caring for your children are certified as well. Contact your Adams County Chapter of the American Red Cross for more information.

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**Taken from www.redcross.org