Poison Prevention

It is amazing just how many household products can be poisonous to your toddler, they include aspirin, lye, drain cleaners, cosmetics, moth balls, bleaches, and many more. Toddlers of course are curious souls who put everything they grab directly into their mouths and it's no wonder poisoning is common. Here are some important safety rules to follow:

1. Never call any medicine "candy."

2. Buy medicine and household products in child resistant packages, and always keep dangerous products out of your child's sight and reach. Toddlers are excellent climbers.

3. Never leave alcoholic beverages around.

4. Always keep products in their original containers.

5. Keep a one ounce bottle of syrup of ipecac, which causes vomiting, in your medicine cabinet. If your child accidentally swallows a poisonous substance, or takes an overdose of some medicine, call your doctor immediately and found out if you should use it.

Since most of us don't have eyes in the back of our heads, the name of the game in terms of poisoning is prevention.

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