Home Baby Safety

Something to keep in mind as you begin the gardening season (as if you have time to garden!) If eaten some cause rashes and upset stomach and others have more serious effects. These plants and flowers are categorized as poisonous by the MA/Rhode Island Poison Control Center….

- Azalea
- Daffodil bulbs
- Holly berries
- Hyacinth
- Hydrangea
- Lily of the Valley
- Mistletoe
- Philodendron
- Poinsettia
- Rhododendron
- Rhubarb leaves
- Wisteria

Mike Tyson’s 4 yr old daughter passed away tragically yesterday when she was strangled by a cord while playing on a treadmill (link below). According to the CPSC each year more than 25,000 children are injured by home exercise equipment. We recommend to clients/parents that any type of exercise equipment be completely off-limits to children. We’ve installed “surround” style gates around home gyms or just around one piece of equipment. Even if the machine isn’t on children can suffer burns, lacerations, finger pinching, and sadly suffocation (or possibly electrocution) from the cords. If you have exercise equipment in your home please be sure to take appropriate safety measures to insure your child doesn’t have access to it.