This week, running from 21 \u2013 27 June, is Child Safety Week. The campaign comes from the Child Accident Prevention Trust who are aiming to raise awareness of the number of accidents that seriously injure or kill children and how parents can take measures to avoid them happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wednesday \u2013 burns<\/strong> Put your hair straighteners away out of reach after you finish using them \u2013 they stay hot for up to 8 minutes.<\/p>\n A hot drink can burn a young child even 15 minutes after it\u2019s been made. So keep hot drinks out of children\u2019s reach \u2013 put your baby down before you pick up yours and don\u2019t pass hot drinks over children\u2019s heads.<\/p>\n A toddler\u2019s skin can be burnt really badly by hot bath water in just 5 seconds. So, when you\u2019re running the bath, put the cold in first and top up with hot, then test the water with your elbow.\u00a0 And don\u2019t leave young children alone in the bath in case they play with the hot tap.<\/p>\n Join parents throughout the country and pledge your time with the Child Safety Week Time Pledge and find out how to protect your child from serious accidents.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.childsafetyweek.org.uk\/child-safety-week\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week, running from 21 \u2013 27 June, is Child Safety Week. The campaign comes from the Child Accident Prevention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bristol-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nEvery day this week 6 children will be so badly burned from things like hot drinks, hot bath water, hair straighteners and other hot appliances that they will be admitted into hospital.\u00a0 Make sure your child isn\u2019t one of them.<\/p>\n