Falls in under ones

The Problem

 Babies are able to roll, kick and wriggle.
This means babies can roll off furniture such as beds, changing tables or sofas.

• Babies should be changed on the floor to reduce the risk, and not left unattended on any high surface.
   
• Babies have also been hurt falling from highchairs, prams and pushchairs. A fivepoint harness should always be used. Where there is only a three-point harness it needs to be tightly secured around the baby’s waist.
   
• Bouncing chairs and baby car seats can fall if they are placed on tables or other raised surfaces. Babies will kick and fidget and these movements can cause the cradle or seat to move.

     The Facts

•  Over one third of all injured babies under the age of one seen in Jersey’s Accident & Emergency Department could be prevented……
• IF they had not been left alone in a place where they could fall or roll from.

 Think! Where is the safest place to leave my child?

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