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SUMMER SAFETY TIPS

 Swimming Safety

 • Make sure that any pools — in-ground or above ground,

 and no matter what size or depth—are fully fenced on all four

 sides by a fence at least 4 feet high.

 • Make sure the fence is locked with a “self-locking” gate,

 the kind that latches behind you and locks by itself.

 It should be on a spring, so that if you open it, it automatically closes and locks.

 • When allowing a child into the pool, make sure a responsible adult

 is within “touching supervision” of the child: meaning, that the adult

 can reach out from where they are and touch the child in the water.

 • Where swimming lessons are concerned, the American Academy of Pediatrics

 has recently changed its directives, and now does not caution parents against

 swim lessons for toddlers. Swim lessons or swimming time with a responsible

 adult can be a good idea and get the child used to the water.

 However, one danger can be that parents begin to feel too comfortable

 about their child’s abilities in the water. Swimming lessons or not, no matter what

 the child’s pool-use level, the parent should still stay within that safe “touching”

 distance in the pool at all times, the doctor said.


 Bug bites

 • Watch out for insect bites (particularly ticks) when a child spends

 time playing outside, especially near wooded areas or where grasses

 grow long. The insects can latch on to a child’s clothes or hair in those

 settings, and then find a warm patch of skin to take a bite.

 • Comb through children’s hair thoroughly at night to make sure

 there are no bugs around, and after a walk in the woods, bag up the child’s

 clothing in a plastic bag until you can wash it in a load of laundry,

 just to be on the safe side. (Regular detergent works fine.)

 • If a tick bite occurs, you can remove the bug yourself

 or have the child’s doctor or nurse do it.

 • Make sure you get all of the parts of the insect out,

 and save the little animal in a jar of rubbing alcohol to be analyzed

 to see what type of tick it is and how long it’s been attached.

 • Keep an eye on the area around the bite, and if any redness

 or a bull’s-eye-shaped mark develops, call your pediatrician’s office.

• The same goes for fever or other atypical symptoms,

which could be a warning sign for an infection like Lyme disease.

 .... MORE TO COME! STAY SAFE THIS SUMMER!

 

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