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Week in Review: KID’s Visit to D.C.
Posted on September 13, 2019This week, KID was in our nation’s capital meeting with decision makers to advocate for children’s product safety. With our coalition partners U.S. PIRG, The American Academy of Pediatrics, and Child Care Aware, we met with the U.S. CPSC Acting… Read More
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New AAP Study on Laundry Detergent Packet Ingestions
Posted on June 5, 2019Laundry detergent packets, first sold in the U.S. in 2012, are often brightly colored, soft, and come in pouches or plastic jars. This can lead kids to assume they are candy or want to hold or bite them. The packets… Read More
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New AAP study finds that foreign-body ingestions by small children rose 91%
Posted on April 19, 2019Everyone knows that kids tend to put things in their mouths. Children are curious and like to interact with new objects. This can seem like harmless fun, but many objects are hazardous or even fatal when swallowed by small children…. Read More
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Don’t use infant inclined sleep products
Posted on June 13, 2018Last week, the CPSC issued a warning to parents and caregivers to use restraints with infants in inclined sleep products. Children can move out of a safe position on an incline, so these restraints are an attempt to keep the… Read More
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KID Makes Connections at 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics Conference
Posted on October 4, 2017The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of 66,000 pediatricians committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Their evidence-based guidelines on safe sleep, car seats, and… Read More
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KID Safe Sleep Checklist Helps Caregivers Evaluate Infant Sleep Products
Posted on July 14, 2017Safe sleep messaging can be overwhelming for new parents, especially considering the number and variety of products available on store shelves. However, Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) remains the leading cause of preventable death among infants 0-1. In fact, incidence… Read More
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Sleep Safe This Father’s Day Weekend
Posted on June 16, 2017KID knows that dads play a crucial role in keeping kids safe, healthy and happy. In fact, dads today spend triple the amount of time caring for their children as dads did 50 years ago. Much of infant safety research… Read More
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KID’s Mobile Site and Other Online Resources
Posted on May 25, 2017This week at KID we celebrate the strides we have made in making recall and product safety information more accessible to parents and caregivers through our mobile site. Five years ago this week, we launched our mobile site* with the… Read More
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Chicago Banned Crib Bumpers — Will Online Retailers Honor the Ban?
Posted on January 19, 2017In April of 2012, Chicago became the first city in the U.S. to ban the sale of crib bumper pads. In 2013, Maryland followed suit, becoming the first state to ban these dangerous products. More recently, both the state of Ohio… Read More
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AAP Updates Safe Sleep Recommendations
Posted on October 28, 2016The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released a new report — SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2016 Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment — containing an updated list of nineteen safe sleep recommendations to help prevent infant… Read More