Contents:
- Medical Video: 26 TOY CRAFTING HACKS
- Tips for choosing safe toys
- 1. Is the toy big enough
- 2. Is the toy safe
- 3. Each part of the toy is not easy to open
- 4. Toys that are driven must have safety
- 5. Avoid balloons if your child is a baby
- Other tips for choosing safe toys
Medical Video: 26 TOY CRAFTING HACKS
What was your favorite toy when you were little? Are these toys still present? Often as time goes on, the type of children's toys that are circulated in the market changes. Then what toys do you want to buy for your baby? Here are some things you should pay attention to in choosing your child's toys.
Tips for choosing safe toys
Toys are something valuable in childhood. But the American Product Safety Commission reports that, about 250,000 accidents are caused by toys in one year. One of the three cases even occurs in children under five. Therefore, before you decide to buy a toy for your baby, you should first make sure:
1. Is the toy big enough
Baby toys with a size that is large enough to be able to prevent the occurrence of choking on your baby or blockage in the respiratory tract. This toy must be 3 cm in width and at least 6 cm in length.
You should also avoid toys that include balls and coins in the series. Baby toys like this are generally only 4 cm in diameter, so they fit through your baby's respiratory tract.
2. Is the toy safe
Using toys that are derived from your family or relatives, in this case it might be safer than buying a new toy. As long as the lowered toy is not made for too long a year, the coloring may be exfoliated. But if you will still buy a new toy, you should make sure:
- There are no peeling toy coloring
- There is no sharp toy side
- There is no toy side that is easily pressed with a small baby finger
- There is no part with a magnet that is easily separated
- There is no section in the form of a long wire more than 18 cm
- Made from safe ingredients, by avoiding some ingredients such as mercury, cadmium, arsenic, phthalate, and other chemicals as well,
- Toys are strong enough so they are not easily damaged or destroyed.
3. Each part of the toy is not easy to open
Browse all parts of the toy from the buttons until maybe the ribbon parts are easily pulled. If the baby's toys also have a battery box, you should first make sure the battery box will not be easily opened by your baby. The opening of this battery box can be dangerous for your baby.
4. Toys that are driven must have safety
Most toys for babies that need to be driven, will usually be used if your baby has been able to sit in balance without the need to be held back. But more than that, most toys generally put up stickers that provide information about the age of the target of the toy. Toys that need to be driven like this, especially a kind of piggyback toy, should have a safety to avoid falling babies, especially if the head collides.
5. Avoid balloons if your child is a baby
Although balloons are one of the fun party items for kids, balloons are one of the causes that most often cause children to choke. When the balloon breaks, or when it hasn't been blown, the balloon can be inserted into his mouth and actually makes him choke. Moreover, balloon materials are mostly made of latex.
Other tips for choosing safe toys
In addition to the five tips for choosing the toys mentioned above, you should also:
- Watch first how your baby uses the toy
- There are variations in the toys you provide
- Be careful of something that children often think of toys, such as fireworks and scissors and
- Try to choose children's toys that are able to provide a stimulation to the five senses and their abilities.
