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U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Baby Safety Shower
What's filled with fun and games with lots of lifesaving information? A baby safety shower! If you are looking for ways to help parents and caregivers take better care of their children, consider organizing a baby safety shower--a baby shower with a new twist.
A baby safety shower is a learning party where all the activities revolve around home safety themes. Parents and caregivers have fun--and leave with new ideas about keeping babies safe. Developed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Gerber Products Company, baby safety showers are being held by organizations across the country for new parents and parents-to-be.
You can arrange a baby safety shower for any number of people--from 20 to 200. At larger baby safety showers, parents and caregivers can visit a variety of workshops where volunteers illustrate important safety information with games, prizes, and other activities. At smaller showers, a few volunteers can lead the group in safety games.
Your theme can focus on keeping babies safe at home or in childcare or you can include additional issues, like nutrition and health.
The baby safety showers revolve around games like Safety Bingo which are based on a baby safety checklist with 12 safety tips. The checklist includes such messages as "put your baby to sleep on her back or side in a crib with a firm, flat mattress," "always check bath temperature with your wrist or elbow before putting your baby in to bathe," and "use safety gates to block stairways and safety plugs to electrical outlets."
Baby safety showers also are a good way to create and promote public-private partnerships among many different organizations. By offering, for example, to distribute donated baby products or health information, you can enhance your ties with the local business community and build your relationships with local health and social service organizations. All this creates community goodwill---and provides your invited parents with welcome information, products, and services.
The materials you will need to get started are included in the Baby Safety Shower How-to Kit. Take special note of the Baby Safety Checklist, in both English and Spanish, which provides 12 important home safety tips that all parents and childcare providers should know. Use your imagination to create a baby safety shower for your specific situation. The key to success is providing important safety information in a festive and inviting setting. So, roll up your sleeves--and have fun!
Resources
The CPSC and Gerber Products Company have available a Baby Safety Shower Kit which includes information, ideas, and games for organizations and groups to use to host baby safety showers, and a Baby Safety Checklist Growth Chart. Up to five copes of the kits are available free of charge (item #207 for the English version and #207S for the Spanish version) from the CPSC. Contact the CPSC, Washington DC 20207; 800-638-2772, www.cpsc.gov.
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