Toddler Safety & Prevention: How to Prevent Toddler Accidents & Injuries

Once a toddler becomes a toddler there is just no stopping them. From running full speed ahead to jumping on the bed the ways a toddler can get hurt seem endless.

The most common injury that toddlers face is falling down. Toddlers learn to walk then run. When you've just barely learned to walk and then decide to run chances are you will fall down. Toddlers don't consider this though. They learn to run and so they run. The best way to prevent toddlers from getting a split lip, chipped tooth, bloody nose, or a goose egg from falling when running is to limit the running in the house. Toddlers will run wild if allowed to. They will run from point A to point B if they are allowed to run in the house. Often they will fall in transit. Establishing a household rule that sates "No running in the house" gives your child the idea that running in the house is not safe, as does the verbal explanation you give when establishing the rule. All you need to do is set the rule and tell your child directly that accidents happen when people run in the house. It's true, they do. Make a rule to prevent running accidents.

Toddlers get into everything. They can climb to reach the objects that you put out of reach, and they will. However, a toddler generally will not climb without a cause. One way to eliminate any injuries that can result in toddlers climbing to get desired objects is to not put objects of desire up high in a place where they can see them. Medications, chemicals, or any other things that are harmful should not just be placed on a high shelf. They must be locked up in a cabinet. That alone will prevent a possible poisoning as well as a possible fall. The same goes for knick knacks and things that you take away from your toddler. Don't put them up high where the child can see them because they will try to find a way to get them. Toddlers are very creative and are skilled enough to search out containers or toys to stack.

Toddlers rarely get hurt while we are looking. If Mom and Dad are watching they won't run down the hall too fast just as they will not climb to get that out of reach item. The number one most important way to keep your toddler from getting injured in any way shape or form is to provide constant supervision. That alone could, can, and will prevent 95% of all toddler accidents and injuries.