Before baby is born: blind cords

Sadly there have been at least 17 deaths in the last decade due to blind cords. Children between the ages of 16 and 36 months are most at risk. This is likely due to the mobility of toddlers at this…

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Before baby is born: buying and using car seats

There’s a wealth of options when you come to choosing a car seat for your newborn, so where do you start? Aside from liking a colour or picking a seat that will fit in your car, there are a number of k…

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Interview with an instructor: Sarah Walker-Smith

Sarah is one of our To Baby and Beyond first aid instructors and she also teaches for our sister company, First Aid for Dogs. Name: Sarah Walker-Smith Lives: Ruislip in West London What do you…

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Instructor Interview: Kay Baldock

In this interview we meet Kay. Kay's one of the instructors on our Baby and Child First Aid and Paediatric First Aid courses which take place across Sussex as well as in Raynes Park and Wimbledon for…

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Crawling baby under one year: a safety overview

So baby is mobile, possibly crawling and maybe even ‘cruising’ around using furniture to propel themselves?! Not only are they on the move, but they’re interested in everything, and will try to taste as mu…

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Baby's first months: how to make your home safer

So baby's has been at home for a few months, and you’re all settling in nicely with new routines established, and old ones firmly out the window! Hopefully you’re getting used to the idea that your hom…

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Before baby is born: nappy sacks

Since 2015, RoSPA have been running a campaign to highlight the dangers that nappy sacks can pose to babies and young children. Unfortunately nappy sacks present a suffocation and choking risk to…

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Dangers of bath seats for babies

Public Health England (PHE) has issued an urgent alert on bath safety, and especially the use of bath seats, following a series of deaths and near misses reported by London’s Child Death Overview P…

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Fantastic feedback from our baby first aid course in Brighton

Our baby and child first aid courses in Brighton and Hove have been really busy this month with lots of great feedback... “The course was excellent" “Taught by practitioner with real world exp…

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