Safety Help

[xMISSYx]

Heya, i'm doing child development as a GCSE, i'm in desperate need of all parents help!!
i'm doing a resource task that requires us to find out the most popular safety equipment...would any of you lovely parents like to help?!!
brb with the questionnaire!!

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Galaxy - be right back - I think!

Missy - happy to help. Do you want parents of babies, toddlers, older children?

BRB = Be Right Back

1. how many children do you have? 2)do you think safety precautions have improved since the birth of your child(ren)? If yes in what way? 3)Do or did you have any trouble in keeping them safe? If yes how? 4)what safety equipmemnt did or do you use? 5)which did you find proved more effective? 6)which child safety equipment do you propose all mothers should consider? 7)with the safety equipment, which would you sayy was or is the most popular amoung the mums? 8)what was the most expensive precaution you took before the birth(s)? 9)what was the cheapest precaution you took before the birth(s)? 10)what safety precautions did or do you take after the birth(s)? 11)what is/was the most expensive precaution you took/take? 12)what is/was the cheapest precaution you take? 13)do you think your safety precautions are/were value for money;yes or no because? 14)where do/did you purchase any of your safety equipment from? 15)did or do you purchase any 2nd hand items for baby?if yes please state 16)what precautions/checks do/did you make when purchasing 2nd hand child safety equipment?

thank you ever sooooooo much for your help!it is much appriated..how ever it's spelt!!

thnx ever sooooo much!!

sorry it's a long questionnaire..... did any of you have 2 do this sorta thing 4 ur grades??

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thnx ever sooooooooooooooooo much galaxy, big help in starting it all off!!

i'm sure u cant b tht old galaxy!!!!yer, they seem 2 b sort of repetative dont they?!!!oh well neva mind!!hehehe

1. one
2. not really as she is only 22 months old
3. generally no 4)stair gate (not on stairs but on bedroom door and balcony door; cooker hob guard, plug socket covers, reins, car seat 5)car seat is the best safety device we have 6)car seat 7)car seat 8)buying a good quality car seat 9)socket covers 10)2nd stage car seat; reins; hob guard; stair gate 11)2nd stage car seat - ISOFIX system so very expensive 12)socket covers; using my common sense and being aware and alert to DD 13)yes - peace of mind is proceless 14)mothercare; babies r us; independent baby shop 15)no 16)n/a

Hi - got to be quick - waiting for a phone call!
1)2
2)no - eldest is only 4 though
3)not really once the safety equipment is in place
4)stair gates, car seats, door locks, socket covers, baby monitor, common sense
5)all the above - all are needed
6)if you can't prevent a child getting into a potentially unsafe situation (eg with a door lock or stair gate) then you need to minimise the risk with child safety equipment e.g socket covers, video lock etc.
7)stair gates and car seats
8)car seat
9)baby monitor
10)same as Q 4
11)good car seat
12)socket covers.baby reins
13)absolutely
14)Mothercare, John Lewis
15)Not safety items
16)N/A

Got to go now - HTH!

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thnx Hulababy and luchar, along wiv galaxy, ur answers 2 my questionnaire has helped me unbelievably!!cant spell 2day!!

thnx 2 twiglett, ...4 down, 6 to go!!!teacher says eed 10 to have a decent graph.....gwaaaaarrrrrd!as if doin this isnt enough!!!!LMAO!!

Yes, it is best to have as many as possible to make your results work best. HOnestly. And don't be tempted to make them up as your graphs may look a bit wrong. Mumnset gets busier again later tonight so more people may help out then too.

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Good point Twiglet.

Missy - what types of things do you want your graph to show? And what type of graph?

If you let me know I may be able to suggest how you can use this data. I am used to having to do it as I have to get my own pupils to do graphs daily!

1. 2
2. yes - lots more available - engineering & design have improved too
3. no - always very careful
4. stair gates, socket covers, fireguard, cupboard locks, anti-door-slammer-things, ad hoc clever things rigged up by dh (eg gas fire switch anti-fiddle protector), safety bars outside their bedroom window
5. all did their job - can't think of any which didn't really work
6. stair gates
7. [you'll be able to answer this one once you get all your responses! sounds like stair gates again so far]
8. before - suppose car seat
9. maybe socket covers
10. loads - see above! But also: putting things out of reach, making a dedicated medicine cabinet that locked, always checking house for small swallowables & removing
11. bars on their bedroom window (it's on fourth floor)
12. just watching out for possible risks - free
13. yes - because of peace of mind
14. John Lewis & catalogues
15. not safety equipment - only clothes & books
16. I think I wouldn't buy 2nd hand, so not relevant

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Here are my answers.

1. Four (First child born 1975, last in '96)

2. Yes. More of them and and better made/ easier to use.

3. Not really,

4. Stair gates, car seats, fireguard, reins, corner protectors, socket covers, cupboard door locks, gadget to stop doors slamming onto fingers.

5. All were effective.

6. Car seat, stair gate, reins, fireguard, cupboard door lock for household chemicals.

7. Car seat, stair gate, cupboard door

8. Car seat

9. None!

10. Stair gates, fireguard, reins, corner protectors, socket covers, cupboard door locks, gadget to stop doors slamming onto fingers.

11. Car seat

12. Corner protectors

13. yes, on the whole. Stair gates are a bit iffy at times, fiddly and expensive for what they are.

14. Baby stores, DIY stores

15. No

16)N/A

1 1
2 Not much
3 No
4 Car seats, reins, socket covers, cupboard locks, corner protectors, fire guard, stair gate, extra garden gate
5 Car seat
6 Car seat
7 Car seat
8 Purchase of car seat
9 No other precaution taken
10 Purchase of all other items mentioned in 4 plus next stage of car seats as required.
11 car seats
12 socket covers
13 most were although corner covers were a bit useless - ie DS could pull them off.
14 Mothercare, Babies R US , independent shop
15 Not safety items
16 n/a

1. 2 2)Yes, to some extent/more information readily available re products 3)Not really 4)Stair gates, socket covers, fire guards, window locks, cupoard locks 5)Stair gates, socket covers, fire guards, car seats 6)All of them 7)Stair gates, socket covers, fire guards 8)Car seat 9)None 10)Baby monitor 11)Car seat 12)Putting things out of reach, organising a medicine cabinet with thermometer 13)Yes 14)John Lewis/Mothercare 15)No 16)N/a

1. 2 2)not really 3)not really 4)stairgate (now used on kitchen), socket covers, car seats, harness in pushchair, foam anti door slam things, bath seat 5)car seat 6)car seat 7)car seat 8)buying car seat 9)baby monitor (gift) 10)used car seat, monitor 11)car seat - but that has had the longest lifespan so probably not per use. 12)elastic around drawer handles , using observation and common sense to anticipate problems 13)generally yes, but the advertising hype tends towards being overprotective. A few key good quality items are of more value than many of the gadgets but you cannot replace basic supervision and common sense 14)Mothercare, Ikea, independent baby store 15)stairgate 16)that all the pieces were there, in good condition and it fitted securely

Might be more interesting to see what people bought which were a complete waste of time ! Good luck, not really sure how you plan to collate all this.

1. 2

2. no 3. no 4. carseats, gates in kitchen and balcony doorways, corner covers on some furniture, socket covers on some sockets, door catches and/or extra locks on some cupboards. 5. each effective for its own purpose, except for corner covers - which constantly fall off. 6.