Safety

Car seats, safer sleep and crying-coping programmes from public agencies and established charities.

ICON: babies cry, you can cope
A UK programme that explains that crying is normal in babies and how adults can cope, including a short film used by health services.
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NHTSA: car seats and booster seats
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's official pages on choosing, installing and registering a car seat, including a seat finder.
Free
Child Accident Prevention Trust
A UK charity that publishes practical home-safety advice for families with babies and young children.
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Child Car Seats (UK)
A UK site, supported by the Department for Transport and others, on choosing and using a child car seat.
Free
CPSC crib information
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission information centre on cribs and related sleep products.
Free
HealthyChildren: car safety seats
AAP information for families on car safety seats, on the HealthyChildren site.
Free
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
A US organisation that runs the Period of PURPLE Crying programme and publishes information on crying and infant head injury prevention.
Free
Period of PURPLE Crying
A programme from the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome that explains a period of increased crying in early months.
Free
RoSPA: child car seats
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents' UK pages on child car seats.
Free
Safe Kids Worldwide
A US non-profit on child injury prevention, including car seats and home safety, with local inspection events.
Free

When the list grows

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