Toddlers: Safety Clothing

Keeping your child safe is a major priority for parents. Here we have many excellent articles that will help parents protect their toddler children. Unlike the other areas at KidSource, we're not rating these articles individually because we think they all are important. The toddler categories are:

• General
• At Home
• Clothing
• Poisoning
• Recreation, Travel and Holidays

We suggest that you also refer to the Product Recall Notices and to our overall list of Safety articles.

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CPSC Reminds Parents About Nightwear Safety The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is reminding parents to choose sleepwear that will protect children from serious burn injuries. Be sure to shop for safety by looking for tags that say the garment is flame-resistant or snug- fitting.

Guidelines For Buying Children's Sleepwear The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission sets national safety standards for children's sleepwear flammability. These standards are designed to protect children from burn injuries if they come in contact with an open flame, such as a match or stove burner.

New Labels on Children's Sleepwear Alert Parents to Fire Dangers To prevent burn injuries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) urges parents to make sure their children's sleepwear is either flame-resistant or snug-fitting.

Safety Calendar - A Month of Activities This great calendar has 30 things you can do to safeguard your family. We're all so busy, that we tend to postpone taking these basic steps. This calendar will help by defining discrete and often small things that you can do that could make a big difference in protecting your family. Check it out today!

Childproofing Your Home - 12 Safety Devices to Protect Your Children About 2-1/2 million children are injured or killed by hazards in the home each year. The good news is that many of these incidents can be prevented by using 12 simple child safety devices on the market today.

CPSC's Sleepwear Amendment to Help Reduce Burn Injuries To reduce burn injuries associated with oversize cotton garments such as T-shirts, sweats and other daywear garments used as sleepwear, CPSC amended the sleepwear standard under the Flammable Fabrics Act.

Responds to Decision On Children's Sleepwear Flammability Standards In this news article, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) responds to the recent U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ruling regarding children's sleepwear. The NFPA cites concern over the CPSC ruling that allows children's sleepwear to be made of flammable materials like untreated cotton, so long as it is tight-fitting on children or the age it is designed for.

Guidelines For Drawstrings On Children's Outerwear These guidelines are issued to help prevent children from strangling or getting entangled in the neck and waist drawstrings of upper outerwear garments, such as jackets and sweatshirts. Drawstrings on children's clothing are a hidden hazard that can lead to deaths and injuries when they catch on such items as playground equipment, bus doors, or cribs

Death Spurs Effort To Release Guidelines For Drawstrings On Children's Jackets And Sweatshirts This is the news release for the Guidelines For Drawstrings On Children's Outerwear article.

CPSC Votes To Amend Children's Sleepwear Regulation In this news release, the CPSC's decision to amend the current children's sleepwear standard under the Flammable Fabrics Act is described. The amendments will permit the sale of tight-fitting children's sleepwear and sleepwear for infants aged nine months or under, even if the garments do not meet the flammability standards ordinarily applicable to such sleepwear.