Take a "Poison Patrol" of your home. Use this helpful information to make sure your home is poison-proof for children.
Children & Potential Poisons
Young children will eat and drink almost anything! Never call medicine "candy." Children should not be deceived by having flavored medicines called "candy." When left alone, they may locate the bottle and eat or drink its contents.
Growing children are curious about things that glitter, pretty colored pills, and bottle and containers of all kinds. These items arouse a child's natural curiosity. If a child is in the crawling stage, arrange to keep household products in places other than below the kitchen sink unless the cabinet is locked or secured with child safety latches.
If the child is able to climb, find a shelf that is completely beyond his/her ability to reach, or better yet, lock these products in a cabinet or closet. Children will pull drawers out and use them as stairs to reach upper cabinets!