Burns are very common in crawling infants and in toddlers. The most common sources of these burns are mother's curling iron, wood stove, hot liquid spills, reaching and touching the oven, stove or fireplace, as well as burns made intentionally on children. Warn parents at the 4-6 month checkup about this source of injury to their children. Warn parents to not apply butter or other ointments on a burn. Bicycle Injuries in toddlers are often taken on bicycle rides by their parents.
Separate seats are available for the children.
Common sources of injury from this cause include motor vehicle injuries, and children getting their legs caught in the spokes of the bicycle wheel. Everyone riding on a bike should wear a helmet. All medications look good to infants and toddlers and they like to sample them. Putting locks on cabinets is not enough. Parents must be careful that visitors, relatives with medications never leave them in sight of the children.