Based on content from the baby care experts at JOHNSON'S®
It's easy to forget just how easily an infant or toddler can experience a burn around the home. If your baby turns the wrong water faucet or reaches for the wrong item, a burn can occur. That's why it's important to take special precautions around the home:
- Always check your baby's bath water to make sure the temperature is tepid or warm, not hot.
- Do not allow toddlers to use a hot faucet or to play in or around the tub without supervision.
- Cover the faucet in the tub so your baby or toddler does not turn it on accidentally.
- Place hot objects and liquids on a high surface. Do not drink hot liquids near your baby or toddler.
- Turn the handles of cooking pots and pans away out of baby's reach
- Keep small appliance and their wires out of your baby?s reach
- Cover all electrical outlets with protective plugs
- Be sure to apply sunscreen any time your infant or child goes outside or is in direct exposure to the sun.
What to Do If a Burn Happens
If your baby experiences a non-chemical, non-electrical burn, immerse the burn in cool water or apply a cool compress. Do not apply ice, butter or burn ointments and be sure not to break any blisters that form. If burned skin looks normal or slightly red after soaking, you do not need to cover the burn. Repeat the application of cool water or a cool compress if pain from the burn returns.
For more extensive burns (burns that look raw, white or charred-looking or burns larger than your child's hand), call your doctor immediately. If a burn you are treating at home doesn't heal, gets redder, starts to swell or develops a foul odor, call your doctor.
