Common baby accidents

Common baby accidents: "Even if you put your child in a glass case for protection, he'd find a way to break the glass and cut himself. Accidents happen in childhood, despite your best childproofing and safety efforts.

Here you'll find a list of the most common childhood emergencies and injuries, followed by breakdowns of the most common accidents from birth to 6 months, and 7 months to a year.

The most common childhood injuries

• Burns, one of the most common childhood accidental injuries. These include sunburns and burns caused by stoves, lamps, matches, lighted cigarettes, fireplaces, wood stoves, and hot liquid from a pan, cup, bath, or hot water heater.

• Head injuries caused primarily by falls from high chairs, beds, furniture, stairs, and play equipment.

• Choking on food or foreign objects.

• Strangulation caused by strings, ties, ribbons, and cords on toys, clothing, and household appliances and fixtures.

• Nose injuries caused by running into stationary objects, falling on a hard surface, or deflecting a flying toy (or the fist or foot of another child).

• Items stuck in a nostril, like small stones, chewable vitamins, pebbles, and peas.

• Cuts and scratches caused by sharp fingernails (either your baby's own or some other child's), pets, sharp obje"