Consumer Reports: Keeping your kids out of the hospital

Here are tips from Consumer Reports on how to keep your kids safe.

CHILDREN ARE MORE LIKELY TOGET HURT AT HOME.

CONSUMERREPORTS HAS SOME IMPORTANTWAYS TO SAFETY PROOF YOUR HOMESINCE WE'RE ALL SPENDING MORETIME IN IT.

)TRT:1:36,OQ:"...GOOD AS NEW."WHILE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVEBEEN SPENDING MORE TIME ATHOME, SOME KIDS HAVE BEENGETTING HURT AS OVERWHELMEDPARENTS ARE MORE DISTRACTED."THE KIDS ARE GETTING A LITTLEBIT MORE CREATIVE IN HOWTHEY'RE PLAYING AROUND HERE;ESPECIALLY ON RAINY DAYS."ELYSE EVERETT SAYS SHE'SALREADY HAD HER SHARE OFSAFETY SCARES -- AN ANKLESPRAIN WITH NINE YEAR OLDDAUGHTER PAIGE, AND 12 YEAROLD SON CHARLIE, A CHIPPEDTOOTH.

"MY WORST FEAR, LIKEEVERYONE ELSE'S WORST FEAR, ISHAVING TO GO TO THE ER."SERIOUS INJURIES REQUIRE AVISIT TO THE ER, EVEN NOW WHENSOME HOSPITALS ARE BUSIER THANEVER.

BUT THE BEST BET ISTRYING TO AVOID ANY INJURY INTHE FIRST PLACE.

-- CONSUMERREPORTS SAYS YOU CAN STARTWITH STICKING TO A SCHEDULE.CHYRON: RACHEL RABKINPEACHMAN, CONSUMER REPORTSINVESTIGATIVE REPORTER "IF YOUHAVE A ROUTINE FOR EVERYONEGOING OUTSIDE AND GETTING SOMEEXERCISE EACH DAY, THEN YOURCHILD MAY BE LESS LIKELY TO BEBOUNCING OFF THE WALLS LATERIN THE DAY AND HURTTHEMSELVES." NEXT, MINIMIZENEW HAZARDS.

"A LOT OF PARENTSMAY BE TEMPTED TO BUY THINGSTHAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHTABOUT BUYING BEFORE, LIKE AHOME TRAMPOLINE OR AHOVERBOARD.

DO YOU HAVE THEENERGY TO ESTABLISH RULESAROUND THE USE OF THATPRODUCT, AND ARE YOU GOING TOBE ABLE TO SUPERVISE YOURCHILD WHILE USING THATPRODUCT?" CR ALSO SAYS TOSTORE CLEANING SUPPLIESCAREFULLY.

HAND SANITIZERSPOSE AN ESPECIALLY HIGH RISKTO CHILDREN BECAUSE PEOPLE AREUSING THEM MORE.

WITHCOMPANIES EXPEDITINGPRODUCTION TO GET MOREPRODUCTS ON STORE SHELVES,SOME HAND SANITIZER BOTTLESLOOK DIFFERENT AND COULD BECONFUSED FOR WATER, SODA, ORSOMETHING ELSE.

AND ANCHORYOUR FURNITURE.

-- SOMEONE INTHE U.S. IS INJURED ABOUTEVERY 20 MINUTES WHEN ANAPPLIANCE, A TELEVISION, OR APIECE OF FURNITURE TIPS OVER.AND REMEMBER CHARLIE'S CHIPPEDTOOTH?

HE WAS ABLE TO SEE APEDIATRIC DENTIST WHERE THEYFOLLOWED SAFETY PROTOCOLS, ANDNOW HIS SMILE IS GOOD AS NEW.CONSUMER REPORTS ALSO SAYSIT'S IMPORTANT TO ALWAYSPROVIDE A SAFE SLEEPENVIRONMENT FOR A BABY.

YOUCAN GO TO THE AMERICAN ACADEMYOF PEDIATRICS' WEBSITE TO SEETHEIR SAFE SLEEPRECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHYBABIES UP TO 1 YEAR OF AGE.11 KIDS AND ADULTS ARE ON THESWEET TRACK TO WINNING BASHAS'