Getting your player ready...
CHICAGO — Almost 10,000 infants and toddlers are hurt in crib and playpen accidents each year, according to the first nationwide analysis of emergency-room treatment for these injuries.
Most injuries were from falls in toddlers between ages 1 and 2 — generally old enough to attempt climbing out of a crib or playpen.
Researchers who studied 19 years of ER data say better prevention efforts are needed but that recent safety measures, including a ban on drop-side cribs, likely will reduce those numbers.
