What first aid should I know to keep my child safe this summer? Parenting SOS with Kate Ball
Happy Mum Happy Baby
Giovanna Fletcher
4.8 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The summer holidays are here! Whether we're going away or staying closer to home, keeping our little ones safe is always top of mind. So this month on Parenting SOS, founder of Mini First Aid Kate Ball is here to share her top tips to get you ready for a great summer!
Kate and Gi run through some of the best ways to prevent accidents, from swimming safety to sunburn protection.
Plus, Kate explains the importance of trusting your gut when it comes to your child’s health, and of course answers some of your first aid questions.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Happy Mom, Happy Baby, Parenting SOS. |
| 0:04.0 | What's really important for children when they're little is that they know how to raise the alarm. |
| 0:09.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:10.0 | If you're at home with young children, that might be that you've had a conversation with your children about how we get help. |
| 0:15.0 | It might be how they open your phone, dare I say it, and dial 999, |
| 0:19.0 | or how if you still have a Lundline that they can make an emergency call? |
| 0:22.9 | This is all about making sure that your children are in a really bright colour |
| 0:26.1 | and avoiding those bluey, greeny colours. |
| 0:28.2 | They look gorgeous. |
| 0:29.1 | But when you go under the water, it makes them much harder to spot. |
| 0:33.3 | So if you're looking, God forbid, for a missing child around water, then it's tricky. |
| 0:40.0 | Somebody messaged us and said, I had to give my baby CPR in the back of a car. |
| 0:45.1 | And because you told me what to do, I saved my baby's life. |
| 0:47.6 | Oh, okay. |
| 0:48.3 | I know. |
| 0:49.2 | I know. |
| 0:50.1 | And then you just go, I can't stop. |
| 0:52.2 | I can't possibly stop. |
| 0:53.4 | No. |
| 0:54.0 | Because you just go, that is just the power of what we're doing. |
| 0:59.1 | I'd like to take this moment to thank our friends at Wild Nutrition |
| 1:02.1 | who are offering happy mum, happy baby listeners, 50% off for three months. |
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