As your child grows up to become a toddler it is important to understand the necessity of baby-proofing or childproofing your living space. On an average, babies begin to crawl at 8 months – allowing the baby to pull up and stand and very soon walk. Here are a few tips from us about baby proofing your home. Simple and easy tips before you call in professionals to further bolster your arrangements. Lets focus on each room at a time.
1. The Bathroom:
Do not keep any water filled in buckets in the bathroom.
Keep soap trays and shampoos and other potentially toxic substances like cleaning agents out of reach.
Stow away any unwanted rubber pipes out of reach.
Keep the bathroom door locked at all times.
Use safety plugs to seal all electrical outlets
Install a toilet seat lock to prevent drowning.
2. The Bedrooms
Use door stoppers to prevent your kid’s fingers from jamming into them
Put safety plugs or outlet covers over unused outlets or block with furniture.
Hide electrical cords behind furniture
Keep blow dryers, hair straighteners, irons and other appliances unplugged and out of reach.
Keep coins, perfumes, skin cream, keys out of reach. Same stands for buttons, eyes, beads, ribbons, or other pieces a baby could pull off and choke on in the bedroom or any other part of the home.
3. The Living Room
Use window guards, window stops, and safety netting on windows, decks, and landings.
Keep curtain tassels, window loops, curtains out of reach.
Use safety plugs for electrical outlets.
Keep cabinets locked and fish tanks out of reach (if any)
Attach corner and edge guards.
4. Kitchen
Keep knives, breakables, heavy pots, and other dangerous items locked up or out of reach.
Keep toasters, microwaves out of reach
Lock refrigerators and cabinets
Keep trash cans in inaccessible cupboards or use cans with child-resistant covers.
Don’t use tablecloths or place mats to prevent babies from pulling them down with whats on them.
After you have done all of the above, you might also wan to crawl on your knees to check what you might have missed, thinking from the perspective of your child.
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