SAFETY FIRST:HOW TO BABY PROOF HOME

It is surprising how a baby gets into trouble much quickly. For this reason, it is recommended allocating safe area by baby proof home.

Baby Proof Home

The Big Picture

It’s not easy to tell what your baby will get into when they are crawling, walking, or climbing, and therefore, you have a responsibility of babyproofing your home. So how would you make your house baby-friendly? Well, you may achieve this by taking security measures on anything that can hurt them in their attempts of opening, pulling or playing. Other steps may include covering all the safety basics by installing the smoke alarms with batteries and posting emergency phone numbers next to your phones.

Allocate at least a weekend for securing your house to ensure that it is safe. While it may take some of your time, you’ll have peace of mind end of it, and of course, you’ll have to do it more thorough as your kid keeps growing. Consider the general safety of your home. Keep your water heater at a lower temperature of about 120 degrees to avoid scalding your baby during bath time. 

What more do you require? You’ll need to install your kitchen with a fire extinguisher. You will also have to consider fixing carbonmonoxide and smoke detectors on the floors of your home to safeguard your baby health. Remember placing safety gates right at the head and bottom of your stairs.  Use plastic caps to cover all the electrical outlets.

Next Stop: Your Kitchen

The kitchen usually entails many distractions during regular cooking and cleaning exercises. For this reason, take safety measures of ensuring that your child does not get into problems when you are busy preparing family or baby food.

First things first. Begin by reorganizing. Transfer all cleaning detergents and supplies from lower cabinets to the ones above. Use the bottom cabinets for storing items that the baby can find with ease such as pans, pots, paper items, and plastic containers. Move all the sharp objects and plastic bags from the lower drawers to the higher drawers where your child cannot retrieve.

If mineral and vitamin supplements are part of your kitchen operations, store them in a lock and key drawer. These products look candy and are deemed to poison your child out of curiosity. Place choking items like magnets on storage spaces away from the floor. Finally, plug out all small appliances that are not in use, leaving no cords dangling.

Baby proof Home: The Living Room

Your baby is prone to falling and colliding in the living room. For this case, you need to cushion the side tables, and other sharp cornered areas. Move all your furniture away from the windows to reduce the chances of the baby climbing onto them and falling out. Fix the bookshelves on the walls to avoid falling and mount your TV safely to an entertainment unit where the baby can’t pull it down by herself.

Baby proof Home: Nursery

You need to do thorough babyproofing before setting up your baby’s room. However, you may have to take the following suggestions if you didn’t secure the nursery:

Ask yourself whether the baby’s crip is secure. If it’s new, there is no such worry. However, hand-me-downs that have lasted for quite some time may not match with current safety requirements. Consider mattress and sheets that fit your baby tightly.

Baby proof Home: The Bathroom

Sitting up in the Tub

Most importantly, your baby should never be left in the tub alone, even for the shortest time whatsoever. Your child is prone to drowning in fewer inches of the water. The nuggets we suggested in the kitchen apply to the bathroom too. Place all hazardous items on high shelves. Unplug all electrical devices and their cords.

The Small Stuff

Now that you’re done with the major tasks, it’s high time to cover the little details. Investigate each room and perform the following measures:

Baby proof Home: Toys

Fix safety gates at the room exit and entrance to limit the movement of your baby. Avoid putting toxic varieties of houseplants in your house. Clear ashtrays instantly and keep lighters, tobacco products and matches under lock and key. Carry out a regular vacuum exercise to suck up paper clips, and other small materials that may choke your baby.

Recent research conducted by the Home Security Council reveals that babies less than one year are prone to unintentional home injury death caused by suffocation and choking. For additional information on how to keep your home as a haven for your child, don’t hesitate to visit our website for tips, baby recipes, checklists and much more.

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