Helpful And Easy Tips For Baby Proofing Your Home
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by: JulieSumerstone
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Here are a few simple things you can go to keep your baby safe from harm in your home.
Covering Table Edges
The adult shin has been victimized by the coffee table edge since the creation of the coffee table. Our shins bruise but recover. Baby heads are just as susceptible to damage from a coffee table edge as any shin. This is more of a risk to babies just learning to move on their own.
Buying and installing plastic or rubber edging on the coffee table will help protect your little one's head from injury. Also, if you have some tape laying around, it can be used as a quick fix on areas where your baby can reach.
Covering Exposed Electrical Outlets
An exceptionally dangerous hazard in the home is the exposed electrical socket. Babies and just beginning to explore their world and everything around them is fair game. Putting anything into an electrical outlet can cause shorts, electrocution and even fires.
To prevent injury from electrocution, install the small plastic outlet caps that can be purchased at any store. Make sure to install the caps even in sockets that are covered by furniture.
Gate Off Hazards
Babies that are just beginning to get around see the world as one giant open field-knife filled kitchens, dangerous staircases, and sewing rooms are perfect examples of areas that are off limits. Installing baby gates at the top and bottom of stairways and in the doorways to off-limit rooms can help keep your baby where you want them- safe.
Also, baby gates can be used when you need to keep baby in one location for supervision purposes.
Locking Cupboards
We keep everything from rat poison and household cleaners to mouse traps and tools in our cupboards. Every year, hundreds of children ingest something they found in a cupboard. For that very reason, these cupboards should be locked tight with certified childproof locks. These are available at any store that carries baby products.
Baby proofing your home is easy, inexpensive and totally worth the feeling of safety you get from doing it.
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