Babies grow up very fast and sooner than you realize they are walking and you will be caught up in following them around such that you will not have time to Child-Proofing your home. It is vital that you do it in advance so that you do not get caught up. Look at your home from your babies view point, because homes can be full of many hazards for your children.
Child proofing your home will save you the headache of having to look after them and panicking anytime you can’t see them around and wondering what is it that they are up to. Take some of the measures highlighted below so that you can keep your baby safe. You can start by Child-Proofing your bathroom. Some of the precautions is to ensure that the water is not too deep nor too hot for the baby at least not deeper than your baby’s legs before they start walking on their own and start getting inside the bath tubes. Put the non-slip mats in the bathroom so that you can prevent your baby from slipping and falling.
All the unsafe items should be kept away from your kid. When kids get to a certain age, they have a tendency of putting almost everything in their mouths and therefore keep all small ornaments away from the kids as this can be a choking hazard for your kids. You can lock them away from your kids or keep them away at a level that the kids cannot be able to reach them. All the items that can fall on your baby should be put down. Examples include if you are using an ironing board, fold it and keep it away from the baby so that they will not pull it and then fall on them, do not keep anything that can fall on your baby after pulling it at a close range.
Your kids will not be able to understand the dangers associated with the wires and the cables and these can be the worst culprits of these hazards and so ensure that you hide them away from the kids. Hide these wires where your kids cannot be able to pull them, keep all the extension cables and the adapter plugs away when you are not utilizing them. Fit finger guards in all places including all the shelves where you keep the medicines so that your baby will not get their fingers trapped and place them even in the gaps between the hinges so that the baby will not get their fingers trapped between the hinges.
Ensure that your home windows are well secured so that the baby cannot be able to pass through them as at times they can be tempted to peep through the windows. Use the window restrictors to Child-Proofing your home.