Expecting a Baby Soon? Here’s How You Can Baby-Proof Your House

Turn off the emergency alarm! Baby-proofing your house is as easy as pouring milk on your cereal. Just a few trips to the hardware, and maybe reading some instruction manuals, then you are good to go.

Check Crib Railing Height

Get a crib that will allow height adjustments based on your baby’s age. For a newborn, the crib railing can be put at about two feet high since the baby is still not very mobile.

However, once your little one starts standing up and moving around, make sure to adjust the height of the crib railing. You don’t want a Humpty Dumpty situation, do you?

Watch Out For Electricals

By ten months, your baby would have already transformed from a timid cupcake into a crawling disaster. Nothing is safe from their grasp, even things we consider dangerous such as wires and electric outlets.

The best way to keep your child from these hazards is to keep a keen eye on them. Do you see them zooming towards an extension cord? Drop everything you are doing like a hot potato and scoop the tiny one into safety.

Additionally, you can install sockets with covers and arrange electrical wires in such a way that babies can’t reach them.

Keep Small Objects in Storage

If we look inside a baby’s tummy, we might see a black hole. Why? Because babies are always hungry and they need something (food or otherwise) inside their mouths all the time!

It is a joy seeing our young ones eating, but it becomes a different story when they start biting random stuff. Not only is it unsanitary (germs everywhere), but it is also a choking hazard.

To prevent such accidents, always keep small things stored away safely. Car keys, coins, and hard candy: put them where they belong. It is also nice to buy educational toys that have dedicated boxes so they are easier to clean up after playtime. 

Install Gates Near Stairs

Stairs and toddlers are not exactly on good terms. If you can, please keep them separated.

There are modular gates for stairs that you can install in a DIY manner. That should prevent your two-year-old from egg-rolling down the stairs. Still, we have to watch them carefully and never leave them unsupervised near the stairs. Babies can climb too, you know. 

Use Cabinet Locks

Babies opening the kitchen cabinet with knives inside is way scarier than any Stephen King book. We don’t even want to imagine it!

Luckily, you can just buy cabinet latches in most hardware stores and attach them to cabinet doors and drawers in a jiffy. They are useful for securing kitchen drawers, medicine cabinets, and cupboards containing heavy stuff or hazardous chemicals.

Sources
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Bykofsky, M. (2020, September 25). Babyproofing Your House: A Checklist for Every Room. Parents. Retrieved August 1, 2022, from https://www.parents.com/baby/safety/babyproofing/babyproofing-your-home-from-top-to-bottom/

How to baby proof your house: 13 baby proofing tips and products. (2019, March 26). TODAY. Retrieved August 1, 2022, from https://www.today.com/parents/how-babyproof-your-home-it-s-not-hard-it-sounds-t109555

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