Most parents don't think about childproofing their home until their babies start crawling or
maybe they are starting to walk.
By this time the child may already be at risk of hurting themselves.
Children like to pull themselves up on objects such as end tables and living room tables.They do this to help keep their balance as they learn to walk.
But as I was saying they are learning how to walk and keep their balance.They may lose their balance and hit the corners of a table or some other object.
Now that you have brought home your bundle of joy, your life is going to change in an exciting way.
As a parent, you need to be more aware of what is in and around your home. If you are not prepared, your child's curiosity could be dangerous or fatal.
Baby Proofing your home and implementing these safety tips is an important step to help keep your baby safe from preventable household accidents.
You should start out with a Home Check List.
So let's start by getting down on your hands and knees and look around from your baby's perspective. This really helps spot potentially dangerous objects.
For example, an ordinary plant can be poisonous if a curious baby decides to taste it. Even toddler toys left lying around by an older sibling should not be within baby's reach.
The most important place to have a safe environment is in your home.
When checking your home, it is also a good time to be sure baby does not have access to swimming pools, toilets, diaper pails, cleaning buckets, bathtubs, showers or hot tubs.
It is possible for a baby to drown in as little as two inches of water.
Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury related death in children age one to four years old.
Matches, cigarettes and lighters are also dangerous to your baby. These should always be kept out of your baby's reach.
Childproof safety locks for cabinets and drawers can be helpful to deter access to your baby.
Use child-resistant packaging as it can help save baby's life.
Keep the number of the poison control center near your phone so you can call for emergency.
Hot water heater temperatures should be adjusted to 125-130 degrees or less to help prevent scalding.
NEVER place children to sleep on pillows, cushions, waterbeds, beanbags or any other surface not designed for infant sleep. Always place babies on their back to sleep.
By following these guide lines it could save your baby from injury or even death.
Did you know that each year in the United States alone, approximately 6,000 children die and another 120,000 are seriously injured or permanently disabled due to PREVENTABLE household accidents.
Everyday, 39,000 children sustain injuries serious enough to require medical attention, totaling more than 14 million children each year.Children are 7 times more likely to die from a PREVENTABLE household accident than from all childhood illnesses combined. Each year, more than 2.5 million children are treated in emergency rooms for fall-related injuries.
The No. 1 cause of death among infants and toddlers are PREVENTABLE household accidents. Help keep your child from becoming a statistic and PREVENT accidents before they happen!
Lets face it no matter how good of parents we are, with our busy day around the home with the phone ringing, house cleaning, meals being prepared, it's hard to keep a eye on them 100% of the time. So one thing we need to do is set boundaries in our homes for our children.
One great way to do this is using baby safety gates.
Some areas we want to look at would be stairs going into basement or going up to the upper floors in our home.If you have stairs going to the upper parts of the house you need to think about a baby safety gate at the top of the stairs, then we need to think about a baby safety gate at the bottom of the stairs as well because, not only do we want to keep little Johnny or Susie from falling down the stairs we want to keep them off the stairs all together!
We need to put a safety gate at the bottom of the stairs so they can not climb up and possibly fall injuring them self's. Make sure to go through the baby safety guide lines at the beginning of this article in great detail and start childproofing your home so when you bring that special person home you will know that they are safe.
By this time the child may already be at risk of hurting themselves.
Children like to pull themselves up on objects such as end tables and living room tables.They do this to help keep their balance as they learn to walk.
But as I was saying they are learning how to walk and keep their balance.They may lose their balance and hit the corners of a table or some other object.
Now that you have brought home your bundle of joy, your life is going to change in an exciting way.
As a parent, you need to be more aware of what is in and around your home. If you are not prepared, your child's curiosity could be dangerous or fatal.
Baby Proofing your home and implementing these safety tips is an important step to help keep your baby safe from preventable household accidents.
You should start out with a Home Check List.
So let's start by getting down on your hands and knees and look around from your baby's perspective. This really helps spot potentially dangerous objects.
For example, an ordinary plant can be poisonous if a curious baby decides to taste it. Even toddler toys left lying around by an older sibling should not be within baby's reach.
The most important place to have a safe environment is in your home.
When checking your home, it is also a good time to be sure baby does not have access to swimming pools, toilets, diaper pails, cleaning buckets, bathtubs, showers or hot tubs.
It is possible for a baby to drown in as little as two inches of water.
Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury related death in children age one to four years old.
Matches, cigarettes and lighters are also dangerous to your baby. These should always be kept out of your baby's reach.
Childproof safety locks for cabinets and drawers can be helpful to deter access to your baby.
Use child-resistant packaging as it can help save baby's life.
Keep the number of the poison control center near your phone so you can call for emergency.
Hot water heater temperatures should be adjusted to 125-130 degrees or less to help prevent scalding.
NEVER place children to sleep on pillows, cushions, waterbeds, beanbags or any other surface not designed for infant sleep. Always place babies on their back to sleep.
By following these guide lines it could save your baby from injury or even death.
Did you know that each year in the United States alone, approximately 6,000 children die and another 120,000 are seriously injured or permanently disabled due to PREVENTABLE household accidents.
Everyday, 39,000 children sustain injuries serious enough to require medical attention, totaling more than 14 million children each year.Children are 7 times more likely to die from a PREVENTABLE household accident than from all childhood illnesses combined. Each year, more than 2.5 million children are treated in emergency rooms for fall-related injuries.
The No. 1 cause of death among infants and toddlers are PREVENTABLE household accidents. Help keep your child from becoming a statistic and PREVENT accidents before they happen!
Lets face it no matter how good of parents we are, with our busy day around the home with the phone ringing, house cleaning, meals being prepared, it's hard to keep a eye on them 100% of the time. So one thing we need to do is set boundaries in our homes for our children.
One great way to do this is using baby safety gates.
Some areas we want to look at would be stairs going into basement or going up to the upper floors in our home.If you have stairs going to the upper parts of the house you need to think about a baby safety gate at the top of the stairs, then we need to think about a baby safety gate at the bottom of the stairs as well because, not only do we want to keep little Johnny or Susie from falling down the stairs we want to keep them off the stairs all together!
We need to put a safety gate at the bottom of the stairs so they can not climb up and possibly fall injuring them self's. Make sure to go through the baby safety guide lines at the beginning of this article in great detail and start childproofing your home so when you bring that special person home you will know that they are safe.
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