According to statistics, deaths caused by unintentional injuries are the highest. As a first time parent, you must be stressed with all kinds of things to do. We understand that the job is difficult and stressful.
To help you a little bit we have prepared a guide which will help you make your house childproof– meaning removing or replacing objects which could harm the baby.
- Babies love opening things hence, it is essential that you get a lock on all the cabinets and drawers. This will ensure that nothing falls on their head when they try to open them in your absence.
- The cabinets and cupboards which carry medicines and other poisonous things should be securely locked. They rarely realize what they are touching and consuming at this age.
- If you forget to close the lids you can’t take that risk anymore a child has top-heavy had and could easily fall in and drown.
- Unplug all devices to prevent electrocution you can get precaution but at this age, the young one might not realize what they are doing might be harmful to them.
- Near the stairs and the gateways, you should place a fence. Also, they should have the ability to keep shut even with pressure and have locks on them. These are the most vulnerable place at which they can fall and seriously hurt themselves.
- If you have a pool in the house you should also consider fencing the pool. They can easily fall and drown. You can never be too careful with them.
- If you have a fireplace and glass-based furniture in the house you might want to consider keeping bumpers around.
- Things like binds, cords, and wires can because of strangulation so ensure that they are in a high place so even if they want they can’t reach them.
- Furniture that could trip should be replaced like moving shelves can be replaced within wall shelves.
- If you give your toddler devices to make them learn skills. Make sure to put a parental control phone tracker app like FamiSafe on it. This will ensure that don’t end up exploring the dark side of the world.
- Always give your child controlled access to mobile with set time limits
- An adult body can bear too cold or extremely hot water but with a child, it can be dangerous to protect your little one from those extreme changes you can make use of anti-scald and burn devices which will make sure that the water is always at the right temperature- never fluctuating to extremes.
- Most home accidents happen because of fire with a young one in the house you might want to install smoke detectors. This way you can be out of the house as soon as there is an accident.
- You don’t want to leave the sight of your little one at any time. It takes them just a second to do something wrong. A cordless phone might come in handy as guardians tend to lose sight most when they go to answer a phone.
From birthing, the child to getting them the right educating and ensuring that they are good citizens is a hard job. But at the same time, it is also a beautiful journey. It won’t last too long so be sure to enjoy this time instead of stressing too much.
Author’s Bio:
M.B Qasim Shehzad is a Digital Marketing Consultant and transformational writer with more than 8 years of experience in SEO, SEM, SMO, blogging, etc having wide knowledge base into content marketing. And now writes articles about health, posture corrector, business, technology, family and finance. He enjoys traveling with her family whenever he isn’t writing.
