Check list: how to make a house safe for a child

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When a child learns to crawl and walk, he gladly uses his new skills to explore the world. While his world is mainly limited to your home, but it is no less dangerous for the baby than wild jungle. From home dangers to protect much easier than from predatory animals. Only protect a child should his parents.

The first and most important rule that will save your child from injuries: do not descend your eyes off him.

The baby still does not know how to keep a spoon in his hands and sit on the spot smoothly, but collapses in a few seconds to get to the glass vase on the shelf, grab and smash it. So try to always look at the child. You will have to worry a little less if you think other security measures.

Limit the movement of a child around the apartment

If the child cannot crawl freely throughout the rooms, then you will be easier to look after him, because you will always know where he is.

You can overcoat output from the room by children's gates. There are different models of the gate.

They are suitable for door openings of any width and differ in the installation methods. To secure this gate, you don't even have to drill anything. They are fixed with bolts.

Put dangerous rooms

In some rooms, there are too many hazards, so protect the child from each individually is difficult. It is easier to close the doors to these rooms. But children quickly learn to use door handles. Install block blocks.

The door with such a blocker will not be able to open the door, but you will not worry all the time, whether it was reliably locked.

Remove fragile items and plants

Fragile subjects put on the highest shelf, to which the child can not get. Or hide them into the closet until the child is growing. Plants also need to be removed away from children in case the child wants to chew these cute leaflets. Many of them are poisonous.

The TV is better not to put on the Tumba - the child will be able to drop it on himself. Secure it on the wall.

Hide medication, household chemicals and cosmetics

Remove in the cabinets hazardous substances. These include medicines, household chemicals, cosmetics. Even some ingredients for cooking advise to keep away from children. For example, vinegar.

Carefully read warnings on the packages of goods: there are always inscriptions and badges if these substances are dangerous for children.

Close cabinets

All dangerous items are better hiding in cabinets and chests. But it is scary to imagine what will happen when the child will accidentally open the door and find these treasures with fragile vases, sharp knives and detergents. Doors of cabinets and drawers of the chest can also be protected using blocks.

Block outlets

Some small perfectionists do not calm down until they check whether the fingers are closer in the outlet. They definitely need to insert plugs.

But it's very uncomfortable every time to remove the plugs when you want to connect the device to the network, and then insert them again. And another child can pull the plug. More practical such plugs with holes. They themselves closes if you pull the plug out of the outlet.

Remove wires and cords

Wires from different equipment that are sprawled on the floor will have to transfer for furniture or consolidate them on the wall. You have already learned every centimeter at home and step over these obstacles without looking, the child will certainly turn into them.

But for the sake of pickups for the porter or cord of the rolled curtains, which hang over their heads, he will try to climb on the table or window sill. They are better to wind and secure a short rope or rubber band.

Protect furniture corners

As soon as the child starts running around the apartment, his chances will be injured. He may be so captivated by the running, which will not notice the sharp edge of the table and will hit him head. That this does not happen, you need to close the corners of the furniture and windows with silicone plugs. They are of different shapes and sizes and are suitable for any furniture.

You can completely attach the edges of the furniture with silicone ribbon. It is transparent, so the appearance of the furniture will not spoil.

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