When you first have a newborn baby, you are very protective of it. You are always afraid of something happening to it. When you are at home you should not be afraid of anything happening to it because you are there and it should be safe. Keeping your baby safe at home is very important. Here are some baby safety tips for parents.
First, prevent people from coming to your home that are going to smoke, or do any type of drugs, this is your first line of defense for your baby. To be safe, when you are at home by yourself lock all the doors, this is vital if you live in a big city.
Other than other people, to keep your baby from getting injured at home the best thing to do is a buy baby safety products for all over the house. Prevention of problems will include the ability of the baby to walk away, or get to the swimming pool. Prevent problems in the home by locking doors, windows, cupboards and garages with locks that a baby or toddler can’t open.
You probably would not want to have animals like a dog or a cat around your baby until it gets older. A pet can maul a baby, or a toddler, when the pet is not accustomed to being around children all the time. Avoid having a cat near the baby, so the cat doesn’t cuddle up on the face of the baby, which will then smoother the baby without your realizing what is happening.
When you put your baby to sleep at night make sure that it falls asleep on it’s back because of crib death. Crib death or cot death is when a baby suffocates to death. Also, keep loose blankets out of the crib/cot. The crib is a place for the baby to sleep, not to play. Baby crib should have bars that are close enough, so the head of the baby can’t slip through and get stuck. Avoid potential problems and situations where your baby could easily be hurt.
Once your baby starts to crawl, the best thing for you to get is a walker to let it learn how to walk. If you have steps in your home, the most important baby safety thing to get is those child gates. They have them at most department stores if you don’t know where to purchase them. This will prevent your child from falling down the steps. You could even use them in doorways to rooms that you don’t want the child in without you. If you have animals, you could even use the gates to keep the animals away from the baby.
Once your child starts to walk you should keep things back away from the edge of the counters and the table. If you drink coffee, you should definitely keep that away so it is not reachable. You should not let anything that is small laying around so that your baby does not choke on anything. Just remember to lock all the doors when you are there by yourself. Hope all these baby safety tips will help you keep your infant and child safe at home.