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Parenting 101: 6 Tips To Effectively Childproof Your Home

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Sooner or later, your child will learn to crawl, walk, and jump around your house. Create a safe space for them with these child-proofing tips.

When moving into a new house or condominium, it is important to consider which areas of your home are safe for your child to roam around and play. With that being said, child-proofing is necessary to avoid the perils lurking in your home.

Whether you are moving into a brand new house, condo, or a foreclosed property, here are six tips for you to effectively child-proof your home.

Soften Sharp Edges

As your child starts to crawl and walk, add corner guards to your furniture to prevent your child from getting bruises and cuts from hitting these sharp corners. If your home has pillars and columns, install safety padding around them so that your kids won’t get hurt when running or crawling around.

If your kitchen and bathroom countertops are slightly rough because they are in a newly-purchased foreclosed house or condominium, sand them down to make a curved surface. Do any necessary household repairs that will make child-proofing hassle-free and effective.

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Parenting 101: Of Toddlers + Home Safety

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I cannot stress enough how important it is to keep our home safe for our little ones. The safety and security of our loved ones at home is among our top responsibilities as mums. It is also our responsibility to re-align these spaces to accommodate the needs, desires, and idiosyncrasies of the little dweller in the house. We don’t just need to keep our dwelling place spic ‘n span. More importantly, we need to make sure that our toddlers have enough space to roam around. We also need to ensure that these areas of the house are safe enough for little children to crawl into.

I have enumerated a few tips on how we can secure the house for our little children:

Secure those plugs

For some reasons sockets are just way too attractive for toddlers so make sure you install plug protectors to each socket visible and accessible to your kiddos to prevent them from trying to plug and unplug appliances without you noticing it.

Dials, knobs, and security

Apart from relocating breakable stuffs, like vases and mirrors, out of children’s reach, make sure that they will not gain access to knives and other pointy objects in the kitchen. Shiny objects found in the kitchen might be too much of an eye candy, so make sure you keep the stove’s dials and knobs away from those chubby little fingers, too. For additional security, it won’t hurt if you will keep Fire extinguishers from fire protection online at the ready in case anything untoward happens. To elevate your home security even a notch higher, installing Alarms for home might very well be the best option for you.

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