You can never stop your child from exploring things around their everyday environment. That’s why we should really make sure that our house is safe. Here are some simple method to support and prevent injuries in your own home.
1. Appliances
- At times, children are at the right height to open or reach objects, such as hot pans, pots, stoves and burners this could cause burns to your children. Refrigerators may contain objects or something that could pose choke your child. To prevent this, you could install lock latches on all appliances and knob covers for burners to prevent them from opening these objects that may cause them harm.
2. Cabinet and Drawers
- Cabinets and Drawers may do contain hazards to your kids for several times. In this case install locks and latches to your cabinets and drawers, most especially those that contains sharp objects on it. Store in hard to reach places poisonous chemicals that might harm them.
3. Glasswares
- These items can break easily and can cause cuts to your kids. Try to refrain from displaying glasswares especially when you have active toddlers at your house, you could use plastic vases as an alternative. If not, put glasswares and decoration where it is safe and secured.
4. Tables and Chairs
- We all know that chairs have sharp corners on it or sometimes don’t have but must keep our child away from it cause they might hit to it. To prevent injuries install cushions in the corners of your table or buy round tables.
5. Stairs
- Falls from stairs are most prominent to children nowadays especially to babies who just learned to walk. To avoid them from falling, set up safety gates at the top and bottom of the staircase to prevent them from going up and down unsupervised.
6. Electrical outlets and chords
- Electrical wiring could cause your children a high risk or if unused properly can cause fire. Chords can trip them or might pull something heavy onto themselves. To prevent this, try installing face plates or covers to make sure that power strips are covered and buy cord bundlers and secure cord to furniture so that they cannot be pulled.
7. Toilets
- Toilets cause a hazard to a young child because he/she can drown if they fall in. Children cause a hazard to toilets as well, when your kids throw her small belonging to the toilet, it might cause hazard too. To stop this from happening, use toilet lid locks on all toilets or keep the bathroom door secured and supervise children in the bathroom.
Remember, don’t just do child proofing once. It is very important for adults to take care of the kids and it involves adult’s supervision. Always be aware of your surroundings and keep a close watch on your child at all time.
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