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Houston, we now have a climber.
That’s Liv, working in direction of her latest suggestions sooner than settling in for a nap. It’s identical to the transition from sitting up, scooting/crawling, to pulling up and standing occurred so shortly, and makes me very glad we decided to get babyproofing accomplished early.
Babyproofing is one factor I thought-about a lot whereas pregnant (thanks to your whole superior ideas!) and whereas it is going to have been good to do it sooner than she was born, there’s really an excellent time period to look after it. Our elementary concern was the entryway and formal dwelling room- it’s principally glass and pointy nook central.
So, we decided to dam off that area, so that when Liv was further mobile (like now!) she would solely have entry to the den and kitchen area. I didn’t have to redecorate our entire house for little one security capabilities and decided to attend until she understands to not contact positive points, and is further regular on her ft when she walks. If she fell and hit her head on one in every of many glass tables, will probably be horrible. We had been moreover frightened regarding the staircase… out of sight, out of ideas, so by blocking this area we hoped that she wouldn’t should be climbing up and down all day.
After we started to evaluation little one gates, we wanted one factor analysis and did the job, with out being an eyesore.
We found these decorative Summer time season gates- exactly what we had been looking for.
One for subsequent to the fridge
and the alternative (a for for much longer one) for the precept entry into the den area.
Proper right here’s what it appears to be like when you stroll in from the doorway door:
An obvious little one gate, nevertheless doesn’t look so harmful. The metal matches correctly with our decor and feels further analysis than the plastic varieties.
Inside the den, cord-stravaganza was our concern. Behind our TV was a plethora of dangerous cords, with none rhyme or motive to them.
Tom eliminated the problems we didn’t need, mounted the TV to the wall, and at first we though he’d put a niche with the entire cords by means of the wall. Apparently that’s an particularly harmful switch for safety and a code violation, so he merely picked up a cord-hider-thing (scientific phrases) and painted it to match the wall.
He did an AMAZING job- one wire protruding from the facet of the TV stand,
and a TV mounted beautifully.
He appreciated the way in which through which it appeared loads that he did the similar issue to the flat show in one in every of many customer rooms- it appears to be unbelievable.
The sooner householders of our house had kids (4 kids!), so we lucked out with the reality that they put in outlet protectors on all of the retailers. It’s worthwhile to slide it (using an exact plug) for it to maneuver:
Tom moreover put locks on all the cabinets so no chemical compounds could possibly be accessed and no little fingers could possibly be pinched:
It makes me really glad to have an area that Liv can uncover freely with out hurting herself. We watch her frequently, nevertheless I don’t have to repeatedly be following her spherical, attempting to tell her “uh-uh, let’s not contact that” or frightened that she’ll hit her head or knock down one factor.
We protect these areas pretty free of litter, which is crucial to us for aesthetic and safety causes. Whereas it’s undoubtedly alright to see {{that a}} little one lives on this house, too, we don’t want the stuff to take over, and easily select up all of the books and toys after we’re achieved collaborating in with them for the day. With a lot much less points spherical, it’s easier for me to keep up each little factor sanitized since she’s shifting spherical loads. The Shark steam mop is my good pal 😉
The kitchen is pretty empty, too, nevertheless I really feel I’ll wish to put in a defend from the vary knobs when she’s going to be capable to stroll.
I hope this put up was helpful for these of you who could possibly be babyproofing throughout the near future! Only a few little points that helped us, and I undoubtedly recommend consulting with educated in your area who will come into your own home and help you know which hazards exist and the steps to take.
Or, you’ll be able to do what we did: our 2-year-old cousin stayed with us for 12 days.. she inform us if we had been missing one thing 😉
xoxo
G