How to make a home safe for your baby
Mom and Dad usually prepare in advance for the birth of a baby, and they collect for him a "dowry", which includes not only diaper-ryashonki, but also a crib and other children's furniture necessary for baby. But very rarely future parents think about how safe his future home is for the child, and that they should change a number of habits, so that later the baby does not harm anything. After all, much more often than infectious
diseases, the cause of the accident is an unsafe house or street. So let's try to figure out what kind of threat for a little person can conceal in your home.
While the baby is breastfed and the longer time is in the crib or in the arena, it is not recommended to put chains around his neck. Mums and grandmothers engaged in sewing, we should not forget about the child boxes with threads and needles, pins and buttons, which he will necessarily pull into the mouth. If the apartment contains a pet, then you need to keep it clean, do not let the cat lie on the sleeping baby.
For the creeping and beginning to walk the little man of danger in the house is much more. Therefore, after reading about the possible and most frequent causes of accidents, parents should think that you can fix it in your own home to protect the baby. At the same time, staying constantly next to him, they will help him not only to get acquainted with each subject, but also to avoid danger.
So, first of all, you should remove any medications that are harmless from your point of view, for example, aspirin. Perhaps, precisely because it is not considered dangerous, this medicine is often responsible for numerous accidents. Mums need to hide away and their handbag, the child will certainly want to follow its contents and, after finding in it some pills, can swallow them. He often saw how adults did it, and the first reaction would be an attempt to imitate parents. Babies should not be available cleaning and cleaning products, some of them are poisonous.
Poisoning is never accidental: research shows that in 60% of cases, toxic substances were within reach of the child. By medicines and household chemicals, children are hunted in 85% of cases( 60% of them are for medicines, 25% - for household chemicals).What is the reason for so many poisonings? As a rule, after a few months after the birth of a child, the parents' vigilance weakens. Even the most attentive in the first time, mom and dad, often leave drugs at hand in children.
Do not put buckets, cans and other containers with very hot water on the floor. Do not forget to turn to the wall of the handle pans standing on the fire.
Do not throw and plastic bags, one of which the child will necessarily put on his head, because it's more fun, and as a result - can suffocate.
Parents should take precautionary measures with regard to household appliances, because a toddler can get burned by a toaster and an iron, cut with an electron knife, etc. You can not put off an electric cord and plug in the socket after seeing the cord lying on the floor,the child will wish to put it in his mouth. The danger of an open electrical outlet is easy to eliminate: it is enough to close the sockets with special safety caps. For the baby is a threat and an open electric heater. The cord of an electric shaver hanging near a bath can become a toy for a child bathed in it, which poses a mortal danger.
The cause of the vast majority of accidents involving fires are faulty electrical appliances, heaters, etc. By the way, you should check the operation of the oven in the gas stove. Mummy should say goodbye to the habit of leaving the laundry to dry over a stove or other source of heat for the duration of its absence or sleep, since it can ignite.
Do not forget about the latches and keys that allow the child to lock himself in some room.
To avoid falling a baby, it is better for parents to put safety grills on windows and in front of a source of open fire( fireplace, stove).
In the doorway, you can put a barrier that will allow the child, staying in his room, do not feel lonely. In order that he does not pinch the fingers of the door, you need to install a fixing hook on it. If the house has
you can use the locking system with special handles, the same applies to the doors of cabinets and bedside tables, cabinets under the sink, if they leave detergents and other chemicals.
Mom-flower growers need to be explained even to the youngest child, that one should not touch plants, let alone eat them, since many of them are poisonous to a child's body.
A kid can be allowed to play only with harmless objects and keep out of his reach anything that can cause harm. In order to prevent accidents, you can also try to conduct a small experiment with him, showing him, for example, what a burn or an injection is. For acquaintance with fire it is enough to bring his hand to a small flame, touch a very hot object. As for the injection, the baby can be given a pin, of course, without ceasing to watch him, and the case will not slow to introduce himself. It is not necessary to provoke scratches and light cuts, since no child can do without them, but if necessary, it is necessary to comment on the unfortunate occurrence, which will be very informative for the baby. Gradually acquainting the child with everything that burns, stabs, cuts in the house, it can be accustomed to be involuntarily removed from objects that cause pain. When he falls, you can explain to him why it happened;in the future it will be easier for him to keep his balance.
Concluding the story about the dangers lying in wait for the child in the house, it should be noted that parents should teach the baby and especially give him the opportunity to try most to use household items. After all, with the help of prohibitions one can not make his hands more dexterous;let the kid follow the example of adults, repeating each movement after them. Thus, gradually he will get used to caution. Consequently, as few as possible prohibitions such as "can not touch", if the parents are next to the child. It is better to try always to serve as an example for him, observing the elementary requirements of safety: in a timely manner, to clean every thing in its place;Care should be taken when performing certain actions.