http://www.safetots.co.uk/blog.php/child_proofing/childproof_holiday/ Baby safety tips and advice Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:01:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.safetots.co.uk/blog.php/child_proofing/childproof_holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-1913 Holiday Homes Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:51:30 +0000 http://www.safetots.co.uk/blog/2008/uncategorized/37/#comment-1913 I really enjoyed your post. I will have to come back again to read some more of them. I really enjoyed your post. I will have to come back again to read some more of them.

]]> http://www.safetots.co.uk/blog.php/child_proofing/childproof_holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-1046 Buddi Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:11:40 +0000 http://www.safetots.co.uk/blog/2008/uncategorized/37/#comment-1046 There's lots of advice in most childcare books about making your places safer for your crawling or toddling child - but you shouldn't wait until your baby is mobile to start thinking about child safety. Once you have a baby and make friends with people who have babies, it is inevitable that small children older than yours will start to visit. Often parents that you meet through antenatal classes, postnatal groups or at the hospital or clinic will have an older child and will be coming to visit. There are something’s you can do to keep a place toddler safe. A piece of very good advice that I was given, was to get down on your hands and knees and crawl through your home, seeing things at a child's level. Do you have a lot of trailing leads, or tablecloths - or even plants? A friend of mine looked after a baby for an afternoon, and he managed to pull a ceramic plant pot onto his head from a mantelpiece. You can buy plastic socket covers for electrical sockets, which are not expensive, but be aware that children are often strong enough to pull leads and plugs out of their sockets, so check any that are readily accessible. There’s lots of advice in most childcare books about making your places safer for your crawling or toddling child - but you shouldn’t wait until your baby is mobile to start thinking about child safety. Once you have a baby and make friends with people who have babies, it is inevitable that small children older than yours will start to visit. Often parents that you meet through antenatal classes, postnatal groups or at the hospital or clinic will have an older child and will be coming to visit. There are something’s you can do to keep a place toddler safe. A piece of very good advice that I was given, was to get down on your hands and knees and crawl through your home, seeing things at a child’s level. Do you have a lot of trailing leads, or tablecloths - or even plants? A friend of mine looked after a baby for an afternoon, and he managed to pull a ceramic plant pot onto his head from a mantelpiece. You can buy plastic socket covers for electrical sockets, which are not expensive, but be aware that children are often strong enough to pull leads and plugs out of their sockets, so check any that are readily accessible.

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