Baby Proofing - Keeping Your Child Safe at Home
Take a stroll through any children's store and you will find a plethora of baby proofing products to keep babies, toddlers and small children safe. The question is where does a parent start an where do you draw the line? The answer? Hire a professional baby proofer. The reason? It only takes once. One second for a bad accident in the home to happen - a preventable accident. "I encourage parents who are not convinced about baby proofing to go with me on rounds at Texas Children's Hospital one day to see what could happen" says Rick Leviton, owner of Precious Baby Protectors, a Texas based professional baby proofing and swimming pool safety company.
The National Safety Council states home hazards for children fall into 5 categories:
Would you like an eye opening experience? Get down on your hands and knees as if you were your child. Now, what do you see that is exciting to you? Could it be that paper clip Dad left on the floor? No, it's the Elmo Mom left on the fourth shelf on the unsecured bookshelf. Wow, let's just climb the ladder (shelves acting as a ladder to a child) to get Elmo. Oh no, this is a scary ride and I'm falling. All because that unstable shelf was not secured to the wall. Wow, what else can we find? The coin jar filled with those shiny silver circles (Mom keeps telling me about my shapes - circles, squares). Or how about that big bath tub outside? It's is so much fun to take a bath and Mom and Dad always encourage it. Wow, somebody left the back door open to get a cool breeze in the house. I think I'll help Mom out tonight and go give myself a bath in the pool. Oh no, who put this Pool Guard up around the outside bathtub? Rats!!
The above is thinking in the mind of a toddler. They watch everything you do and want to repeat it to make Mom and Dad happy. Watch what you do, what you drop and what you show your children. They all want their parents to be proud of them even at any early age. They will follow older children's leads as well as those of adults.
Parents can prevent just about all of the hazards babies, toddlers and small children face inside and outside of the home by hiring a professional baby proofer who has a trained eye to prevent potential accidents from ever happening.
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