Childproofing Your Home

One can better protect his children, by effectively childproofing his home and the home where the child spends time. Children between the ages of one and four are more likely to be killed by fire, burns, drowning, choking, poisoning, or falls than by any other means. One has the opportunity to prevent tragedies by creating a safe place for the youngest family members to play and explore
One should get down on his hands and knees when the child begins crawling and walking to find out where the baby might get under. Also the child may try to climb which cupboards or drawers and end up pilling them down. Also one should look for what furniture or appliances he might be able to break or hurt himself on.
One needs to be careful with furniture and electrical fixtures. Bookcases, dressers, and appliances can fall on children and cause serious harm. One could bolt furniture to the wall where possible. Parents should also cover all sharp corners and edges of furniture with soft material like foam pieces or cloth. This will soften the impact if the child runs or falls into them.
Parents should look for child safety gates that the child can't dislodge, but that the parent can easily open and close. Parents should install gates that mount to the wall rather than the one that use pressure. The latter may not hold the child as well as one would like.
Window blinds pose a particular problem because a baby could get trapped in the cords. To make sure this does not happen, one should tie blind cords so they are out of reach. A simple hook screwed into the wall could accomplish this.
It is imperative to keep all poisonous products out of the child's reach. A parent should put safety locks on all cabinets and drawers that hold, cleaning products, medications, and other poisonous liquids.
Experts say having a working smoke alarm can cut the chances of dying in a fire in half. A prospective parent should install smoke alarms in every room of the house and make sure they are checked monthly. To proactively prevent a smoke detector from dying, one should change the batteries yearly. In addition is it required to have at least one carbon monoxide detector in homes.
In case of the unforeseen, one needs to program emergency numbers into the home and cell phone and keep a list of these numbers in a visible area for you and others to easily access.