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The baby started crawling?
This will make your home safe and secure
The baby crawls vigorously and reaches every corner of the house?
Sending hands to power plugs and trying to climb stairs?
It's time to move objects, protect your home and avoid dangers.
This is how you do it
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Daniel Sarantsky, Jama app, in collaboration with JAMA
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 09:53 Updated: Monday, 09 August 2021, 16:30
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You have been waiting so long for the moment when the baby will start to crawl, but from the moment he has discovered his "transporting" abilities in space - you do not stop worrying: where is he now?
What if something closes on his fingers?
What if he leans on heavy furniture that will fall on him?
Many new fears are flooding you, and rightly so.
The house needs to be adjusted to the new condition.
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so how do you start protecting the environment and making it safe for your baby?
Our recommendations are divided into two - those that include various protective accessories and those that are related to the reorganization of the home environment.
You should, of course, consider everything:
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Socket cover and protection
For some reason, electrical outlets are a very prominent focus of interest for babies, but as interesting as they are, they are dangerous.
What to do?
Purchase in every store for housewares or tambourines that have unused sockets, thus protecting the baby from electric shock, God forbid.
The stage where the eye must not be lowered for a moment.
Creeping baby (Photo: ShutterStock)
Locking drawers and cabinets
How much the little ones like to open the drawers and cupboards, right?
They discover new things that you really do not want them to touch, and enjoy opening and closing that can often end in busy fingers and crying to the heart of heaven.
What to do?
Purchase drawer locks and cabinets, which can be attached with glue or wrapped around handles in a way that the baby will not be able to open.
The most notable downside to drawers and cabinets is the awkwardness when you want to open them for a change.
Safety gate
For those who live in a house with stairs, safety gates are a must-have accessory when the baby begins to move in space.
Even in single-level homes, safety gates keep the baby from reaching dangerous places and can be placed at the entrance to rooms, hallways, etc.
Protects corners for furniture
The person who designed the furniture probably has not spent time with a baby recently.
Most tables, sideboards and chests of drawers are decorated with sharp corners and this is a significant danger to your baby.
Purchase silicone corner protectors that can be affixed to the furniture but keep in mind that the adhesive in them will probably leave a mark.
There are also other solutions for protecting corners from different materials and in different sizes and you can find them in housewares stores or on various websites.
Door stop
Imagine a door slamming on your hand.
Did you imagine?
excellent.
So it's time to buy a door stop to prevent this suffering from your baby.
He still does not know that it is dangerous to put his hands between the door and the jamb and he does not see this as a danger.
Install brakes and prevent unnecessary visits to the emergency room.
Moving heavy and unstable objects
When the baby begins to crawl, it is time to pick up and move heavy and unstable objects that may be in his way.
A large, heavy lamp, for example, can be used to stabilize and lean the baby, but if it is not stable enough on the floor, it can end in disaster.
Remember that the change in home, which may not fit in with your design dreams, is temporary, until the baby grows a little.
Keep the cleaning agents away.
Baby playing in the detergent closet (Photo: ShutterStock)
Lifting hazardous materials
If your cleaning supplies are in a low closet and the baby can reach (and you have chosen not to lock its doors), you should change the location of these materials.
A curious baby may open the closet doors and open bottles of detergent and you really do not want that to happen.
Scanning the environment and lifting small objects
Make sure that not a few shekels, beads from the big boy's game or anything that might fall into the hands and mouth of the crawling baby have fallen on the floor.
Babies love to explore the world through the mouth, and small objects can cause them to choke, so scan the house and pick up anything that might find its way into the baby's mouth.
Close windows or install bars
Even if you like light and air in the house, note that the baby cannot climb to the open window on his own. If you have a large window in the living room, for example, make sure that even in a standing position the baby cannot rise beyond the railing. The safest to install bars or simply - close (and lock) the window from the inside.
In conclusion, home is the place that should be the safest for your baby, but sometimes it can pose quite a few dangers. Remember that the environment must be adapted to the new world of the crawling baby, and that it is better to make a certain investment and give up the style temporarily in favor of the safety of your loved one.
The Jama app
was established with the aim of addressing mothers of babies from birth to age three, and centralizing for them content, activities, tips from experts and videos that will accompany them throughout this challenging period. All the content in the app "grows" together with the baby and is precisely adapted to its developmental stages, so that the mothers receive only what is relevant to them and interests them at any given moment.
The Jama app is the place for mothers in Israel to meet and get to know other mothers around them, and create new and exciting friendships in the fascinating journey.
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