Your home could be full of hidden dangers for a child, so you need to start thinking of childproofing your home as soon as possible to provide protection to both your child and your belongings. Childproofing is taking practical measures to prevent injuries and ensuring that parents can understand the potential risks in their home. Don’t leave it till your child is crawling before baby proofing as even a little baby who is very inquisitive could roll over and start touching and pulling wires that they shouldn’t. Read more…

Safety

A car seat is an essential piece of equipment that you need to purchase before your baby is born. Hospital staff will check you have one before you leave the hospital with your new baby.

Before you use your car seat practice putting it into and taking it out of the car. You will feel more confident about the safety of your baby. Read more…

Safety

The skin of a baby is far more sensitive to the sun’s rays that you may think, and certainly more sensitive than adults, and it’s vital to take the necessary steps to ensure your baby does not suffer excessive sun exposure.

Babies should not go outside without sun protection in summer and will need protection even on cloudy days. Read more…

Safety

After having a baby, you learn that when they start moving, mobile accidents can and do happen to them. The best way to prevent babies and toddlers would be to make sure that your child is supervised at all times but this option of course is not practical. A better solution to this would be to invest a little time and money on babyproofing your home accurately. You can start with a stairgate and a basic safety “starter kit”.

The basic safety equipments one can use are as follows: Read more…

Safety

Before you travel with your baby or toddler, you will need to make sure that you have the correct car seat for their age and size. You can get the information you need about this on the governments website.

As well as ensuring the safety of your toddler, you also need to think about how to keep them occupied during your journey. You will probably find that more than one idea will be needed, depending on the length of the journey. If you have the choice, you could plan to start your journey at a time when you would expect your toddler to have their nap, so allowing them to keep to their routine and giving you some quiet time in the car.

When they are awake, you could provide talking books, which will keep them entertained for a while and bright picture books to look at.

Another option is a toddler’s version of ‘I Spy’. They may be too young to manage a proper book with boxes to tick when they see the item, but you could prepare some big, simple pictures – you could draw them yourself or cut them out from magazines – of trees, lorries, cats, aeroplanes, or anything else you can think of, and draw a big box by the picture for your toddler to make a mark in. It will keep your toddler occupied, and they will be excited to show you how clever they have been in spotting all the things in the pictures.

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