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As soon as you know that you are expecting a baby you should start baby proofing your home straight away. Your house will never be one hundred percent baby proofed. The sooner you start, the better your home will be protected. There are many ways you can baby proof your home.

One of the first things parents should think about is electrical outlets. Electrical outlets can be very dangerous when babies are concerned. When a baby sees an outlet, all the baby sees is holes ideal for sticking things inside of. If you haven’t noticed already, your baby watching everything that you do. Your baby has probably watched you plug in electronics into outlets before. Babies love to mimic what their parents do. Your baby will want to use the outlet the way you have in the past. Since your baby does not have the appropriate object to put in the outlet then your baby will find anything that will fit inside. If your baby finds a paper clip on the floor and puts that inside of the outlet your baby can get electrocuted. To avoid any harm coming to your baby you will need to baby proof all the outlets in your house.

Another way to baby proof your home to get drawer catchers for all of the cabinets in your home. Drawer catchers are made to keep your cabinets closed. Even if your baby tries to open any of the cabinets, your baby will only get it opened an inch. Your baby may stub his or her finger slightly but your baby will learn that cabinets are to be avoided. Drawer catchers do not only serve as a baby proofing item but also as a earthquake proofing method. Since the drawer catchers keep the cabinets closed, during an earthquake, you can be sure that your items will not tumble out of your cabinets. 

When you baby is a little older, toddler age, you will abandon the baby tub and simply bath your babies in the bath tub itself. You should baby proof everything in the bathroom. It is one of the most dangerous rooms in the house for good reason, With so much water on the floor and sharp corners everywhere you turn, baby proofing you bathroom should be the first place you start baby proofing. For some reason babies hate to take a bath. So usually you will have to fill the bath tub with not only water but toys as well. They might make believe that they are on a sinking boat and stick their heads in and out of the water. Some may try to make waves and move from side to side. If you have a baby moving around a slippery tub, accidents can and will happen. The tub faucet can be the cause of many tub related accidents. It sticks out of the wall and very hard and in the perfect position to bump the head of a baby. That is why faucet covers are a good idea. Faucet covers are soft and fit right over your current faucet. They also make bath time more fun.

In the previous article we discussed the importance of baby gates as apart of baby proofing a home. However will did not mention the importance of a pool gate. If you have a pool in your household, you will need to baby proof it. Babies drowning pools, sadly occurs very often. Babies end up running around and perhaps find an open door to the background and will see the pretty blue water, try to touch it and fall right it. This can be avoided if you have a gate surrounding your pool.  It may also be a good idea to also look into pool covers. You will want to take every precaution necessary when your baby is concerned. Hopefully you never have to use any of these baby proofing methods but you have to prepare for everything and anything.

Baby proofing is nota one time thing. You should be baby proofing all the time. You may be baby proofing only one part of your house thinking that is all you will need but you could be wrong. Babies do not care if you have been baby proofing certain areas just for them. Just because you used baby proofing methods in one part of the house does not mean that you baby will feel inclined to stay where he or she should.You should be constantly watching your baby interact with the items in your house so you can update your baby proofing ways. Chances you baby has found ways around your original baby proofing or is find new places where you should start baby proofing next.