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Bringing a new baby, or babies is an exciting time for new parents. Yet, most homes are not properly baby proofed. The most important preparation for the new arrival, and most often forgotten, is baby proofing the home. All homes with or without children should have smoke detectors, first aid supplies, emergency kits for power failures. But for parents, emergency phone numbers should be readily seen in every room, including the phone numbers to the pediatrician, poison control, and emergency phone numbers.
While covering outlets, parents should consider removing lamps, as well as other entertainment equipment, or finding a way to prevent the tugging of the cords, which can cause serious injuries. Any drapery or blind with a cord, tassel, or any decoration which can be wrapped a child's neck, is life threatening. Manufacturers are now making blinds which are child proof, eliminating the risk of strangulation. Parents often believe parts from a toy cannot be swallowed. The rule of thumb for child safety is that if any object is small enough to fit through an empty paper towel or toilet tissue roll, babies are at risk for choking to death.
Bath tub baby seats allow a little play time in the tub, but they are not safe to leave a baby alone in, even for a second. Parents do not realize how quickly the seat can tip over, causing a drowning accident. A child will drown in water, if it will cover the nose. The water heater thermostat should be set at lower than 120 degrees Fahrenheit, to prevent serious burns, if the toddler would turn on the hot water faucet.
Baby proofing involves all children, especially twins which may require some additional features. Gates for doorways and stairs is common place, while the stair railings, decks and balcony railings are often ignored. If any part of a child's body can get through the openings, there is a risk for a serious fall, or even strangulation. Plexiglass is great for the indoors. For the outdoor railings, a sturdy mesh net can be applied easily, while allowing visibility. The kitchen is a danger zone. Removing the stove burner and oven knobs will prevent accidental burns. Child proof safety kits for electric and gas stoves, can be found at large hardware retailers, or online retailers specializing in child safety supplies. Twins are great at opening the refrigerator, and locked cabinets together. Although a bit inconvenient, pad locks are the safest deterrent. It would be wise to use an outside slider lock or hook and eye to keep rooms closed to the twins. One of the most important tasks, is to remove all toxic substances including cleaning, and laundry products, as well as all medicines, and personal care products, placing them in a location that is inaccessible to the twins.
Baby proofing a home takes some time and a great deal of thought, although not hard to do. It would be wise to go room by room, and look around the room, through the eyes of a child, rather than as an adult. Baby proofing for one baby, is essentially the same as for twins, multiples. However, there is some slight differences, involving twins. The parents of twins have "Double Trouble." Twins will often, as playmates, work as a team. What one child cannot do alone, multiples who are working together surely can. Whenever, a parent believes their child can't open it, reach it, open it, they will prove mom and dad wrong every time.
Virginia Winchester is a contributor for http://www.twinsandmultiples.com/ your best source for tips and resources for raising twins and multiples. For more articles about planning for twins and multiples, visit http://www.twinsandmultiples.com.
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