Before you get back home from the hospital after delivery, it is good to
child proof your home. Most especially before your baby crawls, or the first
few months of them trying to walk because they try to explore every area of
your home especially areas that are busy like where your electronics are. So it
is very important you baby proof your home and keep it safe for your child.
Here are some few tips;
Before you bring baby home
- Use cool night light in the room where you and baby would stay
- Do not paint your home for baby arrival. If you have to, do it months before delivery time because the smell may be too strong for your little baby
- Have your bed and baby nursery kitted with mosquito net
As baby starts to crawl or walk
- Do not carry hot food/tea/water and your baby or carry your baby while cooking to avoid burns
- Keep hot food, generally keep food containing pepper away from the edge of your dining table or stool
- Do not live your baby unattended or alone on the bed or sofa
- Put safety plugs or outlet cover over unused outlets or block with a safe object
- Hide electrical cord, trunk them
- Keep your mobile appliances out of reach from them like iron, toaster, electric kettle
- Install gates to block staircases top and bottom
- If you can keep them out of the kitchen please do, otherwise keep all sharp objects like knife, breakables, heavy pots locked up
- Don’t use table cloth in your dining, babies will pull them
- Attach corners and edge guard to the edge of your furniture
- Keep drugs far from your baby’s reach
- Always keep their toys in good conditions and make sure none of the have buttons or ribbon or anything they can swallow or chock on
- Keep your baby away from open windows
Cleaning tips for the home
After your mum or in law or whoever came to help you out during omugwor,
wipe your tears because I’ll help you achieve a neat home even though you may
not have a maid like i don’t and you like your home clean without overwhelming
yourself, these few tips should help
- Work with planning your chores and do it smart not all hard: Like i do, i keep mopping till night when baby is asleep to avoid doing it twice, make a list of what i want to do and i follow it. The laundry is done once in two days
- Make use of tiny storage: anything....baskets, carton, etc can be used to put together things like your baby’s toys or any little thing lying around
- Don’t Overwork Yourself: Split or schedule tasks like chose to clean the bathing room Wednesdays, dust Fridays, bake Tuesdays....etc
- Rest: Do not joke with this one as you need to rest that body of yours. When you feel tired, rest. Even when you don’t feel tired try to nap at least twice when you baby is too so that you can have enough strength to bond with her/him
- Keep things in their right places: This one is important, when you pick up an object from its proper position, after using it, return it back. S also is dirty cloths/plates put them in their laundry basket/kitchen washing bowl respectively
- Lastly, if you still get overwhelmed you can hire a maid, hey no one says its bad, your health is important
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