How to think like a child for baby proofing

When you start baby proofing your home for your soon to be walking little one, the number one best way to go about it, is to think like a baby or a small child.

Items that are very obvious to you look like loads of fun to your babe. A shelf not attached to the wall, still looks like a fun climbing toy. The flowers on the tree outside the second story nursery window look perfect for picking — if your little can get her bedroom screen off easily.

Food items (or, I should say not food items are the worst). Use a keen eye when locking stuff up during your baby proofing efforts. Pretty much everything that looks like food needs to be out of your child’s reach.

Examples:

Drinks and poisons look very similar to a little kid. Notice that even the logo designs have similarities.

Candy and pills same thing. To a child — which is which?

Each time you look at a household item and the whole time you’re baby proofing. Look at items with child eyes; consider what your child maybe thinks the product is. Something we take for granted as dangerous, can look like a world of fun to a child.

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