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5 Tips for Keeping Your Kids Safe At Home

September 10, 2021 by Annie

As a parent, your number one interest should be to keep your children safe and happy. Since the most secure place for your young ones needs to be at home, you have the responsibility of ensuring this environment is friendly and accommodating. Here are five tips for keeping your kids safe at home.

Maintain a clean home

It is important to ensure your children stay in a clean and tidy environment to avoid negative impacts on their health. Regularly cleaning your home keeps clutter away, which helps avoid accidents while also creating a calm and favorable surrounding for your kids.

Besides thoroughly cleaning your home, it is equally critical to ensure pests do not invade your family haven. A smart solution is to seek specialized pest control in Leesburg for non-hazardous and effective pest prevention and elimination measures.

Implement fall prevention measures

Indoor and outdoor slip and fall accidents are extremely common in most homes and are a leading cause of children’s injuries. Make it a priority to prevent these accidents by implementing the following measures:

  • Install cabinet locks and pad furniture corners where necessary
  • Secure tall and heavy furniture and electronics to the wall
  • Install window guards and safety guards across entries to stairs and balconies
  • Invest in non-slip mats and floors

Adhere to water and fire safety standards

Infant drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional death, and you need to avoid these potential hazards at all costs. It only takes one inch of water to drown a toddler, which is why you need to keep still or moving water out of your children’s reach.

You also need to be aware of potential fire hazards by keeping flammable items and matches away from children. It is equally important to install fire alarms and regularly test them if they are working.

Maintain electrical safety

Children are naturally curious, and no amount of warning will keep them away from electrical sockets and cords. It is your duty to ensure electrical safety by:

  • Keeping electrical cords out of reach
  • Using child-proof electrical socket covers
  • Installing safety switches to prevent electrocution
  • Replacing and repairing worn out electrical appliances

Be wary of choking, strangulation, and poisonous hazards

Kids will put anything they find around them in their mouth, regardless of whether it is poisonous or likely to choke them. To avoid such scenarios, there are important updates to make to your home to avoid these choking, strangulation, and poisonous hazards. These include:

  • Carefully choosing your children’s toys by avoiding those with small, breakable parts
  • Keep poisonous items in child-resistant closures
  • Have your blinds, cords, and ropes kept out of reach
  • Avoid having necklaces and other jewelry on your child
  • Watch your children while they are eating

Endnote

Taking care of children is a full-time job as you never know when they might get mischievous or face risks of serious injuries. The best way to keep your loved ones safe is to take the right precautions that will make your home safer.

 

About Me

Hi! I'm Annie and I have 3 kids (all in their teens - yikes!). My mommy blog isn't all about lunches and DIY - it's also about humour. Like how my kids make fun of my texts as if I don't know how to use emojis (I DO!). Now that I have a bit more time - since my kids don't want to hang out with me (teenagers), I have taken up blogging.

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