9 seemingly safe things in the house that could harm your child
Young children like to check and grab everything. For a child, danger can lurk around every corner. Even the most ordinary habitual things can cause serious damage to health and lead to an accident.
Bin
The trash bin becomes a favorite item for games for a one-year-old baby. There he will gladly send not only candy wrappers and pieces of paper, but also his mother's phone or jewelry. With the same pleasure it will be poking around in a bucket if something interests him. So the child can stumble on the fragments of a broken plate, injuring his palm.
Also, from the bucket, the kids take out the remains of sweets and can even send them into their mouths. Or drink the remnants of household chemicals from a discarded bottle. The result is acute poisoning. But even if the child only touches the trash, undesirable consequences are possible. After all, kids love to continually pull their hands in their mouths. And with them a bunch of germs from the bin.
Houseplants
Often there are plants in the house, about the toxic properties of which the mistresses are not even aware. Some can cause severe poisoning. Given the small weight of the child, the toxic effect will be several times stronger than that of an adult. For example, poisonous azalea leaves can cause toxic shock, and dieffenbachia, which is often grown indoors, provokes laryngeal edema.
The juice of some flowers is so poisonous that it can do harm if it gets inside, but also just on the skin. Tearing a leaf of philodendron, the baby will receive a chemical burn.
Even a child will remember a familiarity with an ordinary cactus for a long time if he stumbles upon his thorns.
In addition, the baby may manifest an individual allergic reaction to a flower. And if mold from an excess of moisture starts up in the pot, then its spores can also cause damage to health.
Plugs for sockets
The plugs are designed to protect the child. In fact, it often turns out that they only attract additional attention of the baby to the outlet. Little fidget has a sporting interest in pulling the plug out of the outlet. If the device is removed without much effort, then the socket itself will become the object of attention. It is better to use stubs that are difficult to pull out. Usually they are equipped with locks. Additionally, you can fence the sockets with furniture.
Stubs themselves can also be harmful. For example, the baby will want to insert this thing into his nose or he may get pins in his eyes.
Pillows and soft crib sides
Soft sides are attached to the walls of the crib so that the child does not hit his head on wooden bars. But the baby can bury its nose and mouth in soft elements. If the child still does not know how to roll over on his own or is very fast asleep, then he is able to suffocate. The same goes for pillows. There are also cases where children become entangled in decorative or functional elements. For example, ties can wrap around a baby’s neck. If the mother does not notice this on time, the child will die from strangulation.
In fact, a blow to the wall of the crib is not so terrible, and the child will not receive serious injury from him. So it is better to leave only a mattress and bedding in the crib.
Railing
The railing in the house where the child grows should also be thought out in terms of safety. If there are large gaps between the railing supports, the grown up baby will easily slip between them during the study of the territory.It is unlikely that mom will have time to react and catch the child so quickly.
It is not necessary to order new railings. You can stretch the grid between the columns. The cells should be so large that the baby cannot stick his head in, but he does not get stuck with a leg or handle in them. It is better not to take a mosquito - it is easily torn. Also, an unsafe network of fishing line, which can easily cut the skin.
Crates
Kids just love to push drawers in cabinets and chests of drawers to shake up all the contents. The terrible thing is not that the child will turn all things upside down, but that he can overturn the boxes themselves. If only the upper compartments are loaded in the chest of drawers, it loses stability and may fall on the child. Also, if the box is easily taken out and completely removed from the cabinet, the baby will not be able to hold it and will drop it on its foot.
For the safety of the child, it is worth considering the purchase of special blockers.
Pets
Even the most good-natured beast, the baby's annoying interest can infuriate. What can we say about animals whose character is not distinguished by patience. Particularly dangerous are some dog breeds. In a house with a fighting dog, the baby is under constant threat. If the child appeared in the family later than the dog, the pet can react to it as a competitor.
Cats also often do not differ in patience. They can bite or scratch the baby. If the animal goes for a walk outside or catches mice, then a serious infection is possible.
A special headache for all parents is the desire of the baby to try food from a cat or dog bowl. The cups from which pets eat are best removed higher and removed only for feeding.
Plastic bags
Parents sometimes forget to hide ordinary plastic bags from the child, and in vain - a curious kid may be interested in a shiny rustling thing that you can chew or pull on your head. Be sure to remove the packages to where the child will not get them.
Gas stove and sink
Plate handles must be such thatbeginning their necessary with effort press, and only then turn. It is also necessary to install special protection in case the oven doors heat up.
To exclude dangerous games with a gas stove, put blocking caps on the switches, thanks to which the "wheels" will stop turning.
And if you put a mixer with a thermostat in the sink and set a temperature limit, then the child will not get burned with too hot water.
