[blparent] Tips on Baby/child proofing your home

[Veronica Smith]

I wouldn't like that, I want to be in control of my own home.  You can ask
your friends who already have babies and see what they did and I'm sure you
can get all kinds of books on it.  I learned from my friends for nothing. v

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:35 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Tips on Baby/child proofing your home

Sounds too expensive for common sense measures.  But, there are people out 
there who can and wil pay for them, and more power to them.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Tips on Baby/child proofing your home


> That is so weird to me, I didn't even know that kind of service existed.
> Like I have said, 100 times before, yuou are so lucky to have a group like
> this. V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC Inc)
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 6:54 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Tips on Baby/child proofing your home
>
> You will want gates to keep a kid out of areas where you can't
> supervise, a place to play, and you'll want to cover all outlets and
> make sure all chords are tied up so that they don't pose a strangulation
> hazzard. You'll also want to make sure that furniture won't tip over
> onto your kid if he/she pulls it down and put corner guards on objects
> with sharp corners. You'll want to put harmful chemicals out of reach.
> Mostly though, you want to know your kid because you'll know when
> they're causing trouble or about to by what they say or don't say and
> the sounds they make or don't make.
> You'll want to have trash cans that are out of reach because most of
> what people throw away is just nasty or is harmful i.e. bottle caps are
> a choking hazzard.
> I'll say that we used a baby proffing company mostly because at the
> time, my husband was working an incredible amount of hours and I had
> plans to go to the beach with my family. I knew there was no way we'd
> get the work done because "we" wouldn't be doing it.
> Also, the companies can or should be able to explain the items that are
> really important to be aweare of v. the nice to know about ones.
> That being said, their risk tollerance is very low, and you will need to
> mesh that with your own parenting style. Like all things, the mindset
> can be the hardest to get used to, and changing your behavior can take
> some time.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Miranda Borka
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 5:29 AM
> To: Blind Parents
> Subject: [blparent] Tips on Baby/child proofing your home
>
> Hi,
> We're gathering information on what we can do to baby/childproof our
> home. We're looking for information for children between 0-3 years of
> age.
> Since we don't have the $300.00 or more for a babyproofing expert to
> come and evaluate our home, we're wondering if any of you have any tips
> and experiences of what does or doesn't work?
> Thanks in advance, and have a great day!
>
> In Christ, Miranda
>
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