Continuing with the de-clutter prior to Jamie moving into his own room. Due to the rate at which Jamie is leaning to crawl, we are having the Nursery carpeted on Saturday – its not fair for him. Wooden floors are good for wiping up sick (and other fluids) but not so good on little heads!! He is already so quick; you only have to turn around and he has got hold of something….. and its in his mouth!! He seems to love paper at the moment and both of the ‘craft’ activities from the Baby Signing group have ended up crumpled and in his mouth.
His crawling was referred to by Auntie Hannah as ‘Commando Crawling’ as he uses his arms to put himself along, instead of the bum in the air traditional crawling!! Reading up on the Internet it said; ‘There are many benefits to crawling because it helps to improve your baby’s vital motor skills, visual and physical ability and improves the strength in their limbs and upper body.’
All this activity has meant I have been looking at the advice on Baby-Proofing the house:
- Keep trailing wires out of reach and cover electrical sockets.
- Cushion any sharp corners on furniture.
- Make sure free standing furniture and the TV etc. can’t be pulled over (Once he is on the move, he’ll be trying to pull himself up on it).
- Watch out for tablecloths being pulled on.
- A Fireguard is essential.
- In the nursery don’t have the window near the window and fit locks on the windows so they can only be opened a few inches.
- Secure dangling light or blind cords.
- Make sure cleaning products and toiletries are stored out of reach.
- Always keep the loo lid down.
Some of these things I had not even thought about, but I have started to look at the house from Jamies perspective and move / remove items. And although we don’t have stairs I have invested in a couple of stair gates; one for the kitchen and one for the Nursery!!
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