The hazards ALL parents need to know about: Parenting experts reveal the dangerous items in every home that must be child-proofed immediately
- Tiny Hearts First Aid released a video about child-proofing your home
- It explained how people need to lock cupboards, pantries and the toilet seat
- Parents also need to be careful about wine stored at a low level and decorations
- Many of these things pose risks in terms of falling, drowning and choking
Trying to baby-proof your home for the first time can be a challenge - and in many cases some of the most high-risk objects are missed.
So to help parents out, Tiny Hearts First Aid in Melbourne released a video to showcase the cupboards and items they'll need to have secured by the time their babies can roll.
To do so, they explored house that wasn't child-proofed to uncover all the hidden hazards.
So Tiny Hearts First Aid in Melbourne released a video to showcase the crucial cupboards and surfaces you'll want to have locked away before your bundle of joy can crawl
They began by showing a staircase that didn't have a baby gate attached to it and pointed out that the infant could fall while trying to climb it.
Next, in the laundry room, cupboards containing bleach and a number of washing detergents was discovered to be unlocked and in the bathroom, the toilet seat hadn't been locked down which presented a major drowning risk.
Any accessible cupboards in the bathroom that contain cleaning ingredients should also be appropriately sealed shut.
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Any accessible cupboards in the powder room that contain cleaning ingredients should also be appropriately sealed shut
Cupboards in the kitchen and an open pantry were also raised as a potential issue when it comes to poisoning, suffocation from packaging and injuries
If your home has wine stored on a low-lying level it's best to move it to a mantelpiece out of reach. Children trying to reach the bottles might drop them onto their body and sustain and injury.
Cupboards in the kitchen and an open pantry were also raised as a potential issue when it comes to poisoning, suffocation from packaging and injuries.
In the living area it was decorations like a fruit bowl that were necessary to remove. As were the powerpoints that sat behind the television.
'Get down low and start proofing today because it could save a life,' the video concluded.
Co-founder and Product Development Director of Dreambaby previously told the Huffington Post that you should be looking at child-proofing as soon as your baby can roll.
Co-founder and Product Development Director of Dreambaby previously told the Huffington Post that you should be looking at child-proofing as soon as your baby can roll
'Get down on all fours and look up at the world from the point of view of a crawling child. It's amazing the hidden dangers you will immediately identify such as dropped coins, which are a choking hazard, and medicines, which can be both a poison and a choking hazard,' she said.
'Pick up anything you see on the floor and regularly sweep and vacuum your floors. Move sharp objects, knives and poisons including medicines out of the reach of children.'
Tablecloths should be removed, choose a round-cornered coffee table and ensure the dishwasher is tightly latched closed.
