Interior Design
Interior Design To- Do List in Child- Proofing the House
The interior design tenet “function over form” gives importance to livability and practicality of a space. Introducing babies in a place requires some changes in the house to ensure the safety of kids. This is crucial especially during exploration period of a child’s life when they started to crawl and become mobile.
Fall-Proofing
There are a lot of possibilities your might baby might fall into. These are the three places where they might fall.
• The Pool – since babies are fascinated by water, they will and will ever keep on returning to the pool. Putting up pool fence is needed. A kid- safety net would not hurt also.
• The Fireplace - Another place that requires protective gate.
• The Stairs- No matter how short the stairs is, it is still a hazard to the baby. Place baby gates at the bottom and top of the stairs.
No- Access Zone
There are places and things you do not want your kids to have access of. These are as follows:
• Electrical Outlets – cover the outlets that are positioned within children’s reach. There are sliding ones that automatically closes when you removed the plug.
• Chemicals/ Medicines - Let your cabinets have the children- proof locking system. So the harmful stuff and items are safe in its place and your kids are simply safe and not making any kinds of chaos. There are manual cabinets that only you can open and there are magnetic ones that can only be opened with particular devices. Just make sure that such device is out of reach of children.
• Small, sharp and brittle items – small items can potentially choke the kids, sharp items that could hurt your kids that might poke them or even cut them, lastly, delicate items like remove glasses and mirror in their vicinity.
Function, of course, is of primary importance. But for those who still wanted to give attention to form can still fashion the baby proofing to follow your interior design style.