Growing Up Safely with Dreambaby® w/ #Giveaway

Disclosure: I have received these products to faciliate my review.  The opinions are 100% my own and may differ from yours.

We weren't prepared for it as I am sure most parents aren't.  The day your baby starts to crawl.  Everything in your house becomes a danger and babyproofing becomes a very overwhelming experience.  Where do you begin?  What do you actually need?  I was just sitting on Amazon, staring in shock at a cart full of latches, locks and gates that totaled over $300.  So instead of buying every babyproofing product out there, I did what every other well meaning parent should while they figure out this babyproofing thing...I set up baby jail.

After a confined area was established and I was able to calm down a bit about Nugget choking on everything in our house, busting his head on the large rock in our living room or having the TV topple over on to him, I got to thinking about what I really needed to make this house safe.  I teamed with Dreambaby® to give Nugget a great place to play and roam.  I started with this check list and went around my house to fix any hazards.

So I started at the top and with my babyproofing kit in hand we went around and made sure the whole house was safe.

1. Are all cabinets and drawers secured?  We used the multi-purpose latches to secure these.  There is no adhesive required and they are very simple for an adult to accesss.

2.  We added outlet covers to all open outlets.  We then added additional covers to outlets that had plugs plugged in.

3. We really don't have to worry about Nugget getting his fingers caught in the doors, but we added the door jams anyway.

4. Adding the corner cushions was top priority.  Our furniture has sharp corners every where.  Every corner got a corner cushion.

5.  Blind cords, extension cords, and anything else dangling was tied up or removed.

6. All of our doors already had secure locks.  When Nugget starts to walk we will add an additional device to make it harder to open the doors.

7.  The stove got a lock on it and we are able to set up gates to keep Nugget out of the kitchen while cooking.

8.  We choose to use a rubber ducky to monitor Nugget's bath temperature.  It is simple and effective in ensuring the proper temperature.

9.  We just had our tub refinished and had a non-slip surface added.  Otherwise we would have added a mat.

10.  We got a nice little night light to make sure that I don't fall while putting Nugget back to bed.  Nugget's sound machine already had a night light on it.

11.  We live in a ranch style house so we do not have steps.  The door to the basement is gated off to make sure that Nugget doesn't get to it.

12.  Our house is to small to move furniture away from the windows but we did rearrange the furniture in efforts to make it safer for Nugget to play.

As Nugget becomes more mobile, we will have to make tweeks and changes to this.  But the Home Safety Value pack is a great place to start.  Dreambaby® will be giving away a great starter kit to get your home baby proofed just in time for the holidays!  

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