| With children in the home, your life is not the same. | | | | the Ajax, but that's me. Maybe I was lucky or maybe |
| What you thought and did before in nothing like the | | | | my parents somehow drove it home in my mind that |
| journey you are on. People have told you so many | | | | those things are not for eating. Either way, if you leave |
| things. Some you believed and some you thought | | | | your cleaners under the sink and don't secure the |
| differently. | | | | cabinet doors you are running a risk. Chances are very |
| Making your home safe for children is a job that takes | | | | good that nothing bad will happen, but even if there is |
| a great deal of thought and preparation. You cannot | | | | only a 5% chance your child will think the blue juice |
| be careful enough. If you think they could, they | | | | under the sink looks tasty, is that an acceptable risk? |
| probably will. To keep one step ahead is a full time job. | | | | Considering how easy it is to avoid, for me it is not |
| There are things that can happen that you have no | | | | acceptable. |
| control over, But there are precautions that you can | | | | If you read the label on every product you buy you will |
| avoid a tragedy. Common sense is your best defense | | | | realize how many things can harm your child. |
| system. Let's put it to work. | | | | Hazardous chemicals in cleaners is obvious and extra |
| Today we usually do not have the cleaning supplies | | | | caution needs to be taken. Our of sight, out of mind. |
| our grandparents had to do the job necessary. They | | | | But what about the things we do not think of. In our |
| needed things like lye, bleach, and strong solvents. | | | | medicine cabinet, in our garage, in our bathroom and |
| They had to boil a lot of things we put in the cloths | | | | even our bedroom. |
| washer. Times have changed. But children have not. | | | | Your child needs to be monitored so they cannot get |
| A cupboard or closet locked is ideal. It may be less | | | | into those rooms. They will be able to open the door, |
| convenient for you but safer for your child. Childproof | | | | they will be able to go up the stairs and down, they will |
| locks on cupboards and drawers are essential. If they | | | | be able to get into the basement and the garage. Do |
| cannot get in then they cannot get hurt. This is your | | | | not think for a minute just because you say "no" that |
| priority. | | | | they will not do it. Never underestimate the power of a |
| Many people are used to keeping the cleaners in the | | | | child to do what he wants regardless of the |
| cabinet under the kitchen sink. My own mother did | | | | consequences. |
| when I was a kid and I never drank the Windex or ate | | | | |