A few days ago, I listed 30 ways to baby-proof your home. Most of it was a checklist, having you go through your house and make sure every room is safe for babies and young children to roam.
I can probably list a hundred or so tips, so I’ll continue with the next 10 more ways that you can baby-proof your house. This time we focus on the nursery, where baby spends the greatest amount of time in the first year alone.

When asleep, place baby on back to reduce the risk of SIDS or suffocation.
Never use a pillows …read more

September is Baby Safety Awareness Month, and plenty of bloggers have posted about ways to keeping young children and babies safe around the house. Since it’s already half of the month, boy do I have some catching up to do! My 8-month old is beginning to crawl so I really need to get some baby-proofing done.
Family Resource has a 30-day checklist to making sure the house is safe. Definitely high on the checklist are fire safety, safe cribs/playpens and strollers. One of my to-do is enrolling in a CPR/First Aid class, which I know is a life-saver.
But my …read more