One of his favorite positions may be standing and holding on to the table leg. After you put your baby into a sitting position, he is likely to pop back up again into a standing position then start wailing again. Once he gets enough practice and confidence in his new ability, he won't need to cry for your assistance. This new skill means that he is able to reach some of your favorite possessions on the coffee table. So be sure to put breakables and dangerous objects out of reach.
Cigarette butts can be fatal if chewed and swallowed by a baby.
A young mother told how upset she became when she couldn't find her little girl anywhere downstairs where she had been ironing. The mother ran frantically from room to room in search of her baby. Once babies start to crawl, be warnedYthey will quickly figure how to climb up steps. If your baby has begun to crawl and there are stairs in your home, be sure to block off the stairs with an infant gate or other barricade. When shopping for a gate, buy only one with openings so small that a baby's head could never get caught in an opening.