Use child-resistant safety latches on drawers and cabinets. To prevent burns, always turn pot handles inward, and use the rear burners. Even tablecloths are dangerous because toddlers can pull them down and spill hot beverages or soup. Children may also grab electrical cords and pull heavy appliances down on themselves. Keep dangling cords out of reach.
Most grandparents start out alert when their grandchildren first come over.
Make your home their home With a new generation in your family, you and your home will go through many changes. Your own child's bedroom, now an office, will be a nursery again. A file cabinet will be replaced with a crib, but not the same one your children used. Most old cribs don't meet current safety standards. The same goes for high chairs and child-safety seats, which you can rent or borrow as long as they are certified safe.