With every safety precaution you take, you reduce the risk of someone becoming injured in your home. Consider doing a safety inventory of your home. Walk from room to room. Look for danger zones, unsafe practices, harmful objects or substances, and items that might be used in a harmful way. Correct what you can right away, and make a list of other hazards to fix as soon as possible.
Young children are mobile and curious, always experimenting with their environment.
They have an unreliable grasp of cause and effect, and they are just as likely to forget an important safety measure as to remember it. Buy poisonous substances and medicines in child resistant containers. Store any dangerous product in a locked cabinet out of the reach of children. If interrupted while cleaning or working on a project, put away hazardous products. Never leave medicines on your bedside table or in your purse.