Balcony Safety Tips for Kids
| May 2, 2011 | Posted by Admin under Kids Safety |
Balcony Safety Tips for Kids
When your kid takes its first foot step to walk on its own it’s really more pleasurable and exciting to watch. Even some parents would like to record it and watch it over and over. Kids start walking from the age of 8 months to 1 year. But they don’t understand what we say at that age. They try to explore each and everything in the house. So when they start crawling or walking they keep roaming around the house almost all the time when they are awake. When kids start walking parents should spend more time in monitoring them. You should take special care such that they don’t reach the balcony or stairs, also you need to pay more attention to set up the balcony if you have kids at home.
You can always keep the balcony door closed. But in some cases you cannot always keep it closed. In such cases you need to make sure that a small fence is fixed so that crawling babies or small kids cannot cross it over and reach the balcony.
If the balcony has railings then be sure that the space between each railing is very small so that is it not possible even for small crawling babies to slip through it.
Don’t leave any furniture near the balcony, since kids can try to reach the balcony for sight seeing by climbing the furniture, which is not safe.
Don’t sit on balcony walls, since kids try to imitate what elders do.
Balcony door keys should be out of reach from children, since they learn quickly how to open door by watching elders.
When you go on a party or for a holiday trip and if you have kids with you, then its elders responsibly to inspect the rooms before allowing the kids to play on their own. Since you cannot expect all safety measures to be in place and perfect in a holiday resort or in your friends house. Same type of problem is associated with windows where there are no railings.
If you are carrying a kid and standing in balcony or near a window then you should be more careful. If a friend or family member wants to surprise or shock you and screams from behind, that one second of shock to you might cause a big mishap. Also don’t carry too many things like cell phone, baby food items, and toys along with the kid in hand. Since if any thing falls by mistake and it is quite natural to catch the falling item, but you must not loose your balance and create a greater loss for yourself. It is true having balcony and sight seeing is very enjoyable, but you should be more cautious and also even educate the kids as they grow up.
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