Has anyone hired a professional babyproofer? Have any recommendations?
I'm looking into it because today I saw a website where a little girl died from furniture falling on her-which led me to a long list of children that have died from the same thing. It got to me because I 'knew' I should have anchored furniture to the wall, but just didn't realize how serious it was. Then my mind wandered to what else is there that I'm missing. I know it seems silly to hire a babyproofer when I should be able to do so myself, but I figure--it's money well spent. I wouldn't think twice (and didn't two years ago) about hiring someone to install new granite countertops, so why would I not invest to ensure my little one is 100% safe?
Re: Professional Babyproofing
I think the service is quite silly. But that is just my opinion. I have her dresser anchored. I have a few sockets pluged up. I have a gate at the top of the stairs (she STILL fell down them (twice) when I opened the gate-I step down then pick her up-easier on my bad back).
Other than that I am with them all the time at home.
I didn't do this, but I would think that anyone you know with young kids could walk into your house and tell you where the dangers are.
Then again, different kids behave differently - my nephew comes to my house and gets into things my girls wouldn't dream of getting into. So it depends on the personality of the kid.
My method with #1 and so far with #2 (now that she's crawling) is to just put them on the floor and watch what they go for - and then make adjustments as you go. Both my girls for some reason go right for our wine rack. Not that I think they can open the wine, but they could certainly pull a full bottle down on top of their head... so we block that.
That said, I've had a kid go to the ER twice in one month - she hit her head on grandma's coffee table and DH shut the car door on her hand - so stuff still happens no matter what you do!