Keeping Your Kids Safe While You Work From Home
People choose to work from home for various reasons and one of them is to spend more time with their kids. However, juggling the two can be quite challenging and it’s, even more, daunting if your kid is about 7 to 10-month-old that is learning how to crawl. Woe unto you if the kid is a boy and hyperactive. For more information visit http://kidsafeoutdoors.com/
Hurricane Mitch
Keeping your kids safe while you work from home is one thing, but to achieve it is a different thing altogether. That is what I learned when I decided to work from home and look after my little Tommy when he was only 8.5 months old. To contain him, I needed to have some pretty good reflexes and dexterity in whatever I did. Above all, I needed to always think ahead and anticipate his next move. He only needed a few minutes and he would wreck everything that came in his way. I aptly nicknamed him Mitch after the 1998 Hurricane Mitch, one of the most destructive Hurricanes of the Atlantic.
Baby Playpens, Play yards and Baby Gates
Tommy or Mitch is now 5 years old; thank God there were baby playpens, play yards, and baby gates to help me control him. I not only survived the ordeal but I also I triumphed; however, this was not an easy feat to achieve. To say that baby Mitch hated the playpen would be an understatement; he loathed it with all his might. I had just bought the best pack and play from the local baby stores after researchers on the Internet on how best to contain such a versatile toddler like Mitch.
Holding Area
Certainly, the ”holding area” worked for some few minutes as I went about my work. To hold him for a longer period of time, I would place some of his favorite toys or some picture books inside the pen. If I was lucky, he would go to sleep after some engagement with his toys. At times when I had run out of luck, he would become agitated after a few minutes and start to yell to be let out. To distract him further, I would stock the area around the playpen with toys that teach and are manipulative for his age
Funny enough when I donated the playpen to my sister for my 9-month-old niece, she cries to be put in the holding. Unlike Mitch who would be “silenced” with toys, my little niece prefers kid’s books. To date, her favorite picture book is based from the movie Shrek. She sits there for long periods looking at her books. From my two experiences, this is what I learned – a playpen is dependent upon how adventurous your child is?
Interlocking Type
Tommy just climbed, trying to get out. Later I traded it with the interlocking type and it seemed to work. It supports your kid in utilizing the space they have for multiple purposes. What’s more? It can easily be moved, adapted, and expanded to meet your child’s needs. Additionally, it confines your child to a pre- determined safe area and you can foresee every possible danger in your whole home.
It’s important to note that there no such a thing as child-proof home, no matter how innovative you try. Kids are naturally inquisitive and can simply make the most non-threatening thing in your home an object of destruction. But with the baby playpens, baby yards, and baby gates you might be able to keep the safe and in control.