June 12, 2012 - Not Baby Friendly

I have discovered that my house is not baby proof.  What have I been doing for the last 8 months?  I guess I kind of forgot how things need to be when you have a mobile baby in your home.  Today I spent the afternoon tidying the family room and making it more baby friendly.  Bye-bye big kid toys....bye-bye coffee table books....bye-bye trinkets on the side table...bye-bye Wii games on the shelf.  The hardest thing is finding a balence between the Baby's safety and my big kids entertainment.  They need to have some things in the room to play with, but they can't be ever left lying around the room.  Polly pockets and Lego are deadly for a baby!  I found a large plastic container in the basement, that I put under my side table for them to keep a few things in.

The Husband put up the first of many gates.  This one is at the top of the basement stairs, which are right next to the family room, so pretty much at the most dangerous place when he spends most of his time playing in the family room!  The only issue with the gate: the Girl can't open it, so when she needs to go to the basement to play, someone (me) is going to have to open the gate for her!  Hopefully the other gates we put up will be easier for her to open.