Attention, Parents To Be! How To Prepare Your Home For A New Arrival

The arrival of a new baby will do more than just shake up your daily routine and fill your heart with love. It will also affect your lifestyle and how you spend your time at home. When you welcome a new addition, there’s a lot to think about, including how you’re going to adapt your home to ensure that it’s a safe and secure child-friendly haven. If you’re counting down the days until that precious little bundle makes an appearance, this guide should come in handy.

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Designing your nursery

For the first several months, your baby will sleep in your room, but it’s always good to have a separate space ready and waiting. Your nursery can act as a wonderfully useful storage space while your baby is sleeping with you, and when they’re old enough to make that giant leap, this is a room where they can play, learn, interact with you and other members of the family and catch those all-important Zs. When you’re an expectant parent, it can be very easy to get carried away and think that you need to buy every product under the sun, but the reality is that you won’t need everything straight away. Focus on stocking up on the essentials, and think about the kinds of themes you want to go for. If you’re not sure what you’re having, neutral colours like white and cream, grey, yellow and duck egg blue, work best. When you’re choosing furniture, think about practicality, as well as aesthetics. Babies may be tiny, but they have a lot of stuff, so storage is essential.

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Making your home safe

When you have children, safety should always be a concern. It’s highly likely that you’ll have to adapt your home to a degree when you become a parent. Accidents are fairly common, and you want to do everything possible to create a safe, comfortable environment. One of the most important things to do is ensure you have an effective fire alarm system in place. If you don’t already have detectors or you want to improve fire safety, it’s worth getting in touch with a firm that offers services like UL central station monitoring and residential alarm checks. It’s also important to keep an eye on the temperature in your home and fitting a thermostat is a good idea. Take care with stairs, hidden steps and uneven flooring. This is particularly important when your baby starts to move around. Stair gates are a really useful investment. Once your baby is up and about, you’ll also need to consider what they can reach around the house. Buy some cupboard and drawer locks and secure wardrobes and chests to the wall. Store potentially dangerous items like medicines, matches and household cleaning products in locked, wall-mounted units.

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If you’re preparing to welcome a new member to your family, you may need to make some changes at home. Your home may be full of hazards you never even spotted before you started life as a parent. Hopefully, this guide will help you create that safe haven for your little one.

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