Crawling Babies

One of the accidents we dread happening to our crawling babies, happened to me yesterday! My toddler left the basement door open and before I could react my 9 month old infant was head over heals about 5 times before he hit the basement floor. I was working at my desk and unfortunately could not get to him in time.

The vision of this fall will unfortunately be with me for longer than I want. He is fine and I think better off than I am. I am lucky enough to have two friends that are ER Nurses and I called them immediately to find out what danger signs and symptoms I need to be looking for. Everything turned out fine but it made me realize I really need to redo all the childproofing I undid when my toddler .
I went on an online shopping spree about a year ago to update all my childproofing needs for crawling babies, soon to be walking babies. The shopping cart was full of everything from gates, to kitchen and bathroom safety items, to video monitors so I could see the baby when he was awake in his room.

During our last pediatrician appointment, the doctor reminded me of safety concerns with crawling babies. I looked at him like he was crazy. Of course I am aware of safety issues, I have four children!! Guess I should have listened.

Keep your baby safe! When they are mobile they can find all kinds of dangerous mischief to get into, many times faster than you can react. Please share your safety tips. I would love to hear what other mom's may be doing to protect their crawling babies.