Childproofing Your Home
Now that I’m back to watching little people at my house, I have to think about things like childproofing. Here I thought my home was pretty safe. Silly me. Grandbaby girl can spot a crumb on the floor at a hundred yards away. She delights in trying to open all the cupboards and has radar built in that tells her if Gramma forgot to put the gate across the stairs.
Department stores sell all kinds of gadgets to keep children out of places they don’t belong, but soon the house is so locked up you can barely function. Plus there is always some new drive-gramma-crazy adventure brewing in those little minds. One of my other grandsons, age 2, decided to be a mountain climber in his kitchen. The mountain was a big white stove and its door was a convenient ladder. Once on top, he claimed victory by turning a knob. Fortunately it was the oven knob and not a burner. His mom was right behind him and the climb was short lived. I’m glad I wasn’t there to see the action.
I remember one lady I knew had to padlock her frig. And when my youngest daughter was growing up, everything went into her mouth – lego, soap, sometimes even food. So here I am again trying to stay one step ahead of an accident. The latest attraction is my plants. I only have two, but they may soon spend their days in a locked room rather than their spots by the window. I wonder if that’s the reason artificial plants were invented?
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January 20th, 2010 at 11:29 PM
Hey Carol, I love to read your blog. I got your email and as soon as I saw the words “Every child Needs a Hero” it gave me an idea for an article so I went off to write but now I’m back to read to more. Pretty good stuff. Thanks Carol
Gail J Richardson
January 26th, 2010 at 10:04 PM
Thanks Gail, I’m glad you enjoy it. I would love to read your article. Amazing how when our brain is in gear, the least little thing can give us ideas.
Carol
February 18th, 2010 at 11:13 AM
I have a Dell Latitude Laptop using Windows XP. I took it to Geek Squad because it was skipping and the freezing up when I played DVDs or any kind of audio. When it freezes I have to turn it off witut shutting it down. It also wouldn’t freeze right away..it freezes into about 10 minutes of playing the DVD. It was also making weird noises when it froze. Best Buy informed me that the noise wasn’t any hardware issue, but the kind of noise the computer makes when it’s frozen. They said nothing was wrong hardware wise, and that I had 6 viruses on the laptop. Well now, all those viruses are removed, and my laptop is still skipping and freezing when I play DVDs..to the point where I have to turn off the computer without shutting it down. Also, now it freezes and makes a weird noises when I’m not playing any audio. If it’s not viruses, and geek squad said everything is fine with the computer physically, then what is it? santoramaa
March 10th, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Sorry I can’t help you with this. I’m a total non-techie. You could try doing a Google search about your problem and see if you find others with the same experience. I’ve done that and have sometimes found solutions that way. Good luck and don’t get too frustrated. As a last resort, you could treat yourself to a new computer!