Comments on: Home Safety Tips for Grandmothers http://gagasisterhood.com/tips-for-grandmas/home-safety-tips-for-grandmothers/ Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:37:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=6518 By: Sally Wendkos Olds http://gagasisterhood.com/tips-for-grandmas/home-safety-tips-for-grandmothers/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Sally Wendkos Olds Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://gagasisterhood.com/?p=1731#comment-246 This is a great list -- especially for us grandparents who used to keep our homes child-safe but got out of the habit. I just have a few more suggestions to add: * When you're putting up those smoke alarms, put up carbon monoxide alarms too near the bedrooms. * Cover all electrical sockets with little guards you can get at the hardware store. * And if you're taking care of infants, be sure to put them to sleep on their backs, not their stomachs as we were told to do back in the day. This is a great list — especially for us grandparents who used to keep our homes child-safe but got out of the habit. I just have a few more suggestions to add:

* When you’re putting up those smoke alarms, put up carbon monoxide alarms too near the bedrooms.

* Cover all electrical sockets with little guards you can get at the hardware store.

* And if you’re taking care of infants, be sure to put them to sleep on their backs, not their stomachs as we were told to do back in the day.

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