The Parenting Journal

Most new parents buy a baby monitor first. Then a sound machine, a swaddle set, maybe a white-noise app. The cabinet locks sit in the cart, unpurchased, for another few weeks. That’s the gap where injuries happen.Baby proofing feels like...

Every balcony is a small, beautiful hazard. The view is lovely. The railing gaps are not.If your child is walking, climbing, or anywhere close to either, the balcony needs work before they spend real time out there. This is one...

Six months is a strange inflection point. Your baby is still immobile enough that you feel like you have time. You don’t.Most parents start babyproofing when they see their child moving, which means they’re already behind. The window between "rolling...

Every year, the CPSC receives reports of thousands of injuries to children under five involving falls and access to hazardous areas in the home. Most of those incidents happen in the living room, the kitchen threshold, or at the base...

Infants falling from changing tables are a documented injury risk, with falls from elevated surfaces among the leading causes of injury for babies under 12 months. A contoured changing pad is one of the simplest pieces of safety equipment in...

Every skill your baby learns in the first year is a reason to celebrate. It is also, almost always, a reason to reassess your home.That sounds alarming. It isn’t meant to. What it means is that development and danger are...

Most babyproofing lists read like they were written by someone with an unlimited budget and a contractor on speed dial. The reality for most families is a Sunday afternoon, a trip to the hardware store, and maybe $80 to spend...