Errrr, Did I Get Incorrect Information Here?
Here’s one thing I really don’t understand: baby-proofing your home BEFORE your baby is born. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for baby-proofing your home and making sure it’s safe. But, ummm, newborns aren’t mobile. In fact… they pretty much stay in one place and poop and pee a lot. It’s not like you’re bringing home a puppy who is going to want to immediately chew everything in sight (been there, done that). These checklists I’m reading, they make it sound like you can’t possibly bring home a newborn until you have all cords put away and all electric outlets plugged. Me, I’ll be happy if we have a fur-free, safe place to put the baby. I’ll do the rest when it’s needed. (That, and freaking out. Mobile kid… yikes!)
The reasoning behind it is that, once you actually have the baby, you’ll have no time/little time to do the babyproofing when Devin actually gets moving. But I’m with you: I’ll worry about proofing once baby starts crawling, but I can’t fathom babyproofing before the child is even here.