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Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 9, 2023

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Set up some location where you can put your awake, active child down, and safely not pay attention to your child for a while. Maybe that's one of those plastic fence things in the middle of the room. Maybe it's a dedicated room. (Move all grabbable items out of reach. That may even mean moving electrical outlets up to your eye height.) You have some time before this becomes important, but now's the time to plan.

I used to call that plastic fence "baby prison". And it is quite useful with a crawling kid. Also put a thick cushioned mat beneath it, play tables, etc.

Strongly endorsed, we went the fenced off area in the living room with some cushions and toys root. Specifically somewhere where we could see the kid from the kitchen and vice versa so we could cook without having to worry about them getting into anything or getting underfoot.