[Soccer Mom]

We are having our first post placement visit on Monday and are wondering if we should baby proof our house. We are certainly planning on it but our baby is 15 days old and can't really get into a whole lot quite yet. We had the house baby proofed for our 9 soon to be 10 year old but de-proofed it when she got old enough to know not to stick her finger in an outlet! We have an alarm on the sliding glass door that leads out to our pool and own 6 fire extiguishers but do we need to do more or am I just paranoid?

[Papamba]

I can't imagine that you would need to have your house child-proofed at 15 days old. I don't think they even look for it at that point. When we had our post placement visits it was more of how are you adjusting to the new one. It was very easy. I'm sure everything will go well even if you haven't child-proofed.

Good Luck,
Pam

[NCGirl20]

Unless you've got yourself a walking, talking, potty trained child prodigy running around (well maybe just a few more weeks!)... I don't think you need to rush right out and childproof your home just yet!

[LotAkids]

You'll have plenty of time to worry about that later......sit back and enjoy your new baby!!
Congratulations!!

Liz

[redhedded]

I don't think that would be necessary. In our post placement visits our social worker wanted to know how our daughter was doing. She inquired about the return from our daughter's birth state and her transition into the family, including grandparent roles. She asked about feeding and sleeping schedules. She asked about our work schedules and childcare. She asked about her development, physical health and required documentation of all Dr. visits. She asked about our daily routine with our daughter, including entertainment, stimulation activities, any travel, etc. She toured our home. She documented all of these items mentioned. In the second visit, she noted our impending move and my resignation to be a stay at home mom. Don't worry. They just want to gauge how the baby is and how you are adjusting to the changes associated with adding a new little person into your lives. Good luck.

[joymom]

For our post-placements we did mention changes we would make as baby grew (ie: moving a picture from above the crib to out-of-reach). She made mention of this in her report and seemed glad to hear we were thinking ahead. But it certainly wasn't a requirement.

[taggrr2]

Same story here as the others. The main concern on our post-placement was how is everyone adjusting.

[bumpkin]

At our first post placement, I recall the sw being very specific about the smoke detectors and checking them with that little test button.