Barely baby-proofing

I'm not quite sure where July has gone - taken up with summer fun and not much yard or home maintenance. So today's long overdue post is mostly about lack of action. The little one is still, thankfully, mostly immobile. We are savoring these last few weeks (days?) of her being unable to get around by herself and have continued to be pretty lax on baby proofing.

What have we done so far? Mostly just removed the biggest risks in the living room, where we spend more of our time with her.

We moved the fireplace equipment to the breezeway. This piece in particular seemed like a significant baby hazard. Trying to hold on to pull herself up might cause wood to fall everywhere. Metal pokers are sharp, wood splinters, the piece itself is heavy and unforgiving in the event of tumbles, etc. So outside it went.

Our shoe tray also has been effected - we had pebbles in there to keep the shoes off the ground and allow the soles to dry. Pebbles that would be a fabulous "tasty treat" to any discerning baby. Goodbye choking hazard. We're trying to find a long kitchen trivet to put in there to accomplish the same thing of letting air circulate under the shoes, but so far to no avail.

We also got rid of nearly all the cat toys, since their small size made them good candidates for choking hazards. So far though, that's about it.

We bought fancy magnetic safety latches for our cabinets, but they've been laying uninstalled for a few weeks now. We got baby gates at the shower we had last October, also uninstalled (we really should at least make sure we know where they are...)

We've made plans to attach furniture to the walls, at least in the rooms where she would most likely not be under constant supervision like her nursery and the living room, but again, no progress in that area.

So yeah, just a quiet summer of playing with baby and not at all preparing for her future mobility....