Childproofing your backyard is as important as childproofing inside your home, as my nephews are so aptly demonstrating to my in-laws lately.  They’ve been waking up early in the morning and sneaking out of the house without anyone hearing them, doing things like letting the dogs out and getting into the cars.

One thing you might want to do is ensure that your kids can’t get outside without you, at least until they are big enough to know better than to do certain things.  For example, my parents’ house has a sliding glass door with a slide lock up at the top that sticks a pin in the frame and keeps the door from opening, even if the handle lock is forced; that kind of thing can help you to keep your kids from going outside unattended, at least until they are tall enough to reach!

You should also do certain things to childproof your backyard.  For instance, hot tub covers are important to keep small children from unwittingly falling into the hot tub.  Even a small 2 person  hot tub is plenty big enough for a child to drown in.  Heck, even an adult could drown in a hot tub if they fell in and hit their head, so you can never be too careful about keeping the cover on when it’s not in use!

Although there is obviously less you can do to childproof outside, the point is to at least keep the obvious catastrophes from happening.  Of course, your child should also be supervised outside, but even supervision can’t prevent some accidents!

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