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In getting the house prepped for a baby I became mindful of dangers around the house.\u00a0 I could see how outlets were the perfect size for tiny fingers and therefore covered them.\u00a0 I understood that bottle caps could be unscrewed (generally by the gums) and the poisonous cleaning product contained, ingested; so I moved them to high cupboards and shelves.\u00a0 However there were things I wasn\u2019t ready for, and have come to realize that danger lies around the most benign corner.<\/span><\/p>\n Drawers \u2013 simple sliding drawers \u2013 have now become Chinese finger traps.\u00a0 Magazine stands are bludgeoning objects with the magazines themselves quickly converted to masses of wet paper chewing gum \u2013 a clear choking hazard.\u00a0 In short: nothing is safe!\u00a0 The world is an exploration and I never realized how dangerous this journey was.\u00a0 But I never knew how filled with wonder it could be either.\u00a0 Dangers aside, I have gained a fresh new perspective on life.\u00a0 The world truly is different, for better or for worse, through the eyes of a child.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n How can the world not seem new again when a baby can become so preoccupied with her own hand?\u00a0 Every plane that flies by must be pointed out and celebrated in the highest squeal and well, it reminded me that yeah, planes are pretty awesome and perhaps not something I should act so indifferent toward.<\/span><\/p>\n But as much as my daughter has brought out the awe in life, she also brought out the shock.\u00a0 When my daughter was first born, dirt, the common cold and every day germs were my enemies and you were either with me or against me in the fight against this axis of evil.\u00a0 Luckily I\u2019ve relaxed a bit.\u00a0 That\u2019s not to say that I welcome people sneezing on my daughter, but I\u2019ve come to realize that I can\u2019t protect her from everything.\u00a0 What I can do; however, is protect her from an overbearing helicopter mom who sees the world as a harboring ground for all bad things that can happen to her daughter.\u00a0 And with one small baby step at a time, I try to do just that.<\/span><\/p>\n Lena Hassan<\/span><\/p>\n Lena Hassan lives in Ottawa, Ontario and is a loving mother to one.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0 In getting the house prepped for a baby I became mindful of dangers around the house.\u00a0 I could see how outlets were the perfect size for tiny fingers and therefore covered them.\u00a0 I understood that bottle caps could be unscrewed (generally by the gums) and the poisonous cleaning product contained, ingested; so I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1529,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16,18],"tags":[30,191,216,630,828],"class_list":["post-1047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-motherhood","category-parenting","tag-a-childs-eyes","tag-child-proofing","tag-chocking-hazzards","tag-islamic-parenting","tag-muslim-mom"],"yoast_head":"\n