Safety is every mother’s concern and I think it very well should be. If you have kids you should definitely childproof your house. Start with your table’s edges, automatic door closers, cabinet doors, drawers, and not to forget… swimming pools.
Call me obsessive compulsive but when I found out I was pregnant I went through our house with a fine-toothed comb, checking every nook and cranny for possible “child-accident-waiting-to-happen piece of furniture or appliance. My husband was looking at me funny when I went down on my knees to crawl on our floor. Hey, I wanted to see if it would be too slippery for a child. Part of the experiment was also to find out which piece of furniture needed bumper guards, or which room a baby or a crawling child would most likely go to (hint: the room with the most number of things).
I then went to our backyard and walked barefoot. Not that I will allow my child to be always walking around barefoot (consider the possibility of stumbling or deliberately wanting to be on all fours), I wanted to “test” our grass to see if newly cut grass posed a danger to a little one too. I also wanted to see if our plants are “safe” and ugly enough so as not to call the attention of a curious toddler who might want to taste the yummy-looking leaf or flower (better safe than sorry).
Then there was the swimming pool. Ours is the above-ground type. I had it that way so we could take it along if and when we move. Another benefit of an above-ground pool is that it is slightly inaccessible to a child. All I had to do is take down, and keep under lock and key, the ladder that came with our pool kit.
So what we needed and got were pool safety alarms. Yes, I wanted get two, so it’s really “pool safety alarms”. I told you I’m obsessive compulsive, but I’d like to think it’s only on the issue of safety. Naturally, my husband disagreed and said we only needed one.
We started the process by checking out the pool safety alarms available in the market. Luckily, there was quite a number of pool safety alarms listed on the internet and a lot had retailers near our area.
All we really had to do was key-in “pool safety alarms” and a long list was presented to us. I never imagined there would be a lot.
Of all the pool safety alarms we read about online, we liked the sonar alarm best. This sonar alarm acts like an invisible net on your pools surface. It has a command station that houses all the electronic components and a remote keypad so you could check on the system’s status whenever and wherever you are in the house.
Essentially, pool safety alarms have more or less the same features, but you should check out each type or brand just the same.
Incidentally, if you want to see what types of pool safety alarms are available in your area, try heading to a child safety store. There you could see the pool safety alarms up close and personal… and you have a salesclerk to explain everything to you. It sure beats having to scour even the remote corners of the internet to find out all about pool safety alarms.
