How do I make my Christmas Tree a safer decoration for my kids?
Christmas time is so much fun for families and such a great time for starting new traditions. When my little ones were tiny, I had a three foot Christmas tree that I put up, out of reach, so that the children couldn't come into contact with the Christmas tree. They could see it and see how bright and shiny and fun a Christmas tree was, but they weren't allowed access to it, so they were safe. They were too tiny to discipline, to say "No no," and I just picked a few of my favourite Christmas tree ornaments and put those up that year. I used a small version of the Christmas tree that year and it worked out great. It's also important to make sure that when you're lighting candles on the Christmas tree, to make sure that your baby doesn't have access to that and any of the decor that can be pulled down on top of them. That it's just secured, and it's probably a good idea that year when you have a baby that's just really tiny and just getting into harm's way constantly to maybe tone down the decor that year and only pull out maybe half or a third of the boxes. You'll get to it soon enough, but less is more when you have small babies.
