It's easy to overlook potential falling-related dangers and a few general home safety issues.
 

To help keep your baby safe :
Keep heavy or breakable objects, including picture frames and ceramic figures, out of reach of the changing table and crib so she can't topple them.

Keep cribs and changing tables away from windows, window cords and hanging mobiles to prevent her from getting tangled, suffocating, or falling out or through the window.

Parents, relatives and babysitters can fall while carrying a baby due to poor lighting, loose rugs, or miss nonexistent stair railings. You're probably familiar with these hazards in your own home and will naturally compensate for some of them. But a relative or sitter may not.

It is always advisable to have the tall or unstable pieces of furniture are securely braced to the wall. Pay particular attention to things that could fall on your child or prevent access to her.

Have functional smoke detectors in each room. You should have at least one fire extinguisher on each floor.

It is always good to take care of these issues before the baby arrives.

Balcony Safety :
Decks and balconies often pose several hazards to children, the most serious of which is that of falling through or becoming stuck in the railing.

If your deck or balcony railings have horizontal or vertical openings wider than four inches, you need to make some modifications.

If you have external stairs leading down from your balcony or deck, building a gate to match your existing railings is usually the best way to go. Be sure the gate's latching mechanism is out of her reach.

Prevention of accidents :
Keep small hard objects and pieces of food away from baby. Check all toys to be sure that nothing could be bitten or pulled off which might cause choking.

Before your baby starts crawling check your home for unguarded fires, trailing or dangling electrical cords, unsafe electrical sockets (use power outlet guards), objects which are within reach of a crawler.

All children's clothing should be fireproof.

Fix grills to reachable windows and staircases.

Keep all medicines and poisons out of reach and locked up.

Have childproof doors on all low cupboards.

All fishponds and pools should be absolutely inaccessible. Never leave baby alone in or near a bathtub containing water.

Guard against scalds: turn the handle of pans towards the stove. Never drink hot drinks while holding a baby.

Protect your baby from sunburn with creams and hats.

Learn and practice how to give artificial respiration and external heart compression. If accidents do occur, you need to administer first aid immediately. It's always good to have a first aid kit at hand in such an eventuality.