Babyproofing our apartment

Over the past four weeks, Karl-Abraham has perfected his crawling and pulling himself up standing. Because of this, we’ve had a stream of AUC housing craftsmen come and go, to get our apartment somewhat baby proof. The electrician came one day to count the number of electrical outlets that needed covers (yes, they were ALL uncovered!), and today he came back to finish the job. After all that careful counting, did he have enough covers with him? No. So after several hours of hours of work and two visits to our house, he still needs to come back, “mumkin bokra” (maybe tomorrow), "insha Allah" (if God wills, of course). Last week the carpenter was here to measure our stairs, and the university housing engineer came back specifically to see what else he could do to baby proof our stairs (our marble blocks, held in place by sharp metal poles). Earlier this week, someone came back and covered our bottom four steps with carpet, and then today, the carpenter came by and put up two gates, a few railings, and some kind of padding on the sharpest part of the metal bars. There’s still A LOT to be done, but I have faith that he will come back, “mumkin bokra, insha Allah,” to finish the job. In the meantime, we still have to watch Abraham every minute. The boys have found a way to barricade their door, and when he’s in their room playing, I feel safe. It’s a start.