They pulled up on their own. Your house has changed.
Crawling gives no warning. One day they're where you left them, the next they're across the room — and the house that was safe yesterday stops being safe without anyone moving a single piece of furniture.
A baby can drown in less than 5 cm of water, silently and in seconds. There's no splashing and no shout: that's why a tub or a bucket left with water is one of the most underestimated risks of this stage.
Six changes for this stage
Gates at the top and bottom of the stairs
The top one screwed into the wall. Pressure-mounted gates are fine at the bottom; at the top they can give way under a baby leaning on them.
Window guards above the ground floor
An insect screen will not hold a baby. And one piece of furniture under the window is all it takes to get there.
Tubs and buckets always emptied
Emptied as soon as you're done, not «I'll do it in a minute».
Button batteries and magnets out of reach
A swallowed button battery burns the oesophagus within two hours. Two swallowed magnets attract each other through the bowel. Both are emergencies.
Sharp corners covered
Coffee-table height matches the head of a baby learning to pull up.
No wheeled baby walkers
They give speed and reach that the baby's balance doesn't have yet, and they account for a high number of falls down stairs.
And one thing that changes how any list like this should be read: it doesn't go by age, it goes by what your baby already does. Two nine-month-olds can need different houses.
In NomiNest this isn't a table, it's your baby
The app works from the data you already log, and compares your baby against themselves rather than against an average.
Meet NomiNestSources. Based on recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
NomiNest is not a medical device and this guide does not replace your paediatrician's guidance. The information is general and orientative: every baby is different, and the professional who sees yours is the one who knows them.