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Your new grandchild is coming over for the day. Is your house baby-proof?

New dangers exist today that grandparents didn’t need to worry about when raising their own children: button batteries, small magnets in toys, laundry detergent pods. Medications also pose a big danger.

Sandy Cavanaugh has taken safety measures, such as a gate around the stairs, for grandson, Colt, whom she cares for regularly in her Center City Philadelphia townhouse.
Sandy Cavanaugh has taken safety measures, such as a gate around the stairs, for grandson, Colt, whom she cares for regularly in her Center City Philadelphia townhouse.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer