[Jewelry making - Article 00401] - Re: [Orchid] New Baby in the house

[Fiorini & Skiles]

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    My kids are 2 -1/2 and almost 5. I did not work with them in a
    jewelry studio, but rather in our blacksmithing studio, in a
    separate building.  My perspective is that you want to keep them away
    from harmful fumes, chemicals, lead, flame, and overly loud noises. 
    You'd want your kitchen, bathrooms, laundry room and your studio to
    be equally well childproofed for a baby in the house. 

    It's not so hard to have a baby around, one that can't walk or
    crawl. The hard part is when you have a toddler around.  I could have
    my kids in a backpack in the studio, with hearing protection (muffs
    or silicone wax plugs) on them, when they were babies for as long as
    my back could stand it. (Obviously, with some equipment running, like
    a welder, they couldn't be in the studio at all.) 

    Once they could move around, it was impossible because they wanted
    to get down and into everything.  Now that my son is finally getting
    to a more thoughtful and reasonable age, he can come into the studio
    for supervised periods.  Of course then I don't get any work done
    myself.  It's that 8month to 4 year time period that you may have to
    block off the studio. 

-Kirsten 
www.kirstenskiles.com

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