to think friends should childproof their house a little when I bring dd to stay?

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plugs with no covers, exposed wires on a lead and tonnes of tiny tiny toys laying all over the house. Their kids are 5 and 2 so I understand their house doesn't need to be as child proof as I need for my 1.3 yr old but surely the chokeable toys could have been put away? I spent the whole visit retrieving plastic coins and playmobil bits from dd's mouth.

Brambly do you mean like this sort of thing?

When my ds started to crawl I couldn't child proof my own house for my own child let alone for someone else's , bits everywhere small small bits.
Though I did throw out all the magnetic bits - once I found them.

I had to get proper bannisters put in when we moved here because one set of stairs had open ones (the horizontal type Brambly talked about) and the other had no bannisters at all, just a handrail on the wall side.

Everyone talking about plug socket covers, please look down the thread to the link about how dangerous they are. I had no idea at all they were a hazard rather than a safety measure!

YABU. I've got an 8 year old and can't even remember what it was like having a baby-proofed house. In fact dd did very little to warrant childproofing even when she was small, so I'd probably not even anticipate most of the risks any way. And you were only there overnight fgs. You can't control every environment for your child, you can only control what you and your child do. That means you have to watch her like a hawk at times.

And an earlier post was horrified to think that these people had a slightly older child and asked what kind of risks had they been subjected to without childproofing? well not all children are the same. Mine put very little in her mouth and didn't put her fingers in things. Therefore we didn't need to do this.

I think the OP's hosts would be really shocked to think they had raised this issue. They probably thought they were being good hosts by asking a friend over for the night and making them welcome in their homes.

yab alittle u. I don't babyproof my house. Just keep an eye.on your child.
If I came to yours would you provide a ramp? I doubt it.

yabu - its their house

Agree with the majority im afraid. If you dont like it dont vist/stay. You do have a choice. They are your children and its up to you to look after them and ensure they are safe. And as their mum you are the best one to do that.

If it was possible to safely fashion a ramp I think I would, Riven, and I would certainly clear any obstacles to make sure there was a path for your dd's chair to get around the house. I think it doesn't hurt to spend a bit of time trying to make your guests' lives a bit easier when they come to visit.

Just wondering if you have learned anything from this exchange? eg, will you stop putting your child at risk by using dangerous socket covers?

Anyone with socket covers has a poor grasp of physics. When I (briefly) had some cupboard locks in the kitchen, even the rabbit learnt to open them in half a day.

I wouldn't expect anyone to actually baby proof their house, but I would like valuable, sentimental very breakable objects moved out of harms way when my very active and boisterous 2 yr old ds comes to visit (take note MIL!), if you don't want the chance of it getting broken move it, not leave it there because 'that's where it always sits' .

i do think maybe grandparents should cover ponds.

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YABU

Meh!

Socket covers are useless and in fact they make the sockets dangerous.

I agree with the little bits of plastic and the wires. No excuse for either of these things to be accessible to very young kids.

Oops I hadn't realised this was a old thread

Haven't ploughed through the whole thread, but surely everyone knows by now that socket covers are extremely dangerous?

Sorry if I have X posted with lots of people saying the same thing.

no, every time it comes up many people say 'oh I didn't know that socket covers are dangerous'. So in this case it is worth digging up the zombie.

your ickle preshuses cannot get their fingers in sockets - their fingers are too big before they are able to move. However they can turn round socket covers and use them as a perfect tool to defeat the inbuilt protection.

if the socket cover hasn't already damaged the socket, possibly causing an electrical hazard or starting a fire.

sorry, I know MN encourages 'it is feminine to be thick' and we don't like science, but this MATTERS.

YABU I have five children of my own and never owned a socket cover. Childproofing here consisted of a fireguard and moving anything precious out of reach although we did get a stairgate when youngest dd was 11 to stop the dog going upstairs. With children of 5 and 2 I'd guess their house was pretty safe anyway and it's your job to watch your baby to make sure they are safe.

So, if for some reason, you came to stay with me, I should be going out to buy plug covers?!

On yer bike!

YABU we never really baby proofed our house,so i wouldn't do it just because someone comes to visit.

Just for the hell of it, no point addressing the OP as this thread is SEVEN YEARS OLD - but yes, worth realising that socket covers in the UK are dangerous and bypass the inbuilt safety feature of UK sockets.
Not so much in Australia, where I did have to buy some.