child safety

[reeve2006]

hi im doing some research for a college course on child safety could you please answer the following questions

1. How old is your child?

2.Is your child male or female? 3.Does you child have siblings? 4.If so are they older, younger or both? 5.Do you use safety equipment to protect you child from danger? 6.How much are you willing to pay for child safety equipment? 7.What safety equip ment do you have in your house? 8.Why were the pieces of equipment that you used chosen?

1. What safety equipment do you think is most effective?

Thanks alot.

1. Age 6
2. Female
3. Only child
4. n/a
5. I did use safety equipment when she was younger but not so much now.
6. Before buying anything I would normally do some research into the different products on offer but I have learnt that price does not always mean better quality.
7. I don't have much now but when she was younger, Stair gate, bed rail, those cupboard door thingys, socket covers.
8. When I moved into my house these were already in use by the previous occupants.
9. Those pieces of plastic you can put over the opening of a door, I hate the thought of a child trapping their fingers

sorry I probably havent been much help

1. My child is 19 months
2. Male
3. No siblings
4. n/a
5. Yes
6. Depends on what it is but up to £ 40/ 50
7. Stairgate, plugins for electric sockets
8. Very steep stairs and my son had a habit of

sticking his fingers in plug socket

1. I think both but definatley the stairgate

1 -5
2 -male
3 -no
4 -
5 -not no, only when younger
6 -if something was needed, I wouldn't mind how much it was although ould shop around first
7 -did have stair gates, bed rail, socket covers - now only cycle helmet
8 - stair gates as we had open plan stairs that were very steep. Socket covers as they were at crwaling height
9 -socket covers work well & would always recommend stair gates. Now DS is older though - eductation is important. I always make sure that he knows why something is dangerous

1. 2
2. Female

3 Yes

1. Older brother(6)
2. Yes
3. Depends on the product
4. Only the electricity plug protectors. Have never bothered with door locks ... put dangerous stuff out of reach. Had stair gates for my son when he was little but didn't need them for my daughter as we live in a one level house now.
5. Because I found her sticking her tongue in the socket
6. They are very effective ... so effective that I take ages getting the blinking things off when I need to do the ironing

Just remembered .... did also have bed rail for DS but haven't needed it for DD yet as she is still in her cot. I found it very effective in keeping him safe but unfortunately didn't keep him in bed ....

1.10mths
2.Female
3.Yes
4.older: 2 yrs 10mths old
5.Yes
6.Depends what it is - stairgates were about £50 each
7.stairgates at top and bottom of stairs, drawer locks and cupboard lock in kitchen, door guards to stop them closing on fingers, socket guards

8.needed stairgates because staircase goes straight up from sitting room. she tries to open the drawers

1. stairgates, drawer and cupboard locks all work well.

incidentally, the LEAST effective thing we've bought has been corner-protectors for the coffee table. They fell off after 24 hours, leaving a sticky residue. We also bought some so-called 'universal' window safety locks which wouldn't fit on our windows.

1. How old is your child? 1 year

2.Is your child male or female? make

3.Does you child have siblings? no

4.If so are they older, younger or both?

5.Do you use safety equipment to protect you child from danger? yes

6.How much are you willing to pay for child safety equipment? as much as necessary

7.What safety equip ment do you have in your house? socket covers, stairgates

8.Why were the pieces of equipment that you used chosen? sockets within easy reach of ds. stairgate to keep him out of kitchen (we're in a flat)

1. What safety equipment do you think is most effective? stairgate

Thanks alot.

1. 2yrs 5 months
2. female
3. no
4. n/a
5. yes
6. 30-40
7. stairgates, cupboard locks, bed rail and socket covers
8. she will try and explore everything!
9. stairgates

1.2 & 4
2.M & F
3.yes each other
4.see above
5.yes
6.depends what it is, stairgates were about £30
7.car seats, cycle helmets, safety harness on highchair, smoke alarms,stairgates, socket plugs, window catches, home-made corner guards, fire guards, non-slip bathmats,
8.chosen as most effective and hard-wearing, not chosen on looks or price. I am not sure quite what you are getting at with this question.

1. car seats, stairgates. Like others we bought window locks that won't fit, and I am continually worried about upstairs windows.

1. 2.1

2.f 3.step brother (not living wiht us) 4.older 5.yes in moderation 6.Quality doesnt always come with price but I do hav ea strict budget too. 7.Stair gates socket covers 8.because we have a really steep stair and there is no door from living room to stairs

1. stair gate but thats only because of the steepness of our stairs.

dd is only child aged 2.2 apart from stairgates top and bottom of stairs and one in front of kitchen door ( so cats had one room they were safe in!) didnt really babyproof the house but i was lucky she was only told once not to touch / do something and never did it again gates were removed when she was 18 months old as she learnt to open them, dont intend putting her in bed for a while yet so wont do the bed guard thing, she has slept in beds at relatives houses and has never fallen out but she is still happy in her cot and has never attempted escape so she can stay there!

thanks alot everyone u'v all been a gr8 help so far.

1. 3y 10m
2. Female
3. No
4. n/a
5. Yes
6. When she was younger we paid more for items such as a stair gate, baby monitor,e tc. Now she is older it is cheaper items we need/use.
7. Foam door things on bedroom doors (all are fire doors and close quite fast), wedges on other doors, some socket covers.
8. I chose what I felt we needed at the time.
9. For us it was the kitchen cupboard things. When Dd was younger we were in an open plan apartment so we had no way to stop her getting to the cupboards. So being able to not get int hem was next best thing. Stair gate was a godsend on the balcony door in the summer.

For my youngest

1. 2.6
2. Female
3. Yes
4. Older
5. Yes
6. Depends on the item, and the safety implications!
7. A few socket covers, did have stair gates, removed about 4 months ago, used baby monitor with ds, not with dd, window locks, car seats,
8. Necessity
9. Don't know - depends on your circumstances with older children, house style etc. - e.g. stair gates were great with ds, not so good with dd because ds opened them and left them open, therefore giving false sense of security.

1. 2 yrs 1 months
2. female
3. no
4. n/a
5. yes
6. as much as required- not necessaraily most expensive but not always cheapest- take into account various factors like ease of construction, effectiveness, materials used, colours etc in our home
7. stair gates, bath thermometer, cupboard locks, fridge lock (not used yet though), bed rail for when dd goes into big bed
8. thought they were essentials-
9. stair gates

hth

for my youngest...

almost 21 months, male, has 2 siblings (both older)
yes we have power socket covers, non-slip bath mats, cupboard latches, cycle helmet, carseats and a pond-cover but have taken the stairgates down. Never used a baby monitor.
Cupboard latches were given to us. We paid £80 for carseat (bought because it was easy to fit correctly & we only used hire cars), about £10 for helmet, £25 each for stairgates (new, only ones that fit our stairs), can't remember about pond cover, but have paid less for similar itmes and bought 2nd hand for older kids.
What is most effective? What keeps them safe!

1. How old is your child? 19.5 months

2.Is your child male or female? female

3.Does you child have siblings? no

4.If so are they older, younger or both? n/a

5.Do you use safety equipment to protect you child from danger? yes

6.How much are you willing to pay for child safety equipment? we would pay quite a lot but only if the item is practical and is really going to work.

7.What safety equip ment do you have in your house? electrical socket covers, door locks, corner covers, a digital monitor. I have a harness adn reins but haven't really used it yet.

8.Why were the pieces of equipment that you used chosen? Monitors excepted, I found that the selection was very limited and ended up having to choose from what was available. I chose the monitor on the basis of the mothercare features comparison chart I wanted on that was relatively simple and reliable.

1. What safety equipment do you think is most effective? The door locks that fit the handles on the outside, holding two cupboard handles together tightly work really well. The type that you install and which let the door open a little way totally useless. DD simply reaches up and lifts it off the hook. I bought some jumbo corners when we were in the states and they work very well.