If you don't use cupboard locks or have a stair gate on your kitchen/bathroom

[nappyaddict]

Can I ask where you keep the following items? I would ordinarily keep the cleaning products and medicines under the sink and the other items in the cutlery drawer which is just under the work surface.

Vegetable peeler
Steak knives
Scissors
Knife sharpener
Carving fork
Cleaning products
Medicines

I keep ibuprofen, paracetomol and codeine under the sink in the bathroom so should probably move that.

Those that keep cleaning stuff (did it include bleach?) under the sink and all the other stuff not high up do you leave your kids in the kitchen unsupervised? I often left DS eating or playing at the table.

My first two DC came down with a nasty D&V illness when they were about 18 months and 3. Both really very unwell.

I rang NHS Direct for advice, and the woman on the phone asked me if there was any chance they could have got at any chemicals (bleach or similar).

I said no, that was always kept out of reach. She said that was good - they got a lot of cases of young DC with poisoning from various household things in under-sink cupboards - and the parents always said 'but they've never tried to eat it before!' Once is enough.

I keep washing powder tablets and dishwasher tablets out of reach too.

When mine were going through the must get into cupboards phase, I used to direct then to the cupboard with all the plastic containers in. If they started to try a different one, I just removed, said no, and plonked them back in front of the plastic one. Having one cupboard they knew they could go in seemed to stop them heading for the others. It does depend what kind of child you have though, mine were never that inquisitive.

Sharp itens are in high drawers or kitchen counter storage.

Cleaning items are on high shelves in utility.

I keep medicines in a locked box in a locked cupboard.

Medicine ontop of bathroom cabinet (5'4 me struggles to reach).
Chems on a high shelf in the airing cupboard
Knives/sharp bits in the 'danger' drawer, 2 year old gets his own cutlery out so all sharps are kept in another drawer.

Ds1 knows he's not allowed to close the kitchen door but is allowed in there by himself

Same here= knives and medicines up high, they didn't bother with cleaning stuff, kept at the back of the cupboard behind bin bags and vases.
Didn't use stair gates, I have a living room door they would have to open by themselves. By the time they were old enough to be able to open the door they were old enough to climb the stairs by themselves safely.

We have one cupboard lock on cleaning products cupboard under the rink then knives etc out of reach in a high up place.

Same as most posters, normal places, no gates locks. Although for the first few years of his life, ds thought his name was nojack

Mine have always had more or less free access to the whole house (open plan, no stair gates etc). I just moved chemicals/medicines to a high cupboard and the sharp knives are in a top drawer (although i should review this because DS could probably get into it now if really determined)

We have everything in a high up shelf. I did a first aid class for babies and toddlers. It was run by ambulance nurses. They mentioned having chemicals within children's reach as a big risk factor.