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Monday musing - childproofing for visits

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Sauerkrautsandwich · 06/11/2023 11:37

Happy Monday everyone!

Do you somehow childproof your homes when someone with kids comes to visit?

Was just chatting with mum and we both have now set ups where we have many, many, unsafe/breakable things in reach of very young kids. DH's side visits usually without kids but if they come with kids they obviously get interested in my low residing dust chatchers. Nothing valuable. Also cleaning products just out there in bathrooms and low kitchen cupboard rather than safe etc.
Mum will soon have to baby proof so swapping things around a bit on shelves and getting cupboard locks, and pointed out that my home must be a nightmare for parents with kids to visit (hence why they probably use me mostly for fun childfree evenings😂) and she would find it too stressful to let young me out of her lap in house like that.
I wouldn't think of childproofing unless it's a ling visit like family staying for week, which due to lack of children in my family never happened. Now I might have to prepare myself for it in few years😂

So yes, do you do things like moving fragile things, hiding toilet bleach and so on when someone with young kids is visiting for evening or a day? Or is your home baby safe naturally? So far the biggest childproofing I did was to put cover on a sofa once....

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Catsmere · 11/11/2023 22:06

EmpressaurusOfCats · 11/11/2023 22:00

Yes, that’s another thing. I’m in a flat too & when I’ve got foster cats staying, I wouldn’t invite any small children round.

Kudos to you for fostering!

EmpressaurusOfCats · 11/11/2023 22:18

Thanks, I love it!

CornedBeef451 · 11/11/2023 22:22

If you have very small DCs visiting then maybe move low lying choking hazards and any decorative weapons but thats about it. Little buggers can get things into their mouths at the speed of light.

DH's aunt once very kindly let us stay in her house over Christmas when she wasn't there. It was very kind of her but it turned out every surface was cluttered with either precious, delicate things or choking hazards (or general crap). I spent the first couple of hours moving tasty looking pot pourri to high shelves in every room and removing ornaments completely. She had a DS in uni and we had 2 very small DCs, it was not a relaxing stay!

Catsmere · 11/11/2023 23:24

Makes me think of just putting a sign up - "small children enter at own risk"!

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