Baby proofing tips please!!

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Ok, so DS has just started crawling ( not with his knees, just soldier crawling through trench type of crawling) and i'm in a tizz!!

I've been looking forward to this moment for so long, nothing cuter than a baby that has just realised he can move without help! BUT, I'm not prepared!

I know the usual, get on their level, crawl around the house (if my old, rickety knees will allow it) and look for dangers that they would see (and of course, make it their mission to touch) plug socket things in plugs, door locks, sponges on the doors to stop slamming etc.....

Just wondered if anybody has had any bad experiences where they have been caught unaware and DC has surprised them with a hidden danger that you missed?

Ta very mooch :o

My main thing was to move everything up or to the edges of the room. Our house did become very minimal but has slowly filled up with more and more and more enormous toys.

I did read a horror story on another forum about a baby that managed to climb up and out of it's cot and onto the chest of drawers next to the cot. It then slipped down the back of the chest of drawers.

A friend of mine's baby climbed out the cot and landed on a very hard toy on the floor and got a nasty cut on it's head. We have foam mats, like the ones you get with letters and numbers in but much bigger and cheaper off ebay. We have them near the bed/cot in case they fall out and a set for the patio in the garden.

I've been following this with interest (9wks pg) and have been taking notes, but just realised with horror that my victorian terrace's garden has a drop off from the concrete stand to the patio which is approx. 2 feet. Eep!

Any tips on garden-proofing to add in?

Guess I could line up a series of epic heavy plant pots, lol.

Not that I'm going to let our baby crawl outside and around the garden unsupervised (they'd eat my plants) but I like to be well-armed and prepared!

My son's just become mobile and is simply fascinated by the switches on our sockets. He's already managed to turn our fridge freezer and satellite receiver off a few times.
I've found a great product on amazon - it's called Universal Socket Switch Protector. It's so simply to use and certainly stops his little fingers from playing with the socket switches.

www.amazon.co.uk/Universal-Socket-Switch-Protector/dp/B006YAI0DY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328215950&sr=8-1

My daughter is forever turning off my alarm clock at the socket switch. A friend recommended socket covers but i didn't fancy unscrewing the wall socket to fit it. The Universal Socket switch protector you mentioned seems easy to fit and if it means not getting up late for work again I'll give it ago.