Baby proofing

[blueskiesbrighteyes]

LO is crawling and showing an interest in stairs 🙈 other then stair gates, what baby proofing stuff do I need please?! TIA

Cupboard locks, stop them getting into dangerous things. That's about it really, stairgates and cupboard locks. And put things like magnets and batteries well secured and out of reach.

Get your cupboard locks from an actual shop (Boots/Wilko/Robert Dyas etc) not amazon as there are loads of dangerous Chinese ones on there. And check the Which? report about the dangerous stairgates especially if you're getting any for the top of stairs.

Socket protectors (if you're in the UK) just make the sockets less safe and those corner protector things are useless and just fall off everything, plus they soon learn not to bump their heads and they aren't going to injure themselves that badly anyway.

Grippy bottoms for her socks/sleepsuit feet when she starts to pull up are useful.

We’ve managed to get through with stair gates and plug covers (my friends with kids haven’t used plug covers but my LO is fascinated by plug holes). I would recommend if possible a gate on the kitchen entrance and your LOs room- the first for safety, kids can get under your feet so quickly, terrifying if cooking - and the latter for when you need to Shower/ toilet in peace.
Oh do make sure all furniture in their room is weighted down or attached to the wall so Can’t be pulled down

We have stairgates top and bottom of the stairs, and in the doorway to dh's workshop where all the power tools and stuff are. Cupboard locks on the toddler height cupboards, kitchen and bathroom, and on the toilet seat lid on the downstairs loo. The oven door has a built in child lock as that is quite low down too.

The next thing for us is door locks, as all our external doors have thumb locks and ds has almost worked out how to open them.

Just keep moving everything vaguely breakable higher and higher till you give up and put it all in the attic.

Cupboard lock on cleaning products cupboard and furniture attached to walls with straps, socket covers are more of a hazard than a safety product - they are really not necessary with UK sockets.

Thanks so much!

@blueskiesbrighteyes ignore @MerlinJacob, it's a stealth marketer. Going to report them now

@LongLiveThePenis thanks, I thought it was weird

Ha love that MerlinJacob only ordered the helmet yesterday according to other thread and was talking of cancelling the order this morning yet the helmet has saved her son thousands of brain cells!

"Just keep moving everything vaguely breakable higher and higher till you give up and put it all in the attic."

Ha hah. Yes, this.

Also eyes at the back of your head would be useful. 👀

On a serious note, we also put a baby gate around our log burner.

Stair gates - we had them on LO’s room, at top of stairs, and on the living room to prevent unsupervised access to stairs and kitchen. Our top of stairs gate is fixed in by screws so no bottom bit that you could trip over.

Fire guard on the fire.

Lock installed on under sink cupboard where we keep cleaning products.

Medicines and batteries moved up to a high cupboard well out of child’s reach.

Also check whether your bathroom / toilet door locks are the sort that can be opened from outside the room. If a toddler locks themselves into the bathroom and can’t / won’t unlock it, its useful to have the sort of lock that lets you unlock it from the other side of the door.