Babyproofing

[Jen306]

Hi
Can anyone help with some advice on baby proofing.

Can anyone advise what i should use on kitchen cupboards which had drawers directly above? i.e. where the bottom of the drawer is the top of the cupboard. I can see how to do the cupboards where they have a top if you like but can't work out how to do these ones.

Thanks in advance!
Jen

I didn’t bother with the kitchen cupboards as ds just pulled on the handle harder and the lock came off!
Only leave things you are ok with them having in bottom cupboards. I removed anything sharp, very small or electrical. The kitchen diner is carpeted so he didn’t break anything. The cupboards were emptied a couple of times but mainly he just stacked cans of beans.

Can you post a picture?
It depends on your room layout but if it's a smallish kitchen, you could use a baby gate on the kitchen door and keep the kids out of the kitchen completely unless in a high chair.

Would the magnetic locks work? They didn't exist when mine were young.

@mayblossominapril we’ve tried to avoid doing it but we can’t any longer - we have mostly cupboards on the lower level and not many up high so we have to keep things in them no option to keep pretty much everything at her height and I’m worried that things will be broken or she’ll get to something dangerous like cleaning products.

@Summerisontheway no a baby gate wouldn’t work for the room or for us I need to proof the cupboard doors. I don’t know - I am unsure how to attach the any of them inc the magnetic ones when the drawers are above rather than a solid service unless anyone else has experience as all the images show a solid a cabinet top.

I put the cleaning products elsewhere
If you have two handles or knobs near each other you can tie them together with string. That stops them opening the cupboards

This probably sounds terrible but I've never baby proofed anything...I've always been really hot on telling DD what she should and shouldn't touch and she just learnt from that. One thing I thought was interesting was a HV saying there is no need for the plug socket covers - there's already a built in preventative measure whereby the baby would have to ram three fingers into the holes simulateously for anything to happen.

You can attach the magnetic ones sideways, so to the side not the top. I've attached the plastic clip ones to the side too.

yes the plug socket covers are actually more dangerous than just leaving them!!

We did have cupboard locks, but DS just wrestled with them until they gave way. We've just moved the worse stuff out of reach and are quick to watch what he's touching.