What are your favourite safety devices ...

[Roskvawantingsomesunshine]

... like door locks, socket protectors, etc? Dd is days (no probably knowing her hours away from crawling, so I urgently need to baby proof the areas where she will be let loose. Any tips?

This kind of cupboard lock We have one on the cupboard under the sink, it's much better than than the ones we have that loop round cupboard handles (although we have those cos they're the only kind suitable for some doors).

Wish we'd got some sort of more user-friendly socket protectors - Mothercare has ones that look like you can use the socket with the protector still in. The conventional ones where you just use fingernails and brute force to get them out so you can use the socket, nightmare.

I second the cupboard door locks as per the link below! they are a godsend! The other thing I rate is the sponge wedge thing that hooks around the door and stops it being able to close as when a child traps its fingers trying to close a door for the first time its not nice!!! also remove any dvd's/videos and tvs

Stair gates.

Those cupboard door things are great - stopped dd from eating the dishwasher tablets. also second the foam thing for the door, we still use ours as the lounge door slams when you have the front and back doors open - in fact they would be good for teenagers too - stop door slamming

get a high up hook for your back door keys, we had an interesting time the day that dd1 posted the keys out through the cat flap.....

apart from that, we just moved stuff that bit higher!

'BE CAREFUL' yelled at ear-shattering loudness.

string tied around kitchen cupboard handles

video lock. Without it she would have stuffed something in there by now, no question.

Eyes and Ears

We found that the video lock was a waste of time -DD could take it off quicker than we could put it on so we never bothered with it for DS.

The foam U-shaped door thing to stop them shutting fingers in the door was the best thing IMO.

A ball and chain works well

Thanks for the suggestions. My kitchen cupboard doors, don't have handles, just sticking up bits that you pull to open (great for breaking finger nails). Keeping dd away from the dog's bed and toys is going to be the really fun part - the dog is patient with her so far, but he hates sharing his toys...

Agree re cupboard locks (but we only use them on the unit with cleaning things in it) and also somewhere to store keys which is out of reach - before that we used to "lose" our conservatory keys for days on end and find them in the strangest places... I also think high up storage is generally useful if you have a curious/nosey child as we do....

condoms

protectors on sharp table corners
stair gate across the kitchen door
fixings to fix bookcases to the wall to prevent them toppling over

and no chemical blocks in the toilet
no tablecloths that she could pull down on top of her

plug socket covers

plug socket covers (dd2 liked plugs) still have them on!
Fireguard (dd2 liked/likes to climb the fire) still up!Also used one to protect the Christmas tree (dd2 liked to climb it!)
Stair guard very good for dd1 but dd2 started climbing over them!