Toddler safety was an important issue for us when my two where younger. With a long flight of stairs and one of my children’s bedroom door being right at the top of the staircase, stair gates were an essential for us. Both at the top and the bottom we found them invaluable and it really helps when you can find a good one that’s simple to use.
Safetots are one the largest retailers offering a wide range of baby equipment, in particular child safety products. With everything from stairgates, highchairs, changing bags and travel essentials there is a huge choice available. In fact just checking out the range of stairgates is vast, with something to suit everyone. I just wish I’d known about this site a few years ago when I was looking for one for my extra wide staircase!
With brands available such as BabyDan, Dreambaby, Safetots, Bindaboo, Lindam to name just a few, I’d definitely suggest checking out their stairgate range if you have a baby who’s getting ready to take those first few steps, before you know it they are off toddling on their own!
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Once they can pull themselves up and walk around the furniture etc, then corner safety covers, drawer and door safety clips, and plug covers are all must haves! Saves you worrying about your little one cutting their eyes on sharp corners, trapping their little fingers in doors and drawers or pokin items into plug holes!!
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Remove EVERYTHING! Ha. Any small parts get rid of, move any ornaments to a higher location and don’t leave them unattended
double check everything
Be prepared for anything!
always be on your guard get down on the ground and look from there view and level and look around what could they climb on or pull over or eat !! with toddlers anything can happen be prepared xx
Always empty the kettle once it has boiled and never use the front rings on the cooker where little hands can reach up and grab.
Be very watchful and remember all kids get little bumps x
corner safety covers are a must, its the only thing that catches my little one out at the minute.
Corner safety covers and a fire guard.
Watch them
Put locks on all cupboards and drawers
by safety plugs to put in plug holes as children like to stick there fingers in everythink lol x
dont leave baby unattended
watch them constantly
Fasten them in properly!
Clips on internal doors to prevent them trapping their fingers in closed doors. If you don’t have any clips to hand, sellotape a tea towel round the end of the door (high up so they can’t pull it off) to prevent the door shutting properly.
Put them on properly x
corner protectors and door finger protectors
donr overprotect them or they wont learn whats right/wrong
Put Safety plugs in sockets to prevent your toddler from getting electrocuted
Get down to the floor so you can see what the can see and could potentially hurt themselves with
Always put baby in playpen if you leave the room, even if it’s only for a few seconds.
Get down to babies level, see what they can see!
remember that anything can happen, even if you think something is not a risk it most likely is!
never leave unattended is the main one, and invest in a safety around the home pack x
Anything that can be broken, will be broken if a toddler get’s their hands on it.
Cooker and kettle are the most important and obvious two
Remove any objects within reach that can hurt, break or even get put in their mouths. Be prepared and watch them like a hawk!
Managed to do this wrong! Bad cold going on! This was my tip:
Keep reminding them when they head towards something that could be dangerous. My son now looks at me to check he is doing the right thing by staying away from something dangerous and he gets heaps of praise for that!
Crawl round your house – what looks tempting from that angle?
Get down on their level and look around, lot’s of unseen dangers that we can’t see from our level
Never leave them unattended! We have a lot of bookcases and a few cabinets, so the main thing for us is making sure they are all firmly fixed to the wall so they can’t be pulled down
Grow a couple extra set of eyes!!
Regularly check the house and toys for loose objects that could get swallowed
Glue everything down!!!
don’t leave them eating unattended – choking is silent and you won’t hear if they are.
My best tip is get down on your hands and knees, get a perspective of what they see it will help you see things to move or baby proof!!!
we live in a townhouse so my tip is to always close the gates to stop little miss climbing up and falling down
eyes in the back of your head
Corner safety covers
“Constant vigilance!” That may be a Harry Potter quote (Mad eye moody) but it’s true in this case. As soon as I take my eye off my little niece, she is careering around the house, flinging herself around on the sofa and trying to put random things off the floor in her mouth!
keep your eye on them xx
Plug covers – my brother tried to stick his tongue in the socket when he was a baby!
plug covers
Keep your wits about you…them there toddlers are quick you know! Mighty damn quick I tells yer!
You can’t completely babyproof, they will get bumps and bruises! I would definitely say don’t leave your baby with a sleepy husband as he let my daughter fall off the bed when he dozed off!!
Never take your eyes off of them. EVER.
Make sure you cover all plug sockets!!
corner cushions on all pointy edges and get down the childs level to see what else looks “interesting” to them!
Put a stair gate at the entrance to the kitchen
Don’t panic, kids get bumps and scrapes, trip and fall. Overall use your common sense!
I would like one for the kitchen door
Crawl around at their level to find hidden dangers
Crawl around at their level to find hidden dangers xx
Door guards – nothing worse than a trapped finger
Door guards – nothing worse than a trapped finger, ouchy!
Put everything and anything out of reach or it will end up in their mouth!
Install blinds that do not have a cord, particularly in a child’s bedroom
Corner guards and edging stripps for fire place as usally very sharp corners
corner protectors
NEVER take your eyes of off them, not even for a second!
Keep everything out of reach where possible, doesn’t always work though
socket covers
corner protectors for tables. the amount of time my boys could have had a really nasty accident , but luckily covered.
Never leave them alone and always be specious when they go quiet!
Install eyes in the back of your head!!!
Keep hot drinks out of baby/ toddlers reach, don’t put it on a coffee table as they can grab it
After you have moved everything you want to be left in one piece make sure you also move the DVD player. The number of times I found toast in the video player when mine were little now the grandchildren see what fits in the DVD player
Make sure you tidy up after yourself
Make sure they don’t fight with the neighbours Racoon
That’s brill.
My niece one cracked her head on a corner and I winched. Try to keep away from them corners and cover them if you can.
My niece has an obsession with plug sockets! so we had to get the covers, Its the little things you forget about.
Always use the back burners on the hob and never the front.
Be suspicious if all goes quiet lol
Use reins when you’re out & about in public.
stairs gates are so important…you can blink and your child can be half way up the stairs so make sure there always closed.
Never underestimate them. They learn & develop so fast, something they can’t reach one day they can the next. One step isn’t enough you need to be 5 or 6 steps ahead and just baby proof everything.
Move everything high up
Grow eyes in the back of you head and an extra set of arms 😉
Keep wires well hidden so no trips and falls
Always keep an eye on them.
Whatever you think is safe and out now.. it isn’t! Just like driving EVERYTHING is a hazard around the child, no matter what they do they will find a way to make it a hazard too.
Take everything out lol
Drawer and cupboard safety catches
expect everything to be touched no matter how high it is
Safety catches on your cupboards
Fire guard!!
Gates on the stairs, table corners very usefull
Use common sense
keep anything breakable, hot, dangerous, out of reach!!!
Keep kitchen cleaners and other chemicals locked away.
Baby proof your home before the baby arrives
Never leave them alone when they are eating.
be cautious of blind and curtain cords and make sure they are well out of reach.
Take a good look round your home at toddler hight, and remove any reachable ornaments, get protection for sharp edges and corners. Check that your sockets have got safety plugs, fit a stairgate or two (top and bottom) get door stop protectors and catches for any cupboards that you do not want opened. Check that your little one cannot trap their hand behind a radiator (I once knew a little girl who had a nasty burn from this) and make sure that you have a good first aid kit.
Make sure there is a stair gate at both the top and bottom of the stairs.
have a play pen,for when you are doing jobs that could danger a toddler
don’t put vases at ground level – learned that the hard way!
never leave baby alone especially with a dog
keep her away from bathroom, kitchen and stairs
plug covers
Eyes in the back of your head and keep her out of the kitchen
get down to the child level and look for any possible dangers and remove/cover them
cupboard locks and high shelves!
get down to their level look for things that they can reach and put up.
Check, check and check again!!
Cover up electric sockets, and try and teach toddlers the dangers x
make sure the stairgate is properly shut
Keep your child in a cage at all times! (that’s a joke obviously!)
Hide anything and everything! Never leave anything out that you don’t want to get chewed or ruined, we’ve learnt the hard way!
Fasten furniture to the walls with safety brackets
Definitely corner protectors on tables, coffee tables, side units.
They are a must!
never leave the child alone, even if you think they will be ok, just for a few seconds
Remove everything small/breakable to above toddler stretching height.
Get those cupboard door clips to stop the kiddo getting in there.
Use the safety straps on furniture to attach onto the wall.
Put child locks on cupboard doors
Cut grapes in half they are a terrible choking hazard
Lock your cupboards 🙂
make use of the safety features for different items – lock cupboards, attach furniture to the walls, cover electrical sockets and get the soft edge covers for furniture
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watch them at all times xx
watch them at all times (don’t know the last time I went to the toilet during the day alone) lol
Seeing as you cant get eyes fitted in the back of your head, a nice comfy travel cot/playpen is a godsend, you can finally go to the toilet without the need for a babysitter lol
you can never make house perfectly safe , but when your child gets a bump or a scuff , don’t beat yourself over this – it just happens
Never take your eyes off them.x
buy the safety packs you can buy in argos, it includes plug fillers and door and cupboard locks, a must have with toddlers
Never leave your little one alone, even for a minute
To be honest its common sense, when they start investigating as babys no small parts or toys they can choke on Tidy up after yourself then there should be less saftery issues if everything isin its place away from little hands.
Invest in those eyes in the back of your head!
Though seriously a stairgate (or more than one) are a must x
use your common scense make sure things are protected tidy things away but don’t take everything out or how will a child learn not to touch things just make sure you watch them and a play pen is brill to pop them in while you nip to the loo or are taking a phone call etc
always make sure you have plug socket covers and fireguards when kids can as much as crawl
Always make sure that someone is watching them.
Make sure things they can pull down are out of reach and there is nothing they can climb up on to get things.
Watch out for furniture than can be accidentally pulled over.
keeping my eye on her all the time and doing all my works when she is asleep.
watch your older kids like a hawk for dropped lego, food etc as it will no doubt find its way in your youngest’s mouth!
Check everything twice!. Dxx
My tip is to do a self-risk assessment for anything that can go wrong and then remove everything from rooms that baby is allowed in
Watch their every move as 2minutes alone can equal a room and baby covered in sudocrem or worse!!
Make sure all sharp corners have protection, especially if low down and baby is crawling!
never take your eyes off then for even 0.1 seconds
never take your eyes off then for even 0.1 seconds anything could happen!
Never leave hot drinks on an insecure table
Keep an eye on them
Don’t laugh, but we crawled around the house checking to see what was at his eye level and looked enticing.
Grow eyes at the back of your head!
be prepared for anything and make sure you protect corners and sockets. I also keep baby wipes in every room and in every handbag i own
watch out for them constantly, check for sharp objects, protect fire, sockets etc.
Parents can’t watch their kids every second, so I agree with the other comments here about installing safety locks on cabinets and cupboards to keep chemicals out of kids’ reach.