subject: Child Safety Products - Protecting Your Toddler At Home [print this page] The moment your baby starts to roll over, you need to lie on the floor and look up at the vast array of exciting things that will shortly become in reach.This is when child safety products become imperative.
Covering electric plug sockets is one of the first child home safety issues that needs to be addressed.Depending upon which country you're in, those three or two small holes in the wall can be a new adventure.Just the right size for inquisitive fingers.So many parents fail to understand the fascination and fail to put in place the easiest of solutions -- socket covers.Little plastic gadgets that slot into the holes just like a normal plug.
If you're a baby, cables that lead from plugs to lamps and other electrical equipment are ideal for pulling yourself up or along until the item on the other end comes crashing down on top of you.These can be made less appealing by tidying them away using an electric cable shortener.
When your little one goes from rolling to crawling or bottom shuffling and then toddling, sharp edges need to be dealt with.They're still teetering and have not quite perfected the whole balance thing so fall overfrequently.Skirting board and furniture corners can both cause bad cuts and bruises when hit with force by a falling child, so these should be covered by a protective corner cushion.
Getting toes and fingers caught under or in doors is another regularly occurring accident.They have a horrible habit of clinging on to door frames with no realisation of the dangers of holding on at the hinge side.Fortunately, there are a whole range of grippers, catchers and stoppers to protect tiny digits from being inadvertently squashed.
Next on the list are drawers and cupboards containing medications, household cleaners and bleaches.The doors to such storage areas can be kept locked with a variety of latches -- magnetic fastenings or just plastic tags which require a certain amount of digital dexterity to release them.Fridge and freezer locks of the same type are also available.
Not forgetting that perennial attraction, the toilet.Once mobile it seems to exert an inexorable draw on so many children, who seem to have some sort of instinctive need to investigate its contents.The application of a lock on the loo seat can foil even the most intrepid explorer.
So, the first rule of child home safety, if you can stick something in it, pull it or open it, it needs to be covered.
Fortunately, you can buy packs of child safety products, whose contents will cover the most common problems.
