Am I the only one who hasn't even started baby proofing yet? DS is not mobile yet, he just turned 8 months on Tuesday. It all just feels very overwhelming and I'm not really sure where to start? I am worried about our baseboard heat though....
DS is mobile.. and we still don't do much. It mostly depends on how supervised your kids are.. if you need to set them down and let them rock and roll while you get stuff done, babyproof everything. If you are only really setting them down in a designated room, focus on that, but always take care of stairs.
Umm.. bare minimum, outlet covers -- even with clear outlet covers, DS constantly tries to cram his fingers in there. Baby gates for stairs.. they can move fast even just army crawling and all it takes is turning your back for a few seconds. Cords should all be bundled out of reach. And cabinets and drawers should be secured.
Aside from outlet covers and some gates, we have done little baby proofing. DS just started crawling about 1.5 weeks ago. We have a gated area for him on the first floor that is keeping him contained for now.
It is a little daunting seeing all the products out there, but I'm not sure what you really need and what is just nice to have. I guess I would like STM's opinions on what is necessary and what is overboard.
Our kids have full free access to the main floor of our house. We have a baby gate at the top of the stairs, outlet covers, a lock on the cabinet under the kitchen sink, and everything is anchored. I also keep the front door locked so it can't be opened from the inside because toddler.
Haven't begun baby proofing yet. We have the outlet covers, stuff for door nobs and cabinet doors. No gates yet. Still trying to figure out what to do at our stairs. The bottom of one set of stairs and top of another is metal on one side with no place to secure one side of standard gates. Figure out what to do with all our charging plugs we have at our end table.
I think this weekend, DH and I need to do some baby proofing and lower her crib. Rather do it before I wake up and see her standing up.
DS has been mobile for a couple months and we are still not very baby proofed. I feel like it is pointless now. We have covers on the outlets and he pulls them off, we had bumper things on our TV stand and he pulled them off, I then attached them with command strips and he pulled them off again. I mostly just chase him around, if need to do something besides watch him I stick him in the pack & play, jumper or high chair,
Post by rainbowsockmonkey on Jan 29, 2015 16:49:43 GMT -5
We just bought some door locks for under the bathroom and kitsch sinks. That is about all the baby proofing we plan on doing. I might get a gate to put on the door going into our porch from our entry way since that will will be our main "play area".
We have baby-proofed the living room since that is where we mostly are, however he is getting close to walking so we'll probably have to expand our proofing soon.
We have secured furniture in the living room and nursery. We also have outlet covers. I have ordered gates for the stairs and living room. I'm hoping we don't have to put locks on all of the kitchen cabinets if we can primarily keep him in the other areas.
We are actually going to replace the outlets in his room with safety outlets and will be reconfiguring and/or screwing furniture to walks in his room once he's walking. Horror story of my sisters oldest pulling his dresser on top of him when he was a baby.
DD is crawling and pulling herself up so we have some. We have the baby gate up. DH wants to leave his crap out and teach her "no". I said that's fine but I won't he doing any cooking or cleaning because I'll just have to corral DD. Hopefully this motivates him. You don't need stacks of old mail under the coffee table!
I was hoping to put a gate to the kitchen and keep him in his high chair when in there, so we don't have to do much in there except for the one with the chemicals. Is that crazy? We will anchor furniture and already have tamper proof outlets. And then just stair gates I guess?
I was hoping to put a gate to the kitchen and keep him in his high chair when in there, so we don't have to do much in there except for the one with the chemicals. Is that crazy? We will anchor furniture and already have tamper proof outlets. And then just stair gates I guess?
The only thing we did in the kitchen was move all the cleaning products from under the sink and put them up high in the laundry room. We have a gate at the entrance of the kitchen, mostly so I can keep the kids away while the stove us on. Never used cabinet locks. DD1 only played with the cabinets for a week or two before she lost interest
Post by armymedic7588 on Jan 29, 2015 18:59:30 GMT -5
I'm kinda frustrated with this topic. I've baby proofed everything in the nursery and our bedroom. We currently live with DH's parents. While we've done locks on cabinets and drawers in the kitchen and outlet covers, not much else has been done. Mainly because we've tried telling ILs that certain things need to be moved, things anchored (FIL is mounting the TV to the wall someday... who knows when/if it will actually happen), all that kinda stuff. But it's things we can't just DO, much as we'd like to. ILs have been agreeing since DD was born what needs to be done to baby proof, but they haven't done a damn thing. The house is a baby hazard, table runners, cords around MIL's recliner (like her laptop, phone charger and random other stuff)... it's driving me NUTS! I don't let DD unsupervised downstairs at all, but it would be nice to be able to go pee without having to take her with me and lock her in the bathroom too. I've told ILs we need to get working on "X" and they say yeah I'm gonna this weekend... Never happens. UGH! I can't wait to f*^king move outta here! I HATE living in someone else's house (DH agrees with me on all this and is frustrated too and has tried talking to them to no avail).
Post by junebug060609 on Jan 29, 2015 19:24:18 GMT -5
We already had poison locked up or up out of reach (have an older kid). We added a baby fence around a cut out leading to our front door (2 steps down). Our tv has also been secured (dressers and bookcases aren't in the kids rooms). Otherwise, we're doing things as needed. A lesson learned with DS. Everything we thought he'd get into, he didn't...and vice versa.
We haven't done anything yet. DD isn't mobile. I figure when she starts to be mobile we will do it. Put a gate up so she can't get into the kitchen or leave the living room; outlet covers, wires hid, and I am sure as I see where she goes I will do more.
Post by ksyknelvr73 on Jan 29, 2015 19:59:55 GMT -5
We never did that much, even with DS1. We put cabinet locks on our cleaning stuff (under sinks), everything else is put up in high cabinets. Outlet covers for the exposed ones. Baby gate at the top and bottom of stairs. That's it. But DS2 isn't mobile yet...I need to see what kinds of things he gets into before I do anything else.
DS is not crawling yet but DD is turning 3 so there is shit everywhere. I have outlets covered and whatnot but its DD toys that i have to watch out for...which is insane. Polly pocket clothes are the death of me
We just went on a babyproofing spree last weekend, because DD has realized that she can go between rooms. The biggest thing was moving the tv etc. into a secure entertainment center with no cords dangling. Otherwise just locks on the cabinets, moving anything sharp/breakable off shelves she can reach in the kitchen, and outlet covers.
We just bought a baby gate, it arrived today so we'll put it up this weekend and if we like it / it works with our stairs, we'll buy two more. Otherwise, I need to walk around and figure out what else to do. DD is not mobile so we probably have a few weeks but I don't want to wait until she's already moving.
Post by strawberryshortcake on Jan 30, 2015 23:42:44 GMT -5
We haven't done anything. I was about to order a top-of-stairs gate, and then realized we can't install one without rigging something up, there is a window right at the top of the stairs where we would put the hinge. I suggested husband just put a baby gate on his office door instead, that's the only room upstairs where baby crawls around, and he said he'd just close his door. So, we have nothing except the dog gates that have been up since she was born. But if she ever tries to run *up* the stairs then we're set.
So MIL came over today. As we are hanging out I mention to DH that we need to anchor the TV, although I am not quite sure how to do this. His response is WHY? Uh, so it doesn't fall on the baby!? Then I get lecture by my MIL that I need to smack her hand and tell her no and that I shouldn't have to baby proof the house if I do this. WTAF! Yes I will correct her when she is old enough to understand right and wrong, but she is 8 months old! Sorry for the vent, but this was just crazy to me. Needless to say we are baby proofing this weekend.
Post by flockofmoosen on Jan 31, 2015 0:50:25 GMT -5
No baby proofing yet. We have a lot of open cabinets in our kitchen so I have to figure out how to arrange things to make it safer for her once she starts moving
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