Let's talk baby proofing

[sjp03]

I have yet to baby proof my house. Good thing LO isn't an early crawler.

So what all have you baby proofed? I was looking at cabinet latches on Amazon and there are a lot of options. Between the different options and the reviews, it seems crazy the extent people baby proof. I saw latches on refrigerators and ovens and toilets. I've been in houses with young toddlers before and never saw any baby proofing like that. Is it really something to be concerned about and are all the people I know just really bad at baby-proofing?

I was just going to put a gate at the top of the basement stairs (we don't have a door) and some latches on the cabinets under the kitchen and bathroom sinks where all the chemicals are hiding.

[pixie523]

We didn't do any cabinet locks, but LO doesn't get access to the kitchen. We had issues with books on book shelves and any sort of cord. We gated off a portion of our living room that we use as an office.

[jjh1119]

We have the thingies in the outlets. We had a not so strong book shelf that I got rid of. Other than that and the gate we already had at the bottom of the stairs to keep the cat from going upstairs I dont plan on doing much else.

The cabinet under the sink holds paper towel and other stuff like that. The cleaning products are in a Cabinet that is super high up. Not concerned about him being able to get to that at all.


My first floor is literally like 500 sq ft though. There isn't much he could get into that I wouldn't be able to get to him

[pixie523]

Oh yeah. We have the outlet cover things too.

[singingmama10]

My H baby proofed like 2 months before Levi was born.... yeah that's just how he is. We did the latches under our cabinets, outlet covers, and a couple of door handle latches (to the basement and the pantry). We did do a lot (I think), but now I am used to it. However, I know plenty of people that just taught there kids not to touch certain things and it really does work.

[lovebuggies12]

I want to baby proof everything but SO has told me a million times that I'm crazy and I can't. (He has 2 previous children) So right now ds hasn't ventured out of the living room or my eyesight. He's only interested in climbing right now so he keeps falling. The only way I can baby proof that is to cover our hardwood floors with full carpet! The outlets are all blocked by furniture. Stairs will soon have a gate.

[zengal]

We haven't done anything yet, but we have some outlet covers. I'd like to get cabinet latches for select cabinets, and we'll probably get the stairs gate- even though my mom says it's easy to teach kids to stay away from them We also have a hearth with sharp corners that we should pad.

[nerdalert]

We haven't done anything yet because LO isn't mobile. But my plans are to do outlet covers and anchor our tv to the wall. I'll also keep all chemicals either in the laundry room (with the door closed and a door handle cover) or in cabinets up high. I don't want to use cabinet lock things- I find them annoying, and in my experience with toddlers, they will just learn how to open them anyway.

We have a bookshelf that I'm not sure what to do with. It's not sturdy at all, so we'll either have to anchor it or put it in a room LO doesn't have access to.

[heatherbee]

I didn't go too crazy with my first, but the oven lock is really helpful and the fridge lock is too because once he learned to open the fridge, it's all he wanted to do

[irishprncss19]

We ended up needing to buy a play yard gate thing because LO ended up into too many things that we just couldn't find a way to keep him out of on our main floor. We keep toys in there and sometimes join him so that he can play safely and be somewhat independent. We do let him crawl around a little downstairs but mostly upstairs have made it possible for him to crawl from our room to his without getting into anything