Safety Tips for Childproofing your Home

If you have items that you don’t want children getting into, locking your cabinets and drawers is a good idea. Even if there’s nothing particularly harmful in them, putting locks on them can eliminate the chance of your children getting their fingers jammed while opening and shutting them. 

Place corner protectors over sharp corners of furniture such as coffee tables, end tables, and tv stands. This way if a child runs into the furniture while playing, the injury will be minimized.  

Children, especially at a younger age, are increasingly curious about electricity and touching things that they should not touch. It’s extremely important to get outlet covers or protectors to eliminate any chance of your child being electrocuted. 

If you don’t want your child to open doors to certain rooms, make sure to put a stopper or lock on them. The stopper also minimizes the chances of them pinching their fingers in the door hinge. 

Installing gates is another great safety tip for childproofing your home. Child gates can block off certain rooms that you don’t want them in and staircases to prevent them from falling down them. 

Childproofing your home is an ongoing process, especially when it comes to vacuuming. You should be vacuuming very regularly to pick up any small objects that may be on the floor. This way your small children aren’t finding the small objects and putting them in their mouth with risk of choking. 

All hazardous materials such as cleaning products, medicine, alcohol, or other chemicals should be kept out of reach for children or completely locked away. 

When you are childproofing your home, make sure to invest in knob covers for your stove. These will help to prevent your child from reaching up to touch the stove knobs to ignite any flames. It’s also extremely important to note that a child should never be left alone in a kitchen. 

Childproofing the outside of your home is important too. If you own a swimming pool or hot tub, make sure to put a fence around them. This way if a child is running around and playing in the backyard, they have a safe barrier to protect them from slipping and falling in the water.  

Even with following all childproofing tips, there’s still a risk of an emergency happening in your home. In this case, it’s important to have all emergency numbers nearby to access them. Or, in the best case have the phone numbers completely memorized.