top tips for baby-proofing the house!!!

[Amy_J]

it's got to the time where my lo is here,there & everywhere and i need eyes in the back of my head!

so ladies... can you please share your top tips for baby proofing your house as i have NO idea even where to start!!!!

 

[Esoames]

I have a playpen which seems to have been a good buy. I really need to invite a more mobile baby round to see what I need to do x

 

[Amy_J]

thx hun. i was thinking of getting a play pen, but our living area is really small! its also kind of connected to the kitchen too which is proving a nightmare! =( eeek. it was so much easier when he couldnt crawl lol.

 

[Zazu]

I have the travel cot in my living room, I put him in if I need to leave the room to do something. I have also moved or blocked off any glass tables and put any ornaments and pictures high up out of reach. My stairs are too wide for stairgates so I don't let him on the landing or in the hall. I have cupboard safety catches but still waiting for OH to fit them (if he ever does!!!!). I am also going to buy one of those tap covers for the bath as he keeps standing up and playing with the taps in the bath - monkey! That's all I can think of X

 

[Zazu]

I have a playpen which seems to have been a good buy. I really need to invite a more mobile baby round to see what I need to do x

It's everything you wouldn't think of, lol! Zac loves playing with the blinds on the French doors but there's nothing I can do except say no. Although it's hard work, I love him being inquisitive. X

 

[Yodabo]

Remove EVERYTHING!

Seriously though, i think with my middle boy i just bought cupboard locks and made sure anything i didn't want him to touch was out of his reach or just kept a careful eye on him. I was lucky with him though, he didn't really touch or pull or go anywhere he wasn't supposed too.

The play pen idea is a good one too.

 

[Lacey's Mummy]

I didn't really do anything with Lacey, just made sure she couldn't get anything small that she could choke on. We never even had a stair gate but I know I need one despreratly with charley cos he keeps going straight for the stairs!
Like the others say though, just make sure things are out of reach!

 

[ZMD]

I've got safety gates on the kitchen and bottom of the stairs, and have put rubber corners on the coffee table as Tegan likes to pull herself up on it x

 

[tiggerbounce77]

Try crawling around on your hands and knees, everything you can see and reach your baby can too!!

 

[Baby Bean]

Ella-rose has a thing about the blu ray player... she's learnt how to turn it on and open it! We're now thinking about getting a tv stand with doors

 

[Amy_J]

he's getting into, onto, under, down the side of everything!!!! turned my back for like a second and he was trying to pull himself up using the big ikea lamp!!! i think i may take yobado's advice and literally just remove eveything!!!!!!!!! lol.