Hello Everyone,
I know my son is only 3 months old, so Im sure some of you are wondering why the heck I am talking about childproofing, when I have absolutely nothing to worry about at least for a few months. The truth of the matter is, I am the type of guy that got the babies room completely finished when my fiancee was about 5 months pregnant. I just want to get things done. But yet another reason is, my son has 2 cousins. One is 15 months old, and one is 20 months old. And we would like to have play dates at our house, or have people confortable to bring their children over, so I figured I should start getting this done now.
I have struggled with the endth degree that childproofing should occur. There is a certain point that you have to be like, ok you cant wrap your child in bubble wrap, nor can you wrap the world in bubble wrap, so there has to be a line. We have tile all over our house, which make sharp edges for stairs, and there is a sunken living room, so I think for that we will be doing some "bumpers". And we need a couple baby gates, one that has to extend quite far. And other than that Im not too sure what we need.
And on the subject of baby gates, I have heard of one story of the type of baby gate that does NOT screw into the wall it just presses out, and the baby actually knocked into it, which made the bottom loose and two frighened parents found their child at the bottom of the stairs crying. They brought him into the hospital, and luckily not a scratch on the child which is amazing, but still it made me realize that we definetly need the screw into the wall kind of baby gates installed for sure.
Do you have thoughts on what products are really good? Are there certain baby proofing that worked for you? Or certain things that just didnt, and you wish you hadnt spent money on. Please let me know what you think?
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We bought our baby gate at Baby's R Us - it screws into the wall and can extend so it might be good for that wide opening you have. Also it's made of metal - not wood - so when baby is teething and decides to try and snack on it, there won't be splinters! I can't remember the name of it but it was the only metal one there. It was fairly pricey - about $85 but we haven't had any problems with it.
ReplyDeleteAlso for light sockets don't buy the flimsy white things that you just stick in - my little one figured out how to pull them out!!! They have some a Superstore that is like a box that goes over the outlet and you just flip it up if you need to plug something in...that way you don't have to fiddle with taking stuff on/off every time you need the outlet. Again, a bit pricy-er but worth it!
And like you said you can't bubble wrap your house or your child - they get bumps and bruises all the time, it's part of the growing up process. We didn't have near the amount of stuff they have now when we were growing up and we all managed just fine! :) Trina
True dat Trina, somehow we did all make it. Im not too sure what the plug things at superstore are. We have one right near our house, so maybe I should just go look next time im there see if I figure it out. And if you have a name brand for the gate, that sounds like a good one, I never even thought about splinters!! Thanks
ReplyDeleteYeah I would recommend getting the one that screws into the wall. It makes more sense than the ones that expand. Another thing that I installed in my house was fire-prevention outlets with outlet covers. It is just one less thing to worry about. They are cheap too. Good Luck with the house.
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