Max is now a fully fledged toddler, and into EVERYTHING. I really do mean everything. He opens cupboards and takes out all the stuff inside, he climbs the stairs and the ladder to the top bunk. He opens doors and escapes into the garden. He gets into the tiniest spaces and either gets stuck, or finds forbidden items that we had hidden away.
It’s definitely high time we toddler proofed.
Now I don’t believe in toddler proofing every single thing in your home. I think it is good for children to learn a few boundaries where they can, and understand right and wrong. The door to our garden leads just to our garden – he can’t get out, and so that will not be toddler proofed. The worst he can do is go and get wet socks – we will just continue to say ‘no’ if he can’t go out, or encourage him to put his boots on if he can.
One area I will not risk is kitchen cupboards. Not only do I not want him stealing food, I also don’t want him pulling out glass jars, heavy tins or chemicals that could harm him. I find cupboard locks the best option here – especially the magnetic ones, as they are installed inside the drawers and cupboards. This means there is no way that Max can get to them, and because you can’t see them, they don’t ruin the look of my new kitchen either!
Another area of high priority are the stairs. We live in a 3 storey house, and so have 2 flights of stairs. If Max fell or slipped, he could really, really hurt himself. At the moment we have a stair gate across the living room doorway so that he cannot get to the stairs without an adult, and another gate across the second flight of stairs. I do want to get another to put across his bedroom doorway too – now that he has worked out how to open doors, I don’t want him wandering around upstairs at naptime, going into our bedroom or the bathroom without us realising. That’s definitely the next thing on my toddler proofing shopping list!
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Our 11 month old baby girl who can’t quite yet walk on her own is a climber, just the other day she climbed on to the toy box and from there to the window and was banging the glass! Gave me quite the jump just from thinking what could have happened if she fell backwards x
Fab giveaway x
My youngest son fell off my bed when he was 1 year old – thankfully he was fine, even though he fell onto a wooden floor! After that I bought a thick fur rug incase it happened again, but it didn’t!
She started climbing the stairs in the first week of crawling, We had no idea she would be able to do it.
Fell off the bed. Made a loud bang!
He fell off the bed! But it was okay, my quick reactions meant I put my leg out and he landed on the top of my foot!
my youngest son tripped over and cut his head open on the corner of the coffee table. I thought I could see his brain. (He only had to have a couple of butterfly strips)!!!!!
Falling on marble steps and banging his head on holiday.
falling out of bed
MY LITTLE ONE IS SO CLUMSY, SHE FALLS OVER FRESH AIR, SHE LOVES CLIMBING, WHICH CAN GET A BIT NERVE WRACKING SOMETIMES, SHE IS ALWAYS FALLING OVER OR RUNNING INTO WALLS WHEN TRYING TO GO ROUND CORNERS, BUT SHE SEEMS TO NOT NOTICE, SOMETIMES I SWEAR SHES REALLY HURT AND RUN TO HER, ONLY TO HAVE HER GIGGLE THEN RUN OFF.
Climbed up the washer on to the worktop, it was so fast aswell. I need a washer with a flat door and eyes in the back of my head lol
Climbing on the furniture when she couldnt walk yet and falling of just missing the coffee table
Was halfway up the stairs
My daughter put her fingers into the hinge of a door, just as her older brother was pushing it shut. I was certain from her screaming that she must have lost a finger, but fortunately only a very nasty bruise and one lost fingernail. I make sure the anti slammers are really close to the hinge end these days!
Her first smile she is now 9 weeks
Climb on things all the time!
She managed to get hold of a pair of scissors when she was 2 and cut her lip open. She still has the scar on her top lip.
Managed to pull the new tv down onto him!!!
when they follow u into the kitchen and your cooking
fab giveaway and will be handy