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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There have been so many with my son – the worst though was him been pushed from the top of a slide (over the edge) head first onto a concrete patio – I saw it all but was BF’ing my DD at the time and couldn’t get there quick enough to catch him.
I think it was when I was in the kitchen, I turned around and my daughter was stood on the worktop about to jump! She’s climbed up some boxes on to a stool on the worktop!!
fell down the stairs
Fell off a slide and banged her head – we went to A&E and she started vomiting. They eventually decided she didn’t need to be kept in, and when I gmot hoe I found three others also vomiting – a tummy bug, not concussion!
My toddler (17mths) has started running every where, she never walks anymore! She ran straight into the door frame last week and had a nice big bump on her forehead.
covered the cat in bum cream- what a mess
Crawling down the stairs head first
My one year old granddaughter fell down our stairs…only 5 stairs but enough to frighten the life out of me..
Tried to go down a huge slide in his knees.
Shut fingers in the car door. Thankfully no damage done.
Was half way up the stairs before I noticed
My so got a chair to reach something on the kitchen top and fell off the chair 🙁
i went to check on him whilst he was sleeping and he wasn’t in his cot. had a massive panic, checking under the bed, in the wardrobe, then saw a shadow through the curtain. he’d fallen asleep on the window sill. so glad I went in when i did
When he fell down our stairs, head over heels! Just a bit scared but no injuries!
Went up the stairs and fell over the washing.
Heart in mouth since birth- will I ever be able to stop worrying?!
Omg, I’m turning into my mother- a total worrier! Help 😉
My 9 month old has taken to lunging, off things and out of things
My daughter is a climber, I caught her dancing on the dining room table!
My son tripped on the stairgate on the way upstairs and headbutted the door frame. It was awful as it was just before bed so very hard to look out for any signs of drowsiness 🙁
My daughter who is now 6 when she was toddling about in her walker she managed to pull herself out of her walker straight onto her head, she had a golfball lump on her forehead, hoping my 7 month old isn’t as daring!