Do you also find it difficult to child proof your home? We would like to help you make it as easy and practical as possible. Follow this guide below and make your home as safe as it can be, so that your little one can play and learn in a safe environment.
Your home from a child’s point of view
Take a good look at your home from a child’s point of view. Do you have stairs, wood burning stoves or closets that contain things that you do not want your child handling? Maybe you also have some things you want to protect against curious little fingers - your precious porcelain, for example, or some food that you do not want scattered all over the kitchen floor?
It is important that you review your home from a child’s perspective, as this makes it easier to spot where you need to use home safety products.
BabyDan has a broad selection of products that can cover all of the dangerous scenarios that your child may get into at home. Use the check list for each room in your home below, and learn more about how you can child proof your home.
Child proofing the living room
The living room is often the room that the family spends the most time in. Therefore, it is extra important to child proof this very room, allowing your child to play in a safe environment.
There are also typically many places in the living room where little curious fingers might get into trouble. Here is a list of the areas and items that are very important to child proof:
- Electrical sockets
- Furniture
- Cupboards and drawers
- TV
- Windows
- Wood burning stove
- Stairs
Electrical sockets
Electrical sockets are, of course, dangerous to children, and therefore you must remember to inspect the entire living room for electrical sockets.
Most homes tend to be full of them. You can use BabyDan’s socket plug for the sockets, making them easy to use for the adults but restricting access to them for children.
Furniture, closets, drawers and TVs
Living rooms typically have a number of large pieces of furniture such as shelves, sideboards, liquor cabinets, etc. and these may be dangerous to your child for several reasons.
You should child proof your drawers and cupboards so that you do not run the risk of your child scattering their contents all over the house. There may also be items such as porcelain and vases that can fall on a child’s head if he or she opens a closet, and that can be a dangerous situation.
You can prevent that from happening with BabyDan’s cupboard locks, BabyDan’s double drawer lock, BabyDan’s MultiLock, BabyDan’s magnet lock and BabyDan’s Easy Fix safety lock.
You should choose the one that best meets your needs and matches the kind of furniture you want to child proof. You can read more about these five home safety products by clicking on them.
If you have large pieces of furniture in the living room, it is also very important that you fix them securely to the wall so that they do not topple over on top of your child.
You can use the BabyDan Anti-Tip furniture strap to secure them. You can also use the furniture strap to ensure that the TV does not tumble down on top of your child.
Windows
If you have windows with interior or exterior hinges or vertical sliding windows, you must also remember to child proof them. That allows you to air out your home without having to worry about your child’s safety. You can use BabyDan’s window locks for this.
Once you have child proofed the living room, you can be completely at ease while the family is gathered for quality moments, relaxation and play.
Fireplaces
Do you have a wood burning stove or fireplace in the living room? If so, waste no time in child proofing them. You can do so by using a BabyDan safety gate (hearth gate) for the wood burning stove or fireplace.
This allows you to cut off your child from getting too close to the hot flames and embers. No matter what safety gate you end up choosing, it will contain a door so that you as a parent can easily reach the wood burning stove or fireplace.
Stairs
If there are stairs going up or down from the living room, it is important that you use a safety gate so that your child is restricted from using them. After all, your child might easily slip on the stairs or fall down and get hurt.
A BabyDan safety gate makes it easy to child proof the stairs. You can find a broad selection of safety gates for both the top and bottom of the stairs, making it easy to find the right gate that matches your specific needs.
Child proofing the bathroom
Bathrooms typically contain a lot of electrical sockets and devices in drawers and cupboards that you do not want a child interacting with. Here is a list of what is important to child proof:
- Electrical sockets
- Cupboards and drawers
- Windows
Electrical sockets
Children must never have access to electrical sockets, so you have to remember to inspect the entire bathroom for them. You can use BabyDan’s socket plugs for the sockets - they will still be easy to use for adults.
Cupboards and drawers
The bathroom contains a lot of cupboards and drawers with electrical appliances and other things that children should not play with.
Therefore, you have to child proof all cupboards and drawers with safety locks. You can, for example, use a BabyDan cupboard lock, BabyDan double lock, BabyDan MultiLock, BabyDan magnetic lock or a BabyDan Easy Fix safety lock.
As you can see, there are many different kinds of safety locks to choose from when child proofing cupboards and drawers. You should choose the one that best matches your needs and the relevant pieces of furniture.
You can read more about these five home safety products by clicking on them.
Windows
If there are windows within reach of children with interior or exterior hinges or vertical sliding windows in the bathroom, it can be a good idea to child proof them as well.
This allows you to air out the room without having to worry about your child’s safety. You can use BabyDan’s window locks for this.
Child proofing the kitchen
The kitchen contains many items that can be dangerous to little curious children. It is full of drawers and cupboards with kitchen equipment and food, and there is a fridge, freezer, oven and many other things that are unsafe for children - at least, if they are not supervised by an adult.
It is therefore extremely important to child proof your kitchen so that it becomes a safe and child-friendly space where you can have quality time and prepare food together. These are important to child proof:
- The stove
- The refrigerator and freezer
- Electrical sockets
- Cupboards and drawers
- Windows
The stove
One of the most dangerous things in the kitchen is the stove. It is very important that you prevent your child from touching a hot stove, as they may get burned.
You can prevent this from happening using BabyDan’s oven door and cooker guard.
The refrigerator and freezer
Your child can get fingers stuck in the fridge and freezer doors. Another good reason to child proof the fridge and freezer is that you can then be sure that the child cannot access the food inside.
You can also child proof the fridge and freezer with a BabyDan MultiLock, and you can use a BabyDan double drawer lock if your fridge or freezer has double doors.
Electrical sockets
Electrical sockets are dangerous for children, so remember to check the entire kitchen to see where they are. There are typically a few more than you might think.
You can use a BabyDan socket plug - it will still make the sockets easy to use for adults.
Cupboards and drawers
The kitchen’s many cupboards and drawers full of kitchen equipment, pans, heavy plates, etc. should be off limits to the little ones. You can child proof all cupboards and drawers with safety locks such as BabyDan cupboard locks, BabyDan double drawer locks, BabyDan MultiLocks, BabyDan magnet locks and Baby Dan Easy Fix safety locks.
As you can see, there are many different safety locks that can be used to child proof cupboards and drawers - You should choose the one that best matches your needs and the relevant pieces of furniture. You can read more about these five home safety products by clicking on them.
Windows
A window within reach of children can be very dangerous - your child can easily get a finger stuck or, in the worst-case scenario, fall out of the window.
You can use a BabyDan window lock for windows with interior or exterior hinges or for vertical sliding windows in the kitchen. This allows you to air out the room without having to worry about your child’s safety.
Child proofing rooms
Whether it be a child’s room, bedroom, utility room or office, you should child proof all rooms that your child has access to.
If there are rooms or areas of the house that you do not want your child to access, it makes good sense to install a safety gate.
You can read more about safety gates here (link: the blog post on safety gates). Here is a list of areas that you should child proof:
- Doors
- Electrical sockets
- Cupboards and drawers
- Windows
- Furniture and TV
Doors
You can prevent your child from getting his or her fingers stuck in the doors with a door stopper - for example, you can use a BabyDan two-way stopper or a BabyDan finger safe.
You should choose what best matches your needs and the interior design of your home.
Electrical sockets
Your child should never have access to electrical sockets, so remember to check every room for them. There are typically a few more in each room than you might at first think.
You can, for example, use BabyDan socket plugs - the sockets will still be easy to use for adults.
Cupboards and drawers
Most rooms have cupboards or drawers, and they will certainly contain a few items that you do not want your child playing with. You can child proof all cupboards and drawers with safety locks such as BabyDan cupboard locks, BabyDan double drawer locks, BabyDan MultiLocks, BabyDan magnet locks and Baby Dan Easy Fix safety locks.
There are many different safety locks and many different ways of child proofing cupboards and drawers. You should choose the one that best matches your needs and the relevant pieces of furniture.
Windows
A window can be very dangerous for your child - he or she may get a finger stuck or, in the worst-case scenario, fall out of the window.
You can use a BabyDan window lock for windows with interior or exterior hinges or for vertical sliding windows. That allows you to air things out without having to worry about your child’s safety.
Furniture and TV
If you have large pieces of furniture in a room, it is important that you attach them securely to the wall. This prevents them from falling over on top of your child.
For this you can use, for example, the BabyDan Anti-Tip furniture strap. You can also use the furniture strap to ensure that the TV does not fall down over your child.
Home safety
Unfortunately, quite a few accidents happen with children in the house, and several statistics also indicate that most accidents involving children take place at home.
Little children are naturally curious and eager to explore the world. As parents, we also naturally want to ensure that our children are as safe as possible during this early phase of their lives. Maybe you have stairs, a wood burning stove or maybe cupboards and drawers with contents that you do not want your child to play with?
BabyDan has a wide range of safety products that can help you avoid dangerous situations. Your child will still be free to roam about and play as they like, but it will be in a safe environment.
Free of PVC, phthalates and BPA
All of BabyDan’s safety products are 100% free of PVC, phthalates and BPA. Safety must never compromise on health standards. Therefore, the safety products do not contain any harmful chemicals or undesirable substances.
This means that the safety products protect your child against small and large accidents without exposing him or her to harmful chemicals.
Read more about BabyDan’s work with safety standards
Child proofing needs to be easy and practical
Before you know it, your child has begun crawling around your home and become eager to explore everything in reach. It often comes as a shock to many parents how quickly the child learns to open cupboards, drawers, doors and closets.
Therefore, it is extremely important that you move very quickly in child proofing your home - in fact, there is almost no time that is too soon to start doing so.
In our busy lives, it may be difficult to remember every precautionary measure, and therefore, child proofing products are extremely useful. They prevent your child from accessing what little curious fingers should not be touching. As a result, child proofing products help you to make sure that your child is safe without you having to be on alert all the time.
It does not have to be difficult to child proof your home. There are many preconceived notions about how child proofing products and safety locks are large and complicated and difficult to use in an everyday life situation, but BabyDan is determined to demonstrate that this is not the case.
BabyDan develops and produces child proofing products that help you take good care of your child - simply and practically. They are easy to install and so small and simple that they will fit will into the existing decor.