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Posted: 8/11/2014 1:06:42 PM EDT
Household 6 is expecting, so besides the obvious (plugs), stairs, and sharp corners, whats the best baby-proofing stuff?
1. Are any particular stove knob covers better than others? I mean I use the stove a lot, so ease of use is a plus, but baby-proofing them would ease the mind a bit... 2. Do I really need to secure cabinets? All chemicals have already been moved to upper shelves in the laundry room, so really it's just pots and pans, rice cooker and Tupperware? 3. Are the Safety 1st plug covers the best? 4. The furniture in the nursery is already overly strapped to the walls, (and lagged to the studs), so I'm not concerned about climbing on them... What else am I missing? |
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Household 6 is expecting, so besides the obvious (plugs), stairs, and sharp corners, whats the best baby-proofing stuff? 1. Are any particular stove knob covers better than others? I mean I use the stove a lot, so ease of use is a plus, but baby-proofing them would ease the mind a bit... 2. Do I really need to secure cabinets? All chemicals have already been moved to upper shelves in the laundry room, so really it's just pots and pans, rice cooker and Tupperware? 3. Are the Safety 1st plug covers the best? 4. The furniture in the nursery is already overly strapped to the walls, (and lagged to the studs), so I'm not concerned about climbing on them... What else am I missing? View Quote Here's where I'm coming from, just to get my bona-fides out of the way. Two sets of twin girls, born eleven months and one week apart in July 2004, and then June 2005. 1. Just yank the knobs off and push them on when you need them 10X easier. And we eventually gave up on that, because if the knobs are the usual push-in and twist type, even relatively precocious and bright kids will have a hard time turning them even when they're learning to use the stove when they're older. 2. By the time they were old enough to really strew the pots and pans and tupperware about, they were old enough to defeat the drawer catches/locks, and the 2-3" of opening the locks do allow, their little hands can get in there easier and get all kinds of shit anyway. Put a real locking lock on the chemicals and call it a day, the kind that looks like a Western cowboy bolo-tie made of two heavy duty zip-ties, with heavy spring buttons works well. The problem with the drawer locks is that the angled plastic hook that locks the drawer and catches on the cabinet frame, it just rounds off, and a good yank and the drawer or door pops open anyway. 3. Mine were never too aggressive about the outlets, but any plugs that don't pull out easily with just fingers will work fine. The way my house was set up, most of them were covered by furniture anyway. 4. What are you missing? Baby gates. Not even so much for "safety" like in stairs, but just to keep them confined to one or two rooms set up for a toddler's play when they're first walking so you can go to the bathroom, or tend to a pot on the stove and have five minutes of peace in which to do it. Just gating off the whole kitchen if it's not a large archway or open concept might be easier. The metal foot pedal kind of gate is the best, the wooden and plastic grid ones that sort of ratchet and/or the adults just step over them, you'll get tired of those fast. This kind also has the pressure screws & pads to hold it to the wall, much better than nailing/screwing for stuff you'll be taking down within 3 years. Baby Gate, foot lever lock. Also, a bouncy seat and the Baby Einstein DVD's/BluRay's after about 6 months when they're able to focus on the TV will save EVERYONE lots of stress. Bouncy Seat Baby Einstein DVD's Especially the Baby Mozart and Bach to start with. They make a face like Dave Bowman does in the last 5 minutes of 2001: A Space Odyssey. |
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Ferocious warhounds. They may lick the baby's toes off. https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10475835_661183890637340_538055119739096982_n.jpg?oh=f4a235f2217bbbe30b3d788c3e92203c&oe=545C4A04&__gda__=1416750393_87ac5e8d9b12820089d1f0aa93886554 And no condom... This is a good thing... We're looking for BABY info not birth control! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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What kind of dog do you have? Ferocious warhounds. They may lick the baby's toes off. https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10475835_661183890637340_538055119739096982_n.jpg?oh=f4a235f2217bbbe30b3d788c3e92203c&oe=545C4A04&__gda__=1416750393_87ac5e8d9b12820089d1f0aa93886554 And no condom... This is a good thing... We're looking for BABY info not birth control! What are those? They look like someone crossbred a husky and a Pomeranian. |
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Why worry about the plugs?
They will only do it once, if they ever do it. They need to learn about electricity anyways. Add the locks on the cabinets. Also, find a way to rig your front door so they can't let themselves out. |
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Tamper Resistant Receptacles are the best. Now is the time do upgrade those old worn out outlets with something new, better, and safer.
I have awesome Safety First Magnetic Locks on my cabinets. Yea, they're awesome. |
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+1 on the gates. We have a daughter 2.5 years older than our twin sons.
The house be bought had two sets of French doors, and a permanently-installed pet gate in the central hallway. Closing and latching the French doors, and closing the pet gate effectively sealed off the back of the house which included the family room, dinette and kitchen. My wife loved that. Somehow, my wife and I managed to grow up in homes with nothing covering the outlets, chemicals under the sink, no padded sharp corners of walls or tables, and not even any GFI outlets . Yet, somehow, we survived. I guess we were just lucky. |
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What kind of dog do you have? Ferocious warhounds. They may lick the baby's toes off. https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10475835_661183890637340_538055119739096982_n.jpg?oh=f4a235f2217bbbe30b3d788c3e92203c&oe=545C4A04&__gda__=1416750393_87ac5e8d9b12820089d1f0aa93886554 And no condom... This is a good thing... We're looking for BABY info not birth control! What are those? They look like someone crossbred a husky and a Pomeranian. No they are not Pom-skies. which are abominations. I mean the logistics of that... The husky's head is as big as the entire Pom! They are Alaskan Klee Kais. |
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You are NOT going to baby proof everything. Children WILL find away. You will need to start crawling around on all fours to make yourself of equal hight Anything that can be picked-up and placed in the mouth WILL be. Good luck
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No they are not Pom-skies. which are abominations. I mean the logistics of that... The husky's head is as big as the entire Pom! They are Alaskan Klee Kais. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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What kind of dog do you have? Ferocious warhounds. They may lick the baby's toes off. https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10475835_661183890637340_538055119739096982_n.jpg?oh=f4a235f2217bbbe30b3d788c3e92203c&oe=545C4A04&__gda__=1416750393_87ac5e8d9b12820089d1f0aa93886554 And no condom... This is a good thing... We're looking for BABY info not birth control! What are those? They look like someone crossbred a husky and a Pomeranian. No they are not Pom-skies. which are abominations. I mean the logistics of that... The husky's head is as big as the entire Pom! They are Alaskan Klee Kais. Thanks for the link. They look like huskies, but their faces look like Poms. |
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Why worry about the plugs? They will only do it once, if they ever do it. They need to learn about electricity anyways. Add the locks on the cabinets. Also, find a way to rig your front door so they can't let themselves out. View Quote Yes, this. Add a chain-slider up high on any egress doors so they don't wander away outside. Once they're old enough to drag a chair over and defeat the chain, around 4-5 years old, they're probably old enough to not wander outside and die in a snowbank or something. |
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View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Baby cam is going to be a Foscam, and get added to the rest of the security network when done. Quoted:
Tamper Resistant Receptacles are the best. Now is the time do upgrade those old worn out outlets with something new, better, and safer. I have awesome Safety First Magnetic Locks on my cabinets. Yea, they're awesome. The tamper resistant receptacles also resist usage by adults! :D I've upgraded several around the house to USB charging outlets and they have tamper resistance... And it about kills me all the time trying to get a god damn plug in. |
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Coffee tables and end tables can cheaply be made toddler-friendly with air conditioning line insulation stuck on the edges of the tops. A head bumped one a padded table top is a whole lot less traumatic than a hard bump that breaks the skin or even causes a concussion.
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dang monkeys shoving pbjs into the vcr load door
you will have months until they are mobile enough to cause havoc
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Baby cam is going to be a Foscam, and get added to the rest of the security network when done. The tamper resistant receptacles also resist usage by adults! :D I've upgraded several around the house to USB charging outlets and they have tamper resistance... And it about kills me all the time trying to get a god damn plug in. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Baby cam is going to be a Foscam, and get added to the rest of the security network when done. Quoted:
Tamper Resistant Receptacles are the best. Now is the time do upgrade those old worn out outlets with something new, better, and safer. I have awesome Safety First Magnetic Locks on my cabinets. Yea, they're awesome. The tamper resistant receptacles also resist usage by adults! :D I've upgraded several around the house to USB charging outlets and they have tamper resistance... And it about kills me all the time trying to get a god damn plug in. Wiggle the plug in to the receptacle. They loosen up a little after repeated use. The P&S ones are the tightest, but again, they do loosen. And if you use the tamper covers instead, you need a knife or screwdriver to pry the damn things off anyway. So it's certainly not easier using the plug in tamper thingies. The slider cover plates are probably a better alternative to them, but I've seen many of them break and no longer slide. But about those magnetic cabinet locks, do it. |
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I gotta be honest - I have two kids (12 and 7) and I didn't do any house proofing.
I'm not saying you should emulate me, but my kids were always fine. Don't overthink it. |
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retract-a-gate, get the long ones.
I use random push-in plug covers and a few cheap drawer locks. The primary result of the drawer locks is that nothing in those drawers gets out. Also use the cabinet drawer locks that hold the knobs together somethimes. The important thing is to make sure they can't escape the house unobserved. 3 year old and 16 month old boys here. |
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Household 6 is expecting, so besides the obvious (plugs), stairs, and sharp corners, whats the best baby-proofing stuff? 1. Are any particular stove knob covers better than others? I mean I use the stove a lot, so ease of use is a plus, but baby-proofing them would ease the mind a bit... 2. Do I really need to secure cabinets? All chemicals have already been moved to upper shelves in the laundry room, so really it's just pots and pans, rice cooker and Tupperware? 3. Are the Safety 1st plug covers the best? 4. The furniture in the nursery is already overly strapped to the walls, (and lagged to the studs), so I'm not concerned about climbing on them... What else am I missing? View Quote TV's and dressers need to be secured to walls. LOTS of kids at the pre-toddler age get injured/killed pulling stuff over. It happens easier than most would think. I.E. You leave the middle drawer on the dresser open....kid pulls self up on the drawer and, due to leverage and angle, 100lbs dresser comes right on over when you'd have thought the drawer would just slide out. Lots of crawler/toddler age kids also drown in mop buckets (they're top heavy and cant get out), so be wary with those and never, ever leave unattended or allow kid near. Aspirating cleaning solutions will mess a kid up right quick even if they dont drown. |
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3 boys here, ages 4, 1, and about to be born in 2 weeks. I just gate off any place where I don't want them, and if I need to take them into a room that is not "safe" they get their ass strapped to an activity chair. Mind your toilets, start shutting the damn lid now and get into the habit. Don't want any toddlers falling in. |
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We have 4 kids (7 and under). We never "baby proofed" anything - including outlets, stair gates, cabinet locks, drawer locks, etc. Well, I do have a gunvault on my nightstand now. Anyway - our kids are still alive, were easily stopped from getting into shit they weren't supposed to be in and never drowned in the toilet. We did have one that liked to push buttons on the TV/Receiver.
Don't waste your $ - watch your kid(s) and teach them what is ok/not. |
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Baby cam is going to be a Foscam, and get added to the rest of the security network when done. The tamper resistant receptacles also resist usage by adults! :D I've upgraded several around the house to USB charging outlets and they have tamper resistance... And it about kills me all the time trying to get a god damn plug in. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Baby cam is going to be a Foscam, and get added to the rest of the security network when done. Quoted:
Tamper Resistant Receptacles are the best. Now is the time do upgrade those old worn out outlets with something new, better, and safer. I have awesome Safety First Magnetic Locks on my cabinets. Yea, they're awesome. The tamper resistant receptacles also resist usage by adults! :D I've upgraded several around the house to USB charging outlets and they have tamper resistance... And it about kills me all the time trying to get a god damn plug in. Foscam is the one that guy hacked and was watching and talking to someone else's baby, and screaming at the mother, right? |
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Foscam is the one that guy hacked and was watching and talking to someone else's baby, and screaming at the mother, right? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Baby cam is going to be a Foscam, and get added to the rest of the security network when done. Quoted:
Tamper Resistant Receptacles are the best. Now is the time do upgrade those old worn out outlets with something new, better, and safer. I have awesome Safety First Magnetic Locks on my cabinets. Yea, they're awesome. The tamper resistant receptacles also resist usage by adults! :D I've upgraded several around the house to USB charging outlets and they have tamper resistance... And it about kills me all the time trying to get a god damn plug in. Foscam is the one that guy hacked and was watching and talking to someone else's baby, and screaming at the mother, right? Dynamic and rotating IP behind firewall. And my SSID is not broadcast. |
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Foscam is the one that guy hacked and was watching and talking to someone else's baby, and screaming at the mother, right? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Baby cam is going to be a Foscam, and get added to the rest of the security network when done. Quoted:
Tamper Resistant Receptacles are the best. Now is the time do upgrade those old worn out outlets with something new, better, and safer. I have awesome Safety First Magnetic Locks on my cabinets. Yea, they're awesome. The tamper resistant receptacles also resist usage by adults! :D I've upgraded several around the house to USB charging outlets and they have tamper resistance... And it about kills me all the time trying to get a god damn plug in. Foscam is the one that guy hacked and was watching and talking to someone else's baby, and screaming at the mother, right? they have new firmware to fix that |
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When did this whole baby proofing thing become big, I'm 28 and this whole "baby proofing" wasn't practiced in my house and I still have all my fingers and toes.
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When we moved into our current house, I replaced all the outlets with tamper-resistant ones. The old ones were ugly and needed fixing, plus the TR models were cheaper.
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A disapproving stare picture? I don't know how well that's going to work. Maybe I should just use my own.
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came to post this but read the OP thread title is misleading. |
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When did this whole baby proofing thing become big, I'm 28 and this whole "baby proofing" wasn't practiced in my house and I still have all my fingers and toes. View Quote I'm 29 and I remember that every house that I was ever in as a kid had the stupid inside the cabinet latch door locks. I also watched 2 different kids stick paper clips in to receptacles while in school. I was not one of them. |
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View Quote Having had 3 sons I can assure you that isn't enough. |
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When did this whole baby proofing thing become big, I'm 28 and this whole "baby proofing" wasn't practiced in my house and I still have all my fingers and toes. View Quote I didn't really do it for my kids, but I can see where it might have gone wrong. I think it depends on how many hazards your house has to begin with. |
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When did this whole baby proofing thing become big, I'm 28 and this whole "baby proofing" wasn't practiced in my house and I still have all my fingers and toes. View Quote If you live in earthquake country then all you should have to do is cover the outlets. Otherwise gates and playpens until they get old enough to defeat those. |
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Fork proof outlets. You need to push in both prongs to push somethin in either.
Tie the furniture to the wall with mounting kits. Make sure yur TV is also anchoredm we get at least 1 dead kid a year from that. |
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+1 On getting used to closing toilet seats, toddlers or any kid that can walk and hold things love to drop stuff in toilets.
Make sure crayon/marker use is supervised at first. Don't ever take a nap when kids have crayons/markers or you will be cleaning walls. Do not allow glitter or playdoh in the house ever. Or CSI play kits that contain powdered ink. Kids feed dogs whatever there eating so don't worry bout dogs they will love the kid, and hover at food time. Keep cleaning products/poisons high up where they can't get. A crying baby is exercising it's lungs. If kid falls down/gets hurt and cries that's good. If they take a big blow to head falling or jumping head first into a hardwood floor and doesn't cry get to the ER fast. |
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You realize your baby will take several months to figure out how to roll over, let alone walk over to the stairs and take a header into the garbage disposal, right?
Just saying, you've got time to figure this out on the fly. |
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