Childproof Your Home With These Simple Steps

December 21, 2014
By Cody Battershill

Childproofing Your Home: Better to Be Safe Than Sorry!

If you have young children or are expecting some to be visiting sometime soon, it is always a good idea to ensure of an accident-free environment by childproofing your home.

Here are four basic childproofing tips that will make your home as safe as can be for the young ones!

Heavy objects

Some of the most hazardous objects for kids around the household are heavy and at a height above the floor such as HDTV’s, speakers and decorations to name a few.

These objects are prone to falling down and on top of young children if bumped or climbed upon, therefore it’s best to have any heavy objects at a height and others that are free-standing secured and out of reach for young children.

Plug-in covers

The curiosity of young children can lead them to putting their fingers where they don’t belong.

While it does take a serious prod before the electrical current is transferred from a plug-in, children’s hands can be wet for various reasons and be more prone to getting a nasty shock as a result.

Electrical socket covers are cheap and easy to install and will give you added peace of and when the kids are at play.

Fall-down areas

Kiddy-gates are very useful in keeping young children away from areas that they shouldn’t be in with or without supervision.

That could include the top of a stairwell, a steep step-down from a door or perhaps a utility room packed with cleaning substances and other tools that could be potentially harmful.

Other fall-down areas to watch out for are windows located near furniture that children could use to climb-up on and possibly out.

Also make sure if the window is open that there is a screen just in case!

Childproofing gadgets

There are some very useful applications of technology that help with childproofing your home. A few include:

Cabinet safety locks – a plastic u-shaped lock that hooks around cabinet handles with an easy-to-release pinch mechanism.

Tip-resistant furniture brackets – help stabilize furniture that may be unbalanced, great for small tables and other pieces you may have that a young child could tip.

Safety gates – should be hardware-installed only for maximum safety at the top of stairs or other no-go zones in the house. These come in a variety of styles ranging from hinged and swinging to manual placement.

Toys R’ Us, Canadian Tire and Walmart are three department stores with childproofing sections. Check them out!

It’s never a bad idea to childproof your new home. These simple-steps could prevent a terrible tragedy and make your home a safe place for not only your own children, but those of your friends and family who are visiting as well.

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