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Baby Proofing

OakTreeMommyOakTreeMommy member
in January 2013 Moms

My DS is offically mobile. He just started to sort of crawl these last couple days. He is up on his hands and knees and lunging forward at things and getting places. So we are thinking about baby proofing.

We bought some baby gates for the stairs, outlet plug covers and cupboard locks. I also plan on completely baby proofing his room so if I ever had to leave him in there alone for a bit I feel comfortable he'll be safe.

I'm wondering how far moms are going with baby proofing? I'm struggling with the balance between I want to be safe and I also don't want my house to look like no adults live here.

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Re: Baby Proofing

  • ecu0505ecu0505 member
    I have no advice on baby proofing as we have not thought about that yet, but I guess we should soon - just wanted to say YAY! Excited and nervous that our LO are getting/will soon be mobile!
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  • andieb0316andieb0316 member
    I actually just talked to his pediatrician about this recently because DS is now rolling all over the place, we've covered the outlets and once he starts really crawling we're going to do the baby gate for the stairs (we're never upstairs unless its time for bed so we're not concerned with it now) and then we'll do the cabinet locks for the dangerous cabinet (cleaning supplies). Once he starts pulling himself up we're going to put rubber pieces on the corners of our coffee table (sharp edges) and then possibly the toilet lock... we'll determine that one when the time comes. haha Other than that and obviously putting up the low glass objects I think that's it. I'm sure he'll give us plenty of things that we need to proof, but again, I wouldn't go completely overboard, you can't turn your home into Fort Knox, good luck and congrats on having a mobile baby! Now the real fun starts! 
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  • Wild_flower25Wild_flower25 member
    I didn't do much.  I used a baby gate on steps and only locked the cabinet under the sink with the cleaning products in it.  I also made his room safe by  just putting everything up higher so he couldn't reach it.  That's about it.
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  • 82Sonia82Sonia member
    I read a heartbreaking blog post about a baby who pulled her dresser down onto herself so we'll be putting furniture straps on everything heavy that could topple dressers, bookcase, etc. otherwise it's cabinet locks and medicine and cleaning products up high.

     

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  • andieb0316andieb0316 member

    Oh my gracious Yes!! I completely forgot about that! UGH! We had that happen in my hometown to a little boy. That's so horrifying, yep we'll be putting straps on as well! That is why I love this site, thank you for reminding me of that!

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