This is our fireplace, minus the ottoman. I'd like to keep the ottoman across the room in front of our couch so we can actually put our feet up on it! I'm having trouble figuring out a good way to babyproof the fireplace. We can't do anything permanent since we are renting.
I thought about a baby gate but there's nowhere to attach it. It's an apartment, so the living room isn't really big enough for a play yard. Anybody have any ideas?
BTW, this picture was obviously taken pre-baby, the apartment hasn't been this clean since!!
Re: s/o babyproofing... help me with our fireplace (PIP)
DH and I were just talking about this. We very much use our fireplace in the winter so putting something infront of it such as a tv or ottoman won't work - I need ideas too!
that is a great idea!
You could put some cardboard over the opening. There are some double sided adhesive tapes that could be used without ruining the tile.
Just gotta say LOVE your siggy. He looks like such a little man!
Oh and I may try the cardboard thing OP mentioned, may look funny but oh well.
Why not just leave it, and make sure to just tell your LO no if they go near it or touch it?
We have a brick fireplace with a working wood stove insert and we have not done anything to it. In fact we still use it every fall and winter. DS2 just started crawling towards it and we just stop him in his tracks and tell him no. With DS1 he has never had a problem with it, and its right in the middle of our living room which is his main play room too.
You would be surprised how quick kids can learn what is safe and what is not.
Can you not get a pressure mounted baby gate and actually put it inside the fireplace? The fireplace looks large enough that a traditional baby gate would fit inside it with the inner walls of the fire place being what would provide the sides.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/North-States-Supergate-III-Gate/15572083