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Baby Proofing Your Home: A Call for Help!

I may not have officially announced this...but we have a crawler. She was *almost* crawling for about 2 months...that whole get up on her knees and sit there. Then all of a sudden, there she went. That was only about 10 days ago, and now she can crawl to come see me when I get home from work (which I LOOOOVEEEE almost as much as when she started smiling when I came to get her from a nap) But we learned quickly our home is not baby friendly. Or at least not friendly to a baby on the move.

So here we are. Moms and dads (or grandma's...nanny's and other people who handle baby), we've started the Baby proofing process tonight...and we are looking for suggestions.

 What were/are your FAVORITE baby proofing items? 

What did you use to secure your cabinets?

Did you find it necessary to baby proof the toilet lid?

What about the bumpers on the corners of the coffee table? Needed or overkill?

How about outlet covers...are there good/bad versions?

How about your favorite baby gates?

What other items am I missing? Anything you did or didn't do while baby proofing?

Also, can I just say that first picture of her above is possibly my FAVORITE picture of her...of ALL TIME!!!! She is so proud of herself to be crawling, its hysterical.
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Sommer said…
I'm house sitting for a friend this weekend who has a little one, and she messaged me because she'd forgotten to tell me how to work their child proof cabinet locks. They're so cool and (not that I've been researching child proofing) the fanciest cabinet lock I've seen. All I really remember from when my brother was little or seeing things at other peoples houses are the ugly plastic things that go on the outside of cabinets and doors. Anyway check these out. I think it's so neat that they go on the inside and don't mess up the look of your cabinets.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYR2NRP/ref=asc_df_B01MYR2NRP5128364/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=395033&creativeASIN=B01MYR2NRP&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167145414473&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17751994013178691191&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026244&hvtargid=pla-306890870343

August 18, 2017 at 12:21 PM
Amanda Ellis said…
We didn't worry about our coffee table or toilet lid.

We covered every electrical outlet because babies/toddlers/2 year olds love to try to put stuff in the outlet regardless of how many times you tell them not to!

We also bought all of the trinkets for the kitchen cabinets and drawers and those were the best! It saved me from finding all of my kitchen utensils all over the floor.

We also bought one of the cabinet locks for our fireplace.

That was mostly what we did. I think we went overboard for our first but by the third we figured out that most of it wasn't needed.
August 25, 2017 at 8:34 PM
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