Babyproofing

[Anonymous]

We live in a 2 br. Baby just started crawling. What do we need to do realistically. Asking b/c my husband and I disagree. He thinks blocking the bathroom door is a waste of time and afraid it will damage the door but I am afraid of the chemicals and toilet bowl. He says we can just supervise the baby not to go there. I think now we can - b/c we just put him in his playpen but not when he's 1 year old and he no longer fits in his playpen.

[Anonymous]

We put chemicals in higher up places, secured heavy furniture, and plugged up outlets. That's about it.

[Anonymous]

Did you also secure drawers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you also secure drawers?

Pp here. No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We put chemicals in higher up places, secured heavy furniture, and plugged up outlets. That's about it.

We don't have a lot of space so need to keep the chemicals under the sink.

Also how did you handle it when the baby was walking around on their own and say, they woke up before you did? I guess we can monitor him during the day but when he starts walking and he wakes up before us, we would need to make sure the house is secure?

[Anonymous]

We covered outlets, put a cabinet stopper thing on the one cabinet with all the cleaning chemicals, tied the heavy, climbable furniture to the walls, moved my husbands razors up to a higher shelf, and did gates at the top and bottom of the stairs. We also got some little hooks for the strings for some of our blinds, so the strings are out of reach, but we just did this in the playroom and the baby’s room.

We probably would have done even less, but we host a nanny share, so we felt caution was a bit more warranted. The nanny closes the bathroom doors when she’s on duty - we let him explore the bathrooms, fairly supervised, at other times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We put chemicals in higher up places, secured heavy furniture, and plugged up outlets. That's about it.

We don't have a lot of space so need to keep the chemicals under the sink.

Also how did you handle it when the baby was walking around on their own and say, they woke up before you did? I guess we can monitor him during the day but when he starts walking and he wakes up before us, we would need to make sure the house is secure?

I’m the 15:11 poster - we’re not there yet (15 months, so he’s still in a crib) but our plan is that since his room is really fully baby proofed (see above about blind cords), when he’s moves to a toddler bed, lock him in at night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We put chemicals in higher up places, secured heavy furniture, and plugged up outlets. That's about it.

We don't have a lot of space so need to keep the chemicals under the sink.

Also how did you handle it when the baby was walking around on their own and say, they woke up before you did? I guess we can monitor him during the day but when he starts walking and he wakes up before us, we would need to make sure the house is secure?

Once he was in a toddler bed we put a gate at his door. I'd buy cabinet locks instead of blocking the door to the bathroom.

[Anonymous]

Door monkeys are non-permanent and work to keep little kids in or out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We put chemicals in higher up places, secured heavy furniture, and plugged up outlets. That's about it.

We don't have a lot of space so need to keep the chemicals under the sink.

Also how did you handle it when the baby was walking around on their own and say, they woke up before you did? I guess we can monitor him during the day but when he starts walking and he wakes up before us, we would need to make sure the house is secure?

I’m the 15:11 poster - we’re not there yet (15 months, so he’s still in a crib) but our plan is that since his room is really fully baby proofed (see above about blind cords), when he’s moves to a toddler bed, lock him in at night.

What are these? We also got some little hooks for the strings for some of our blinds, so the strings are out of reach, but we just did this in the playroom and the baby’s room.

have hanging blind cords in both his room and living room and I'd like to babyproof his room. My husband thinks it's unnecessary but I think I'd err on the safe side in his bedroom.

[Anonymous]

Lock the cabinet for the cleaning supplies for sure but you don’t need to block the bathroom door usually, we certainly didn’t.

[Anonymous]

For a while you will be fine if you just keep the bathroom door closed at all times. By the time my kids were able to reach and open doors, they were much more trustworthy. But Door Monkeys are good and inexpensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We put chemicals in higher up places, secured heavy furniture, and plugged up outlets. That's about it.

We don't have a lot of space so need to keep the chemicals under the sink.

Also how did you handle it when the baby was walking around on their own and say, they woke up before you did? I guess we can monitor him during the day but when he starts walking and he wakes up before us, we would need to make sure the house is secure?

I’m the 15:11 poster - we’re not there yet (15 months, so he’s still in a crib) but our plan is that since his room is really fully baby proofed (see above about blind cords), when he’s moves to a toddler bed, lock him in at night.

What are these? We also got some little hooks for the strings for some of our blinds, so the strings are out of reach, but we just did this in the playroom and the baby’s room.

have hanging blind cords in both his room and living room and I'd like to babyproof his room. My husband thinks it's unnecessary but I think I'd err on the safe side in his bedroom.

We used these:

Magicfour Blind Cord Cleat, 2.5in... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y4QNDPR?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Door monkeys are non-permanent and work to keep little kids in or out.

+1 Door monkeys are the best. They can be moved around easily.

[Anonymous]

Definitely put something on the cabinet/drawer with the chemicals, and consider putting a toilet lock on, too. It's not hard to do.