September is Baby Safety Month and I am so excited to an ounce my partnership with Safety 1st as a brand ambassador for the company. With Mia now entering toddlerhood we’ve been busy making sure our home is safe and secure. Having stairs in our home it is very important that we have baby gates that are easy to install and easy to use. Safety 1st is one of those brands that I can always count on for quality, safety and price. Plus so many of their new products fit into the style and actual use of our home.
There are a few products I would recommend for any family who is starting to baby proof their home.
Baby Proofing Around The Home –
- Baby Gates : Easy-Fit® Security Gate – The Safety 1st plastic, pressure mounted high gate is easy to assemble. It has a one handed lock and release handle that is convenient for parents to unlock and relock. It expands wide so as to accommodate different size door openings
- Décor – Grip ‘n Go Cabinet Lock – The Safety 1st cabinet locks come in packs of two. The new décor locks also have a sleeker look to match any modern kitchen. Easy to install and keeps kiddos out of cabinets.
- Cord Short’ner– Use the Safety 1st Cord Shortner to help keep dangling power cords out of your child’s reach.
- Stores up to 4′ (122 cm) of excess cord
- Accommodates most power cords
- Double-Touch Plug ‘N Outlet Covers – Ideal for outlets your family uses frequently, these Plug ‘N Outlet Covers by Safety 1st are easy to operate on a daily basis and require no hardware installation. Plus they are child resistant!
- Safety 1st Secure Mount Deadbolt Lock – This easy to install lock requires no adhesives or drilling and leaves no marring on the door after removal. The simple installation takes just 3-steps, making it easy for parents to prevent children from opening doors with deadbolt locks.
Safety 1st is also donating the Baby Safety Bundle I mentioned above to Operation Shower for their shower on September 27th in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL for 41 military moms-to-be. Operation Shower is about celebrating, honoring and showing love to military families. The goal of this non-profit organization is to provide joyful – AWESOME – baby showers for military families to ease the stress of deployment.
I am a compensated Safety 1st brand ambassador all opinions expressed herein are of the author.
I make sure that all of our outlets are baby proof and check them every week to make sure they are still secure. I also make sure all of our cabinet baby latches are secure.
We use the gates most often because we have a lot of stairs in our house.
Baby gates are wonderful. They can be used to prevent little ones from getting near a fireplace, sharp corners, Christmas tree, hot oven, stairs, and so much more.
there are so many things but locking cabinets is important.
Outlet covers and cabinet locks! The baby gates are great!
Use plastic plugs for outlets. They are the most useful product I know.
The two products that we have purchased so far are the plugs for the outlets and corner protectors. The corner protectors are great. they are rubberized and fit over sharp edges in your home.
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Cabinet locks are a must! I’ve never encountered a little kid that doesn’t go straight for the cabinets when given the chance!
I love the cabinet locks that are magnetic. They work really well and helps keep my daughter out of stuff.
I like safety gates.
I find security gates and monitors to be most helpful.
I think it’s important to cover any electrical outlets and to keep sharp furniture protected like corners of coffee tables, etc. I’m expecting my first baby this fall, thanks for the opportunity!
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WAYYYy back when I was a new mommy and doing babyproofing, I got down on my knees and followed my crawler and toddlers around to see how THEY saw the world. How many MORE dangers you can see from that vantage point. For me I found register grills the could cut tender little fingers when they got caught in them. Tiny little toes that might fit under the smallest opening under a door, that you would never think could happen because our toes could never fit there. Or just finding things JUST poking under a couch, like something simple like a peanut that had been dropped unknowingly. Besides keeping electrical cords safe, and drapery or blinds at bay, we found that heavy furniture or even a computer or tv could be tipped or scooted easily…thinking our kids could NEVER be strong enough…but they were.
New items to keep kids safe is so important, but as a parent the most IMPORTANT item of safety is your eyes, ears, nose, etc…keep watch and use your senses and good SENSe to keep them safe.
Start early and get down to their level
i have a lot of out lets in my kitchen so we used a ton of those and we used safty 1st cabinet lookers as well
I think a baby gate is one of the greatest inventions. I will have a crawler soon and need to get one.
I think that safety Gates are a must have.
Cabinet locks and safty gates are useful.
Ladyblueeyez1960 (at)(aol)(dot)(com)
The door knob lock covers are a must have!
Security Gate
We use baby gates and the plug in outlets
I find the electric cover outlets and cabinet locks most useful
We had to get a door chain latch and place it real high so the kids couldn’t walk out the front door, they did it once, and we installed right away
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We only put the soft, unbreakable ornaments on the bottom of the Christmas tree. 🙂
Our kid was a mess when she was younger it didn’t matter what we did she found away around it, on it, or in it! One thing is keep things up HIGH.
When they can get the door knob covers off use duct tape!
My favorite baby safety product is the gate. That has been a life saver in my home.
We have these – http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005ZNCGKY/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?qid=1378432033&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX110_SY165 – and they have saved my son’s fingers so many times!
We use doorknob covers so my kids stay out of certain rooms – they glow in the dark too!
Covering the electrical outlets and putting the doorknob covers on so the little ones stay in the room are my go-to items!
Outlet covers
I think it’s important to cover the outlets. I keep it simpe with the little plastic plug covers.
I think those spinner doorknob covers are helpful. My tip is to secure TVs and furniture with anti-tip brackets.
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We use baby gates and the plug in outlets
I love the bumpers for corners of tables etc… they saved my kiddo many times.
Thanks for the chance.
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i think cabinet locks are the most useful, don’t want them getting into cleaners and soaps and stuff. thank you!
We went to IKEA and get outlet covers and corner guards for our baby.
An easy to use, durable baby gate. Furniture anchors for tall narrow bookshelf to prevent tipping
love our baby gates!!!
I usually put things out of arm’s reach but I also exercise a lot of “NO”s
I use cabinet locks, outlet covers, the ones I have found the most usefull with my daughter is corner covers on the sharp furniture