Baby proofing the house is half the fun
For those who care about their baby’s safety, you can readily agree that buying each and every of the so called ultimate baby safety solution will break your bank. Your baby(ies) go through several stages, from crawling, learning to walk, sprinting across the room, climbing the staircase, dismantling everything and anything in the spirit of curiosity and the list is endless.
You can agree that purchasing all the tools and safety devices needed to protect your kid (and your house furnishing) can get costly. You best bet is to get innovative. Here are some tips;
You can agree that purchasing all the tools and safety devices needed to protect your kid (and your house furnishing) can get costly. You best bet is to get innovative. Here are some tips;
- If you don’t have the dough to buy a slide, just get a soft board and cardboard and you kids are good to go.
- You don’t want your kid to go snooping into drawers and cabinets because the next thing will be fingers pinched as the drawers close on him. However, there is no need to get a magnetic stopper for each chest. Just get a meter rule (a metallic is better) and slide it through all the column of locks. For kitchen cabinets, get a strong rubber band and lasso the two knobs together.
- Your furniture, wall and fireplace corners and edges need baby proofing protectors but if you feel budget strained, get foam insulator from a local hardware. Since its exterior is bumpy and the interior is sticky, you can cut it into pieces and lengths and press them on these prickly surfaces. Old tennis balls can also work. Cut a wedge of the ball and stick onto the corners, and forget about best baby corner guards. Problem is that you will compromise on color matching so this might be better for the inner rooms.
- You may have a naughty kid who won’t stop scrabbling his way out of the crib and getting hurt in the process. Strap his pajama legs such that he can only swing his legs or spread them comfortably apart but not climbing over the cot.
- He might yet find solace in teething the crib rail and to avoid the pricey teething guard, make a guard yourself using a cloth of fleece, tightly fastened for each rail.
- You might have several power outlets and to avoid the $10 each child proof outlet cover, get a strong duct tape that won’t strip no matter how hard the LO pulls. Plastic containers can be used to cover the surge protectors so long as you bore holes for cords.