


This included moving lots of things to the top shelves of our bookcase, out of crawling baby reach. Firstly, we moved anything that’s potentially dangerous or could be pulled off a shelf out of the way.Steps We’ve Taken To Toddler-Proof Our House What if she catches herself on a loose nail or uneven edge we haven’t taped up? At the moment we’re letting her roam around within reason – while I keep a really, really close eye on her – and we have b eautiful but rickety floorboards.There’s a front door – and a parent – in the way but how do we make it safe for just in case, if there’s ever an off-our-guard moment? While we have no internal steps or stairs, there are open bannisters on our external landing, eek.I know we need to bite the bullet and get one but surely someone must have designed a slightly stylish one? We’re already living with the Jumperoo…) Our old-school coal fire: this gets a lot of use in winter so a fireguard is essential (but all the ones I’ve seen are so ugly, like a cross between a chicken coop and a dangerous dog cage.So while it’s lovely, it’s not the most child-friendly of places here’s what would be keeping me awake at night, if I didn’t fall into a sleep coma the minute my head hit the pillow every evening: The potential for baby danger wasn’t really showing up on our radar when we bought it two and a half years ago, back when having babies was still a vague concept that you know, *other people* did. We live in the top floor of an old building that’s been converted into flats, like a lot of London properties.

Our previously safe house has become her brand new assault course, where she spies an unsuitable target in the distance and then just will not stop until she gets her hands on it (or until a parent scoops her up and halts her mission). We had to step it up a pace this week when she learned to baby crawl forwards and then learned to crawl forwards in double-quick time, all in the space of a day and a half.

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Having spent much of the last week retrieving an increasingly mobile baby from lurching towards the fireplace, TV unit and the underneath of our chairs, Alex and I recently closed ranks and launched operation baby-proof the flat.
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How Do You Baby Proof Your House? Here’s All The Baby Proofing Tips We’ve Used For Far:ĭo you have a mobile baby or toddler, and need some tips on how to baby proof your flat or house? Here are all the baby proofing tips we’ve picked up so far.
