Child Safety Locks - Understanding The three Most Risky Aspects Of Your Home

By Miranda Xavier

Kids discover by means of their curiosity. They are all little experimenters and everything inside their world is there for them to discover from. For these reasons we should never aim to prevent a baby or toddler from exploring their environment. On the other hand, we do need to keep them out of harm's way.

Child proofing your home is a 3 step process. Firstly you need to evaluate where the dangers are, then you ought to buy appropriate child safety locks, and in conclusion you need to correctly fit the locks.

There are three key areas which I suggest that you concentrate on when you are considering child proofing your home.

1. Kitchen - The kitchen is full of interesting things for a child. They know that it is the supply of their food. They recognize that adults spend time in the kitchen. They also understand that they are not allowed to play there. For these reasons they desire to discover and understand about it. This inquisitiveness, combined with the unsafe equipment of the kitchen means that draw and cupboard locks are pretty key.

2. Bathroom - At first the bathroom may not seem like such a unsafe place. But, a child can drown in just two inches of water. A bathroom will in addition frequently have poisonous cleaning chemicals. Inside the bathroom you need to have all your cleaning products shut away in a secure cupboard. You also need to have any medicines in a high up cupboard or a locked one.

3. Chemical products - We have already considered the bathroom, but where else do you have chemicals? Do you have de-icer for the car by the door? Do you have shoe cleaners by the shoe rack? Is there hairspray on a dressing table? Every one of these require to be found and put away inside a cupboards and draws which can be secured by means of child safety locks.

Now you have assessed your risks you need to discover the solutions. On the whole safety locks are now adhesive, so they do not have need of screws or drilling and can be removed at a later date. It is best to purchase more than you require as it is better to possess spares than to compromise the safety proofing which you have decided on. It is also convenient to hang on to a couple of spares in case you have missed something on first appraisal.

In conclusion you are left with fitting the child safety locks. These are not ordinarily difficult, but try to do them when the children are not around as you need to have them fitted properly and you really don't want distractions. You can always ask a friend or relative to come and fit the locks for you,you will be amazed how many people will be happy to help.

After you have child proofed your home you ought to have a greater peace of mind and be able to focus on constructive play and communication with your baby or toddler. - 31376

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