Keeping your toddler safe in the home
09 February 2011
It doesn’t take too long before your baby is a mobile toddler at a height where there are many potential accidents waiting to happen.
Keeping your toddler safe in the home is a daunting and difficult task for most parents and one needs to continue in the fore of his growing curiosity and increasing mobility to keep him or her safe.According to babyworld.co.uk, the top 10 danger points in the home are the stairs, doors, cleaning materials, electric sockets, furniture edges and furniture corners, overfilled playpens, fire, loose cables and cords, bath time and glass.
Because so much furniture in the home has sharp edging or corners, and are at the ideal height for young children to knock into, by simply fitting edge and corner guards you can increase the level of safety in your home. Corner and edge guards come in a variety of colours and are very easy to install.
Some common items of furniture you may wish to have edge or corner protectors on are:
Living rooms: TV unit, low level shelving, dining tablecoffee table, window sills and the fireplace.
Kitchen: Kitchen table, centre work area, cabinets, countertops, stove.
Bathroom: vanity cabinets, low level shelving.
Study: Desk, low level shelving, filing cabinets.
Bedroom: Headboard and footboard, dressing table, bedside units, low level shelving, chests, toy boxes
Entrance way: Storage units, small tables, low level shelving
Outside entertainment area: Brick or stone retaining walls, built-in fireplace, patio table, sharp corners on play equipment. Below are a few safety precautions, not taking much time, but keeping your little family safe in the home:
• Children should be supervised at all times.
• Keep floors free of toys and obstructions that can be tripped over.
• Always use a securely fitted safety harness in a pram, pushchair or highchair.
• Never leave babies unattended on raised surfaces.
• Do not place baby bouncers on raised surfaces.
• The use of baby-walkers and table-mounted high chairs is not recommended.
• Use corner guards or corner protectors on cabinets, coffee and dining tables, or any corner of furniture that does not have a rounded edge.
Other Press Releases By This Company
- 17/06/2024 - Dunstable Town CC
- 07/07/2023 - Cricket Surfaces
- 02/06/2023 - Cricket Sightscreens
- 04/05/2023 - Thank You from Cube International
- 04/05/2023 - Stover School
- 07/03/2023 - Storm damage to cricket facilities
- 14/07/2022 - Radford Ezy Net - stop ball netting system
- 29/06/2022 - Cardiff Cathedral School
- 20/05/2022 - Boundary fencing
- 21/10/2019 - Radford Ezy Net cricket sightscreens
- 21/10/2019 - Indoor Cricket Nets
- 04/04/2019 - UKS Premier Cricket Sight Screens
- 13/02/2019 - February Discounts
- 07/02/2019 - February Discounts
- 04/01/2019 - Suppliers of cricket ground equipment from grass roots to test grounds
- 13/12/2018 - Book a site visit at your Cricket Club/School
- 09/02/2011 - Synthetic Surfaces for Sport
- 13/12/2010 - Keeping your toddler safe in the home
- 13/12/2010 - What is Leisure Grass?
- 11/10/2010 - Cricket Netting Systems
- 14/09/2010 - Radford advises how to keep playground fun safe
- 19/09/2008 - The Ex England Cricketer Shares his Expertise with Radford Ezy Nets
