Baby Proofing Advice

[DopeyDame]

When my cousin A became mobile she was always into her brothers’ stuff so my aunt put a sliding latch on the outside of the boys’ bedroom door. It became a habit to keep the door locked so A wouldn’t bother bros stuff. Then one day gma came to visit and used the boys’ room as a guest bedroom. Someone slid the door latch while gma was inside. Gma slept late that morning, and not wanting to interrupt her beauty sleep, the family went off running errands while gma slept. As soon as the family returned they heard gma screaming to get out. If she had been physically able she would have used a window. Aunt opened slid open the latch and gma made a beeline for the restroom. After she got dressed she demanded to be driven some 30 miles away to her daughter’s house. It was a very quiet trip across town.

Poor grandma!!!!!

 

[PlainJane]

Lots of great ideas! Thank you all so much. I'm leaning towards making a few rooms baby friendly and gateing off the rest. Permanent gates would be great, but we're not in our "forever" home yet.

jdb in AZ, I hope there was no long term strife from that incident. Poor grandma.

 

[Marchand63]

That reminded me...we had a coffee table that had a glass top that rested inside a band of wood. Instead of getting rid of the entire table, he cut a piece of plywood to the right size, which I then covered with leather to match our family room.

We did the same thing with a table in the basement, just in case any toddlers found there way down there - which of course they did.

 

[mrsv98]

That reminded me...we had a coffee table that had a glass top that rested inside a band of wood. Instead of getting rid of the entire table, he cut a piece of plywood to the right size, which I then covered with leather to match our family room.

When I was about a year, I was walking on ours when it broke and I fell straight through. DMom had the presence of mind to hold me down and move the glass away rather than grabbing me up through the shards. No scars on me but a few on my parents' hearts!

I thought of another, we have a raised hearth fireplace so I bought bumpers to go around the rough brick edge. They attach with strong double stick tape and blend in so well I never removed them!