These are all very wise and also helpful tips. I found saying “NO” enough times also worked. No tip works all of the time though

Helpful hints – saying NO is one that is often overlooked too.

Little toddlers are so quick and will find things you would not have even considered. We plugged all our electrical sockets and put baby locks on our cupboards. Thankfully, we didn’t have any serious incidents, but you just never know.

It’s so important to try and make your home toddler safe. Don’t beat yourself up if they still get hurt though

Just watch out for the clips that you can puton doors or cupoards they can still open just enough to catch the kids fingers. So even though they can not get intto them they can still be hurt a little by them.

thank you so much for sharing these handy hints!!

Innocent accessible handbags can also be an issue. Handbags contain all sorts of things that can act as a choking hazard, poison, sharp or just a mess!

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  • • mom94125 replied
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  yeah that is a good point, be wary of the contents or accessabilities regarding hand bags

I just had to put a lock on our fridge as my 18 month old loves to help himself.

My little one loves checking the contents of the fridge.

Thank you. They are very helpful.

We did all the childproof locks, power point plugs and no candles! They didn’t have flameless back then. I love that my son is old enough now that I can have my beautiful candles burning again. We also taught our son to not touch, or pull, or grab everything so it lost its novelty value.

Up high is not safe unless it is locked, toddlers can climb!

a lot of these comments are providing good tips as well

These weren’t very good tips but merely stating the obvious :/

Childproof locks are a must during the toddler years! So inquisitive!

as soon as they can walk you need eyes at the back of your head,,, so already done

You can also buy “torches” that look like candles that have a battery inside them. You trun the base around and your “candle” glows.

Safety for little ones.

Many little ones have put plastic bags on their heads and is so dangerous. If you keep and recycle plastic shopping bags, tie each one in a knot as soon as it is empty before you place it into your “bag bag”

Some great tips and in particular the emergency numbers next to the phone is a great idea, as in the event of an emergency you would likely be panicked and searching for numbers would be very stressful to say the least.

You certainly need some high cupboards locked especially if they have medciations in them. I heard of a family living in a very small town serviced by RFDS. The Mum was doing some household chores and her little girl was playing quietly. She suddenly realised that littly was a bit too quiet. As she started moving from room to room calling her name and getting no response she reached the kitchen and discovered her little girl was sitting on the floor and looked a little drowsy. When she actually walked into the room she could see a bottle of toddler fruit flavoured cough medicine on the floor beside her. She rang RFDS for instructions and was advised what treatment to give and to call back if unsuccessful which fortunately worked because the plane was out on a clinic run a fair time flight away. The pre-schooler had pushed the kitchen table over against the fridge, pushed an adult chair against the table, pushed a child’s one up onto the table, climbed up and just managed to open the cupboard door. The took measurements later and worked out she had to have stood on tippy toes. Luckily she didn’t open another high one too, as it had dishwashing detergent etc. in it.
All high cupboards became “dangerous storage” and had locks fitted.