How to Toddler Proof Your Home

All toddlers are sticky beaks. They love to poke their nose, heads, fingers and even their toes into every nook and cranny, making your job of keeping them safe, that little bit more challenging.

Start learning some basic child first aid, if God forbid, your toddler does end up hurting themselves badly, you are prepared and also calm to deal with any situation presented to you.

To toddler proof your home, you need to get down on the floor with your hands and knees and take a good look around your home from your child's eye level. This will help you to see potential hazards which can quickly be removed. You need to consider what your child will be able to manage next - all toddlers have an uncanny ability to develop new skills overnight and often scare the pants of their parents in the process, as they go about completing some death defying demonstration.

Here are 8 tips to help you child proof your home:

1. Plug sockets: These sockets are like magnets to any child and their curious fingers. Make sure you cover your empty sockets with child proof plug in covers.

2. Blind cords and curtain tie backs: Make sure you have these well out of reach from your toddlers. Any dangling strings, cords or ropes can easily become wound around little unsuspecting necks.

3. Windows: Check to see if your toddler can open them? Also check to see if they can move a chair or chest over to a window and open it? If they can, then with a lock or catch, before the windows were always open and stop the fall. If you have sliding window is open only from above.

4. Ornaments on table tops: once a precious or fragile items should be placed high on a shelf or even, as packaging away for a while '.

5. watch batteries, coins, buttons and brooches: If you are a small or small child is still shining his mouth and put it in her to swallow.

6. Trailingflexes: These you need to tuck behind furniture or even between the skirting board and the wall. Never leave your iron, blender or kettle plugged in just in case little hands can reach up, grab hold and pull.

7. Sharp corners that are toddler height: These covers can be purchased ready-made to cover these sharp corners, or you can make your own from cork, felt or even bubble wrap.

8. Top heavy chests of drawers or bookshelves: Many toddlers have been killed by easy to topple furniture. If it has drawers at the bottom, keep them filled with something heavy. If that is not an option, consider bolting it to the wall or even get rid of it.