Childproof your home and ways to make children safer

Living room safety



Cord control kits, corner and edge cushions, fireplace door guards no tip furniture brackets, anti-tip furniture straps, TV and vcr guards, blind winders and window guards are some ways to make your children safer. To keep children safe around doors and steps use banister guard kits, door guards to protect little fingers that may get caught in them, bi-fold door locks, sliding door locks and safety gates.

Other child safety tips to keep in mind are: any cleaning products or vitamins should be locked away or kept somewhere out of reach from children. Something you may not think of but I know from my nephews and nieces, is to watch them when they're near any aquarium so they don't lean on or pull them. If you have a gun in the house, please be sure to keep it and any ammunition locked somewhere so that nobody else has access to it. Also, alcohol, matches, razors, scissors and tobacco should be somewhere that little hands can't get hold of them. You should always have a functioning smoke alarm on each floor of your house.

Outdoor safety



Deck guards and driveway safety nets will help keep children safer outdoors. The safest way to keep a child from a pool would be a locked fence but there are also, pool alarms you can purchase that sound an alarm when anything nine pounds or more hits the water.



Safety Turtle Pool Alarm Starter Kit (contains one Base Station and one Wristband) We all hope this would never happen but if your child or another child were to fall into the water, this child safety product instantly warns you with a loud alarm at the base station. All that's necessary is to have the safety wristband around the child's wrist and the remote base station to be plugged in.

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