San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 5/17/2014 9:16 am - 5/18/2014
1. Comment: Childproofing - where do I start? (julesr1515)
Topic: Childproofing - where do I start?
Hi moms!
My twins are just starting to army crawl around and I am a
bit overwhelmed...
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1. julesr1515 says...
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5/17/2014 4:04 am
In our home we turned the dining room room into the
kids room so it is in between the living room &
kitchen. With that said, we had the living room gated
to their bedroom on one side and the living room had a
door to hallway so we put childproof doorknob covers
and a foam stopper to crack door open when we need. We
also had a large "corral" setup in living room to keep
them in one place since there were a lot of things we
wanted them to stay away from (piano, curio/grandfather
clock, fireplace, built in glass door cabinets, & 4
seasons glassed wall hangings above couch). The coral
was ESSENTIAL and let us us step out of the room. We
used this with 2 extra long panels to extend corral.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008CMQTZI/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1400323262&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70They
started climbing out of corral by 1.5 years so we then
opened it up and used it as a wall to block the
perimeter of the room (piano, curio/clock, fireplace, &
toys not in rotation). They scaled that by 2.5 so were
configured the room by using the corral as a tented
crawl space in front of the fireplace (keeps it
blocked), and added toddler trampoline to block
another space (curio). We added a locked toy cabinet to
the room to manage all the toys that have a gazillion
parts (Mr Potato Head, megablocks, play dough, puzzles,
& fake food. We also gated the top of the stairs with a
tension gate (not recommend but we did it to save the
molding). It ended up making a hole into the wall which
is fixable w/ putty. We should have used a barrier
between wall & gate to distribute tension to our old SF
wall. The boys are almost 3. The kitchen has a door to
the hallway and a swing door to their bedroom. We
drilled latch locks (like the ones you use in hotel
rooms to double lock your door). These are a lifesaver
when you need to go to the bathroom or just need to
cook peacefully. We also childproofed all the bottom
cabinets & drawers. When our boys turned 2, they were
able to: move the kitchen chairs to climb on & see
what's above kitchen counters including the knife
block, reach for things on the counter (so much for
hiding cookies). We have a locked pantry because they
love going in there. They have yet to figure out how to
open the fridge and freezer (double door fridge a/
bottom freezer). Hope this is helpful!
Email author: julietvenzon@gmail.com
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