That cloth gate won’t work for long! Gray til they can climb. My sister in law got a metal baby gate and spray painted it to match her black railing! She zip-tied them to the banisters! It looks so good!
OMG that stair barrier is a miracle solution for us, too! Thank you for sharing because we've been struggling majorly with a way to combat the nontraditional banisters.
I have the magnetic locks and they are fantastic. Sorry your house doesn't work with them. So glad you found a great stair solution. I needed something like that as well. The top if my stairs are at a weird angle and traditional gates don't work.
Thank you so much!!!! This is perfect timing for me. & I too wish I had baby proofed BEFORE things became an obsession. My husband never saw the need because our oldest was abnormally well-behaved for a toddler and he thought it was just good parenting... Now he's realizing that each child has their own unique personality & temperament. Our baby is very well behaved but he's also incredibly curious & LOVES the cabinets
We are baby proofing now and I've gotten some pinch guards for the doors (Wittle foam guards and Rhoost hinge guards). I also got Pinch-Not for the doors to protect him from slamming the door on his fingers.
We have modern cabinets too.. I ran into the same problem with the magnet locks... the way around the problem is to instal the locks on the bottom of the cabinet instead of the top... or even on the side.
Baby gate, outlet covers and cabinet locks is pretty much what we have. But we purchased a little more traditional home because I like the cozy feeling for raising children. I figured, when we have teens we can build our more modern "forever home."
I have EVERY problem you spoke about in this video. I also had to buy the ugly cabinet-proofers, but hey, it’s better than picking up broken glass of my tops of my pots and pans, or possibly having them cut themselves when they dig in the cabinets. Thank you so much for the wonderful suggestions for the stairs. I will definitely buy a roll of it & the fabric gate, as well. I’m the grandma and I’m sending this video to both of my daughters. (They both have one year olds and we have another on the way!) Looks like we will be child proofing for the next few years. 😅. Btw, your baby boy is adorable!!! God bless you and your family.
Rihanna Phillips she did that because you can do a variety of actions with pots and pans. Babies are little scientists :) they like items they can do multiple actions with :)
Lisalea I’m curious as well! I literally have cable clips for my baby monitor in my Amazon cart as I type! Pediatrician said I need to start thinking about baby proofing now before he’s really on the move...the kid is only 6 months! Sheesh.
Big trick I heard with normal plugs if you look at them the top one doesn’t have extricate go into it but the bottom two most plugs now there’s a whit cover to stop fingers from going in so when you use plug covers you actually make it dangerous where if they turn it upside down it opens the bottom two holes in the plugs so you should check yours before getting them but there is other products you can get you can get plug brackets ect worth getting for very accessible plugs I only got two for the two plugs that are very accessible to my son but the rest I just got plug cover for as he can’t really get to them
My toddler learned how to open both.. the broke the clips .. then I bought the other ones that look like a belt . And he knows how to open those .. anything else I can use ? He is 18 mnts 😩
Laura Jones They leave behind a stickiness but it’s just annoying to remove, not necessarily damaging. That said, I HATE these cabinet locks. They break all the time.
I watch this and laugh because I used to do the same thing with the cabinets as a child. Now that I am older, we still have a baby proof locks on our cabinets. 😂
I would really love to know how the cable issue was solved, did you use the clear tape or the white covers? Also I'm here because I'm considering placing one of the clear boxes (LectraLock) to avoid getting the cables disconnected at my Grandma's house by ADULTS! They just don't listen and disconnect two cords that make the phone works and that makes me so frustrated because she is almost 95 years old and she can't be without a phone. I REALLY HOPE THIS WORKS! Thanks for your video.
Does anyone have any tips my PS4 is under my tv in a cuppyhole in the tv unit (I think that’s what it’s called) but my son is obsessed with it he keeps turning it onn& off but the biggest worry I have is he keeps pulling it out where it falls on the floor almost hitting his feet i and I’m worried by pulling the wires he could knock the tv over I know it’s unlikely but I tried covering it with lace he ripped it off but the problem is I can’t put a door on it as it’ll cause the ps to over heat I’ve got a sky box coming so I really need to get it sorted asp and I’ve nowhere else I can put it any advice as I’ve tried everything to get him to leave it alone but it hasn’t worked
Susan, I saw this thing for the wires on the camera or even for the ones in the boxes like for the Alexa and they’re so much better than the “cord concealer”. I think Jessica Brauns husband used them. Basically you cut a little hole in the wall, and fish the wire thru, then cover it with a blank outlet Cover, and feed it out the bottom. I can email it to you, bc I’m not explaining it well.
My mom needs to see this😆 my baby sister is OBSESSED with opening cabinets and making a mess. We have hair ties all of the house on the knobs so it can prevent that from happening but no she knows how to take off the hair ties😂
I’m not a mom, but I used to teach elementary school and I taught kids as young as 2 to rock climb at a climbing gym I used to manage. So, my first thought is, if I see a really young kid doing something I don’t want them to do, something dangerous for them, I say in a low-tone teacher-voice, “(insert-name-here), No.” and immediately redirect their attention to an acceptable behavior. So, why won’t this work for a baby under 1 or under 2? They definitely understand their name before they’re 1, and they definitely understand a difference in voice tonality and what that means, so, if I see them grab for a wire or plug, why not just say no in my teacher-voice and redirect? Of course, still baby proof the house just so it’s safe for those tines you’re not 100% focused on the baby, but wouldn’t you also try a baby-version of discipline? I’m genuinely asking. I’m not a mom, but I hope to be some day, and I really want to know. I noticed one mom say that baby proofing helps create a “yes” environment for kids. I totally agree that repetitious “no”s are draining for the parent, and the word looses its meaning when it’s repeated over and over again without follow-through or consequence. That’s why, if the hypothetical baby in my scenario were to revisit the plug after my first, MAYBE second “no,” I would go totally silent, discontinue eye contact, and physically turn their bodies away from the plug and move them several steps from it. I’m sure this would result in crying or some kind of protest and/or they might interpret the movement as a game, but, like sleep training, and time out, if you stick to your guns, won’t it pay off in the long run?
Sarah Martinez It’s a good question! We spend a lot of time doing exactly that-teaching what’s acceptable and what’s not, but what we’ve learned is we can’t keep our eyes on him every second. Babies are constantly on the move. One time I didn’t have the gate up on the stairs. A friend asked me a question while Nikash was crawling around, so I turned and answered her. In a matter of a minute, he had crawled over to the stairs and fallen down them while I took my eyes off him. It was one of the scariest moments of my life. He was fine after some crying but still. Now he’s old enough to walk up and down the stairs by himself because we’ve taught him to hold on, don’t run, etc, but if I’m making dinner or need the restroom, the gate goes up because I don’t want him playing on the stairs without supervision. Make sense?
I have a 10 month old who crawls everywhere. I am teaching her the meaning of NO don't touch. She knows what it means now, and I don't have to baby proof as much
I don’t have a baby, but I have a nephew. I’m stuck watching him from now on my sister lost custody. He goes to my computer desk and spills cans of ravioli sauce or juice whenever I’m not around. He broke my keyboard and cheap microphone headset last time. Every minute he tries to get a reaction out of me by smacking my computer tower and looking at me to see what I’ll do. How can I proof my desktop and electronics so that he can’t reach it, but I can still access it easy? I’m losing sleep over this. I sleep in front of my computer and wake up every 5 minutes to catch him slapping my Desktop. He’s attracted to the led lights the parts came with. I’ve Invested over $3,100 on this custom build. When I tell people to keep him away they tell me to put it up… it’s a desktop not a laptop I can’t just keep constantly putting it up after using it. If he manages to break my computer no one will replace it because of the price and that is what bothers me the most.
This looks like it was made on a budget. Trust me kids as they reach 2-4 years old they still get into trouble, so all your electrical outlets instead of the covers just installed child proof outlets, they have a safety mechanism thag prevents them from opening the ports if they don't sense a push in both holes they don't open, this helps for little fingers or forks, you know kids, For cabinets don't installed stick on ones, after a while the glue in the sticker ends up messing up your cabinets and also they are an eye sore, instead install lock in ones inside the cabinet, they are any types, they are stick ok, drill ones, and even magnets. Baby gates will always and forever be an eye sore and they are usually expensive, so rather ask yourself if your prefer a build 🔨 one, so we were getting rid of our babies crip since he out grew it and i used those parts to build a gate by the stair matching the color of the stair handles and adding some style in the hardware, i only spent money on the hardware, it's latch on hardware and the hintches automatically close the door due to the coils inside them. Making them really nice to look at, my wife absolutely loves them. Motion sensor cameras through the house give you a sense of security, also don't buy 1080 for the baby room, you can save that for the least occupied room in the house, you can do 4k for the babies room it's worth the price, baby ankle monitor saves you some sleep and some come with the sock attachment if the get bigger but have medical conditions. You take care of this stuff, and you don't have to buy this ever again for the next baby. First baby is always expensive, I'm at my fourth one, but i have play rooms, living rooms, game room, office room and their bedrooms, i have many room in my home, i planned for a big family and i eventually had one, i have a vasectomy now so that's it for me 😂.
But I don't understand is a month ago he said the $600 was a down payment but yet there wasn't a provision in the last bill for the extra 1400 to reach 2000 that was just their way of screwing us and giving us money after 10 freaking months
Ok well love the video....but back in the day they never had baby proofing simply learn the first time. My son touched the fire stove after I told him not too. And yea he cried for a bit but guess what he never touched it again. My son put his finger in the socket after I told him not too...guess what again he learned not to touch that too. Kids gatta learn even if it's the hard way. Builds character and not a little sissy
I agree kids have to learn, but I don't need him to learn a lesson from falling down stairs. Plus, some of these help keep destruction from happening too--kitchen cabinets, appliances that are plugged in. Baby-proofing isn't just to keep a baby safe (though that's the main reason), it's to keep peace in the home.
Susan Yara I did like the stairs gate that was a great idea. I guess I grew up learning the hard way my son did the same but a fall from the stairs like what y'all have can be pretty scary. So I totally get that.
It’s one thing to let them learn and another to let them risk their lives or getting seriously hurt. Absolutely absurd. Toddlers don’t know any better. Even if they get hurt they just do it again and again til they are old enough to understand. Stopping a child from getting hurt does not make them a sissy. 😂 It makes you a good mother. Any mother who would call any child a sissy is not a good mother. Any mother that would let their child touch a hot stove is not a good mother. Any mother that would let their child put their finger in a outlet is not a good mother. Accidents happen but you should never let your child do those things! 👎🏻 Maybe keep the parenting advice to yourself.
Jessica Carlock do u think back in the 80's they child proofed anything no! And look how kids back then were, alot tougher then the kids now adays. People are way to sensitive every kid learns one way or another. I cam from a time where if u dont listen u get ur ass whipped. Now a days get in trouble to disciplining your child. And society has gone down hill with it's children. Learn to love God and respect your parents. Kids nowget their feelings hurt from their parents and the parents get locked up. It's time to let the kids learn even If it's the hard way we can't baby them were here to teach them to be responsible. Ask any elder in their 70's or 80's their way of life was way stricter and they came out with respect they have stories to tell of the shit they did wrong an learned.
tonia wicks child mortality rates were a lot higher then too. I respect your opinion but letting a child for example electrocute themselves or spill boiling water on themselves isn't the surefire way to build character - feel like letting them have adventures in the fields or whatever is a better method
