Baby Safety & Childproofing

Babies start rolling, crawling and pulling themselves up sooner than most parents expect, and the house needs to be ready a step ahead of them. This category brings together the kit for childproofing a home: gates for stairs and doorways, guards for sharp corners, locks for cupboards and fridges, and reins for the walk to the shops.

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• Stair gates and door gates: pressure-fitted, screw-fitted and retractable gates, plus extensions for wide openings.
• Corner protectors and edge guards for tables, hearths, bed frames and worktops.
• Cupboard, drawer and fridge locks, plus furniture anchors that stop drawers and bookcases tipping.
• Kitchen and bathroom childproofing: hob guards, knob covers, toilet locks and bath kneelers.
• Toddler reins, harnesses and wrist links for busy pavements and days out.
• Ear defenders for babies and children for fireworks, festivals and loud events.
• Baby monitors, from no-WiFi video handsets to app cameras.

Where to start

Get down to your baby's height and go room by room: stairs, low cupboards, sharp corners, heavy furniture and anything hot. Stairs and the kitchen usually come first. The NHS baby safety advice and the Child Accident Prevention Trust both publish room-by-room checklists for UK homes.

Many listings come from international brands and give sizes in inches. One inch is 2.54 cm, so a gate listed as 29.5 to 40.5 inches fits openings of roughly 75 to 103 cm.

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