How to make your home child-friendly and safe?

If you have happy kids playing everywhere, you are probably constantly trying to set boundaries, keep an eye on your kids and prevent accidents. This probably causes sleepless nights, but it doesn't have to be that way!

A well-prepared home also counts for two and protects your children. We have useful tips here to protect the little adventurers. With a little bit of ingenuity, you can make your home as safe and welcoming as possible, with as few drawbacks as possible.

1. Buy or make a baby door

If you have stairs in your home, it is practically mandatory to have a child door from the first day your children start exploring until the day they have mastered the stairs.

You can even customize this motif every time for different events, such as a birthday.

2. Buy plastic plugs for electrical outlets

You can buy ready-made caps and push them into a socket. This way all the dangerous parts are covered with minimal effort

3. Protect the edges of tables with soft edges or bumpers.

Many little ones run around the house randomly and that is of course extra dangerous with sharp edges at head height. Make sure that all sharp edges are covered. You can do this with extra thick, soft tablecloths with special adhesive bumpers.

4. Pay extra attention to glass tables

Glass tables are often part of the living room. Children like to crawl under them, bite them, climb on them and more mischief. The best solution is to temporarily remove the glass table; the other is to protect the table properly. You can buy a special rubber band to protect the edges of the table. This does little to detract from the looks of the table.

5. Secure the drawers with a spoon

They want to know what's inside or climb on it from an early age.

The solution is often very simple. With a large spoon you can clamp drawers. Children are not able to solve such a puzzle.

6. Apply safety strips.

If your child wants to learn to go up and down the stairs, it is nice to apply safety strips, for example linoleum. This makes a staircase less slippery and at the same time ensures that your child cannot get caught on anything

7. Avoid slipping hazards

He or she can easily slip. You can easily solve this with a rubber anti-slip layer under your favorite rugs. This allows you and your child to run around the house without fear of falling.

8. Place cleaning products on high shelves

And this should always be encouraged. However, not in the case of cleaning products. All those cheerful bottles, pretty patterns, often nice scents, are very inviting for your child and are preferably tested by tasting. To prevent this, place your cleaning and washing products on a high, stable shelf where they cannot reach.

9. Cable ties and cable trays

So tie them together and put them away in a nice cable duct. You can also use a cable tie or a tie-rip. This prevents children from pulling on cables, from the computer, the lamp, the food processor, and so on.

10. Keep cupboard doors closed

Put fragile or dangerous items in high cupboards that the child cannot reach. Alternatively, for lower cupboards, you can use clothes hangers or hair elastics to keep the cupboard closed.

11. Buy a crib with fall protection

At Solo Home you will find toddler beds and children's beds with fall protection. These are certified by Tüv for safety