How to make your house safe on a budget
Posted in: Parenting
By the time our son was one year old I couldn’t believe how much money we’d spent on things which he’d grown out of or were bad purchases.
You’ve really got to think hard and try and imagine what the situation will be in a few years.
You can spend money buying catches for all of your drawers or if you can buy handles which are U shaped, simply put a thin piece of wood through all of the handles.
Spend time mounting items like phones on the wall, that way you can keep cables out of the way.
Buy stair gates which you can fasten to the wall / banister, make sure they close easily when you’ve gone through them.
We bought a travel cot so our son could play in it, but he hated it.
So always try things, don’t buy things from catalogues.
Unless you buy an expensive play pen, don’t bother, your child will soon be able to climb out of it, instead try and make one room in your house extra safe.
Put your child in his high chair if you need to answer the door or need the bathroom.
Finally, buy a cot which will convert into a bed when your child gets older.









