Baby Proofing your Bathroom

Once a child has discovered the bathroom that is when a bunch of problems begin.Your child has now seen the big bowl of water and the handle that you use to flush with. They are thinking how fun it would be to take an object, maybe a toy or your wallet or maybe your car keys and then flush them into oblivion. That would be a plumbing nightmare if something got stuck in the toilet. The drain is bad enough but the toilet is another ball game.

As you have child proofed your home, the bathroom is no exception. When they are crawling and walking with assistance closing the door will suffice but as they learn to walk, closing the door isn't enough. There are some things you can do. In places like Babies R Us or Wal-Mart, you can buy a toilet seat lock; it simply fits under the bottom of rim of the bowl and the lid. This way your child can't lift up the cover or anything else.

If you have cabinets under the sink use cabinet locks, these are great for keeping your child safe. Then there are drain covers so your child cannot get his finger or maybe their hair caught in the drain when they are in the bath. These drain covers would work with no water in the bath and they will prevent your child from putting his fingers in the drain anyway.

There are also medicine cabinet closers. These are so that your child cannot open the cabinet. They just clip to the sides of the medicine cabinet and the mirror to prevent your child from opening it. Keep outlet guards in any open socket, to prevent your child from getting electrocuted especially with water in the bathroom.

Make sure your bathtub has a non slip bath mat in your tub; this will work if your child gets into the tub even without water and will prevent your child from slipping. Make sure your drains and drain covers are on tightly. This way your child doesn't have the opportunity to put something in the drain.

Baby bathroom horrors can happen at any time, if you have a great baby proofing system you can avoid health hazards as well as plumbing problems as well. Children love to see something; they don't care what it is circle down the toilet and into the unknown.

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