American Safety Zone - Toddler Safety Products

Toddler Safety Products

So your baby has gone from crawling to walking. Now that he's toddling around, there are toddler safety products you'll need to know about.

Toddling their Way to Safety

Let's start with the obvious. When your baby learns to crawl, he might get curious about outlets or what's behind cabinet doors. You can get toddler safety products such as outlet covers to protect your child from electrical shock. As far as cabinets go, if you can't put cleaning supplies on a high shelf or store them away from your child's reach, there are also toddler safety products like cabinet and drawer locks to keep them out of those areas as well.

When he's walking, the most important toddler safety products are safety gates at the tops and bottoms of stairwells. You can buy pressure-mounted safety gates, but it's best to get the kind that you actually screw into the wall. Who cares if it leaves holes? They aren't anything a tube of nail hole filler and some paint can't fix later! And speaking of stairwells, sometimes the banisters above stairwells have just enough space between them for little heads to get stuck. You can buy clear acrylic "glass" to mount in front of the banisters to prevent this from happening.

Along for the Ride

Toddlers still need to ride in car seats. These are the most basic toddler safety products, but you should make sure that it's a convertible seat. Convertible seats are rear-facing seats until the child reaches 20 pounds. Then you can turn it around to face forward. The most important thing about these seats is that they are installed properly. If they aren't, they might not help in the event of an accident. To make sure your child's safety seat is installed properly, stop by a police station. They are more than happy to help.

Of course, there are far more safety products for toddlers than the ones mentioned on this page, but these are some of the most important. Some of the baby safety products you bought when they were smaller still apply can can still be used.