| Your child grows. And growing, he or she explores | | | | its worth to bring one of your outlets into the |
| the world around. This is a beautiful, natural | | | | store to test. These covers are cheap and easy |
| process. Your child learns through tasting, touching, | | | | to install. |
| climbing, pushing and pulling things. But you, as a | | | | - Outlets with slidable covers. This is a more |
| parent, know that there are safe things for your | | | | sophisticated solution, which requires replacing |
| child and not-so-safe things. This leads to a | | | | outlet faceplate. A spring automatically slides the |
| delicate problem - you need to keep your child | | | | coverplate when plug is removed from the outlet. |
| safe and not to spoil his/her learning experience. | | | | Aside to preventing a child from inserting items |
| Too much articles about childproofing concentrate | | | | into outlet, it also solves the problem when a child |
| only on keeping a child safe, ignoring the second | | | | removes the plug that is already in the outlet - an |
| part of the goal which is also very important. | | | | outlet is covered automatically. This is a more |
| This leads to complaints that children often | | | | expensive and harder to install solution than |
| outsmart most sophisticated childproofing | | | | pluggable covers. |
| solutions. I say that its unavoidable if you looking | | | | But remember, you goal is to guide child's |
| at childproofing as some kind of competition | | | | attention away - so try to cover outlets behind a |
| between you and your child. Humans, especially | | | | heavy furniture, in a places not easy to access, |
| little humans, are very inventive and love to solve | | | | so your child just won't notice them. I think |
| puzzles. Until the child knows what an outlet is, it | | | | you've got the idea. |
| will attract him/her. I think your task is not to | | | | Cords and wires pose another risk for your child - |
| compete, but to be on the same side with your | | | | he/she can chew them, or pull so something can |
| child. Encourage learning, help your child to grow. | | | | fall. So you need to keep all wires bundled, |
| Look at childproofing solutions as a temporary | | | | attached and possibly out-of-reach. Wires should |
| means, and teach your child about dangers as | | | | not run under the rugs. Also, don't leave or use |
| soon as he/she is able to understand. Until then | | | | any electric appliances where they can come in |
| you need to guide his/her attention away from | | | | contact with water. As a last line of defense |
| dangerous things and places. The goal of this | | | | against a potential electrical harm for your child, |
| article is to give you some ideas on one aspect of | | | | consider installing arc-fault breakers in the service |
| childproofing - ensuring that electrical outlets, wires | | | | panel if you're not already have them. |
| and appliances will be harmless for your child. | | | | Don't forger about childproofing while traveling |
| There are couple of ways you can make an | | | | with a child. Ask if the hotel can childproof your |
| electrical outlet safe by adding some kind of | | | | room when choosing where to stay. A small trick |
| cover on it: | | | | is to carry a roll of masking tape with you - it can |
| - Pluggable outlet covers. This is a cover that | | | | cover an outlet, or secure a cord in place. |
| inserts in an outlet like an ordinary plug and sits | | | | If you have no time, or just don't sure about |
| there, preventing a child from accessing outlet | | | | childproofing, there is a number of childproofing |
| holes and inserting different items into them. Child | | | | service offerings, so you can hire a specialists to |
| can still simply pull it out, so it is important to | | | | do it for you. |
| ensure that pluggable cover is hard enough to | | | | Do not forget to remind yourself that your goal is |
| remove by a child but not too hard for adult. | | | | also to help your child to learn about the world, |
| Unfortunately, I can't think any way to ensure it | | | | not only to keep him or her safe. Happy |
| than just by testing with your own outlets. Maybe | | | | childproofing! |