Soft rubber or foam padding that attaches to sharp furniture corners and edges. Coffee tables, countertops, and fireplace hearths are the most common spots. They're cheap, easy to stick on, and can save your toddler from a nasty gash when they inevitably run into things.
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Living rooms often have sharp coffee table corners, top-heavy bookshelves, TV tip-over risks, and electrical outlets at floor level. Use corner guards, anchor furniture, mount your TV, and cover outlets. Pay extra attention to anything a child could pull down from a shelf.
Steps taken to keep babies and toddlers from falling off furniture, down stairs, or out of windows. Baby gates at the top and bottom of stairs, window guards above the first floor, and never leaving a baby unattended on a changing table are the big ones.
A strip of padded material that covers the sharp edge of a table, counter, or hearth. Works like a corner guard but covers the entire edge rather than just the corners. They usually attach with adhesive tape and come in colors to match your furniture.