Even though we think of our homes as our safe havens, the average home has a number of hazards that can prove dangerous for young children. Children learn through experience, by touching and seeing objects around them. As they’re still learning about the world, they are naturally curious about their surroundings. When they gain the ability to crawl or walk, they are able to fully unleash their curious side and get exploring! While this is great for their cognitive development, it also means that little fingers may get trapped in cupboards or placed into dangerous plug sockets! Even furniture can be a hazard, with sharp corners on coffee tables or sideboards giving clumsy toddlers nasty scratches – or a head injury if they fall against one of the corners.
As parents are naturally concerned about their little one’s safety and well-being, a selection of home safety items is a great range for a nursery store to stock. These inexpensive little items are great add-on items for larger pieces of equipment, such as baby safety gates or nursery furniture. Leading wholesaler, Baby Brands Direct stocks a fantastic range of home safety equipment from Safety 1st, a company with an excellent reputation amongst parents.
Baby Brands Direct stock Soft Corner Guards by Safety 1st, which mold easily to table corners to protect children from sharp edges that may cause scratches or bruises. This is an essential product in any home with active toddlers, as they are often unable to co-ordinate their movements while they’re still developing their mobility and object permanence skills. For those concerned about aesthetics, the clear gel blends in with the furniture, so they don’t stand out as an eye-sore. The shape of the product is rounded from all angles to cushion any impact with the corner. These soft corner guards come in packs of four, so can be used on all four corners of a piece of furniture – or on multiple items in the home.
Safety 1st also offer Socket Inserts for wall plug sockets. These socket covers from Safety 1st help keep kids safe by blocking the holes of a plug socket, ensuring that children cannot place their small fingers inside of them. This helps to prevent the risk of electrocution, which can, of course, prove fatal in extreme cases. Six inserts are included in one pack, so parents are provided with enough to cover socket holes around the home.
Safety 1st have created a range of sturdy door locks to keep children from opening cupboard doors, designed to fit different handle types. This helps to prevent children’s fingers getting hit or trapped by closing doors and also keeps them from accessing dangerous items, such as bleach and other cleaning equipment. The Safety 1st Secret Button Multi Use Lock features the first ever decoy button. Children will think that the decoy button opens the lock, but pushing on it has no effect. This multi-use lock is easily attached with an adhesive and is removable when the lock is no longer required. It’s perfect for fridge doors as it is designed as a one piece lock that folds over the door and the side.
The Safety 1st Secret Button Slide Lock is another lock that features the decoy button, but this one includes sliding parts that can easily fit through door handles to lock them into place, going over the front of the cabinet doors. The Safety 1st Secret Button Flex Lock features adjustable straps that allow for a customized fit for cabinet handles and can be used with either knobs or handle pulls. All Safety 1st locks are proven to be stronger against leading competitors in mechanical pull force tests – and have even been tested with real-life toddlers, who couldn’t break through the locks.
Check out our range of Safety 1st home safety accessories, available to buy wholesale at Baby Brands Direct. Register today to take advantage of our extensive inventory.