Just recently your little child was born, and now he is actively exploring every corner of the apartment.

This is where it becomes necessary to think about the safety of the little explorer from unwanted objects and sharp corners, doors and drawers, to which the young know-it-all is attracted like a magnet.
Fortunately, the modern market is rich in all kinds of devices that can completely protect a child from possible injuries and dangers that await him in the house.
For parents, such gadgets will give more peace of mind and also help to get rid of extra work associated with putting things back into the cabinets that were destroyed by the baby.
As soon as the baby begins to stand on its feet or actively crawl around the house, parents have to think about the possible dangers that lurk within the walls of the apartment.
Cabinets and drawers with potentially dangerous items attract a small child, and the doors themselves can injure the baby by pinching his fingers.
To prevent a child from opening cabinets, there are child-proof locks for furniture that are resistant to children's hands.
Such locks are inexpensive, so purchasing them is quite worthwhile.
The type of lock directly depends on the nature of the furniture being locked and how it opens. After all, to protect a pull-out drawer from a little thief, a completely different device is needed than for a cabinet with doors.
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How to Protect Your Children from Dangerous Furniture
- Standard type locks are a fairly effective way to protect furniture, but their installation requires the installation of a device that requires sacrificing appearance.
- Modern security locks and fasteners do not leave traces, are attached quickly and securely, and any adult can install them. Opening and closing them is not difficult, but a child cannot do it.
- Special handles with built-in locks and blockers. To use them, simply put them in place of the old handles. And later they can be changed back. Such devices are good because you do not have to make separate holes in the furniture. At the same time, they are the most convenient in everyday life, do not require additional complex manipulations when opening and closing cabinets, do not risk being unhooked or lost during operation.
- Of course, if there is no possibility to buy special devices, people have to make do with improvised materials. Cabinet handles are tied together with ropes or rubber bands. Pull-out drawers are secured with tape or Velcro. In a cabinet with a sliding door, you can “wedge” the wheel, which helps it open and close. However, such methods cause a lot of inconveniences: the ropes have to be untied each time, the tape does not securely fix the doors, and it is difficult to wash it off the furniture. Over time, such methods begin to give in to children's hands and turn out to be useless. For especially active children, they are not a problem at all. Often, the parents of such a child have to move all the cabinets and chests of drawers in the house facing each other or against the wall. Imagine how problematic it is for adults to take anything from there.
Drawer Blockers
The most common and cheapest options are sold in the children's departments of stores. They are quite easy to use, made of plastic and attached to furniture with special Velcro.
It is quite easy to unstick them, they will not leave marks on the furniture. The mechanism is based on two elements. One element is attached to the edge of the drawer, and the other to the wall.
When closing, you need to click the lock, fastening both parts. To open, you need to press the latch from both sides at once.
Different models of fastening may have different types of opening: using a hidden button, hooks or a special key.
Handles with locks are more convenient and reliable to use, but they are more expensive and more difficult to install.
Protection for sliding wardrobes
Usually, the sliding door of sliding wardrobes is equipped with a large mirror from the floor, which attracts small children. They try to touch it, the door, and when opening, explore its contents.
At the same time, things from the lower shelves are constantly thrown out, and it becomes impossible to put equipment or potentially dangerous things. And the door threatens to pinch the little explorer's finger.
For a rolling door, you cannot use a blocker installed on classic doors, but you can use a multi-purpose latch or purchase a special lock for this type of furniture..
Multi-purpose latches consist of three parts connected by a special cable. One element is glued to the cabinet door. To close the device, you need to insert the protection into the part located on the body.
The device is opened using a hidden button. It does not need to be glued to the walls, as this lock is installed on the handle. The lock occurs automatically when the door is completely closed.
It is clear to every parent that child locks on furniture are not an unnecessary precaution, but a way to protect your child from real danger.
Their use will not only help protect the child from possible injuries, but will also free parents from constantly cleaning up things scattered around the room from the cabinets. Moreover, taking care of the safety of children today is not at all difficult and does not require a lot of money or effort for installation.
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