In a bedroom, the jobs are the window, the drawers and the furniture corners. A window restrictor stops the window at a gap you choose, so the room gets air but the window opens no further, and it sticks to the frame with no drilling.
Magnetic locks fit inside drawers and cupboards, out of sight, and open only when you hold the key over them, and the safety straps take any drawer or door a hidden lock can't line up with. Clear corner protectors soften bedside tables and chests at head height, and a door handle lock keeps a toddler out of rooms you'd rather they didn't wander into.
The straps keep drawers and doors shut, but they aren't wall anchors: for a chest of drawers, bookcase or wardrobe a child could pull over, use an anti-tip kit fixed to the wall. Tie blind and curtain cords up high, out of reach, as looped cords are a strangulation risk.
Questions, answered.
What does a toddler's bedroom need?
Start with the window: a restrictor on any window a child could reach, and furniture they could climb kept away from it. Then the drawers, with hidden magnetic locks or straps, corner protectors on anything at head height, and an anti-tip kit fixed to the wall for tall furniture, which our straps aren't made for.
How far should the window open?
Only as far as you set it. Choose the smallest gap that still gives you the air you want; for child safety in the UK, the usual guide is less than 100mm. Make sure every adult in the house knows how to release it, because a window can be a way out in a fire.
Will any of it damage my walls or furniture?
Nothing here needs drilling. The straps, corner protectors and door handle lock are made to come away without lasting damage on modern finishes, the magnetic locks leave no holes to fill, and the gate is held in place by pressure.
Can I put the baby gate across a bedroom door?
Yes, it's made for doorways as well as the bottom of the stairs, and pressure-fits openings from 76cm to 83cm wide. Measure at the height it'll sit before you order.
When should I childproof a bedroom?
Before your baby starts crawling, so everything's fitted and the adhesive has had its 24 hours before you need it. Corner protectors matter once they're pulling up and cruising, and the window and anything they could climb matter most once they're on their feet.
