Organizing Your Home
  • Home
  • About
    • Books
    • Resources
  • Contact
  • Services
    • Virtual Organizing Services
  • Articles
    • How to Create an Allergy Free Home with the Right Furniture
    • 7 Steps to Turn Your Home into a Shrine of Health and Wellness
  • Press
  • Blog
  • Get Organized
    • How to Properly Light Up Your Closet
    • How to Design a Dream Walk-in-Closet
    • The Hidden Health Risks of Filthy Carpets
    • How to Organize a Household Move
    • Menu Planning Made Easy
    • The Big Spring Clean Up
    • Bathroom >
      • Kids Bathrooms
      • How to Conceal Clutter in Your Bathroom
    • Kitchen >
      • Top Kitchen Storage Ideas
      • Open Floor Plan Ideas
      • Organizing Your Kitchen With Marie Kondo
  • Storage
    • How to Up Your Living Room Storage Game
    • How to Display Art in Your Home
  • Decor
    • 5 Tips to Enhance Your Home's Curb Appeal
    • How to Keep a Small Patio Organized
    • How to Introduce Vintage into Your Home
    • How to Decorate a Small Bedroom
    • How to Decorate a Small Bathroom
    • How to Design a Modern Living Room on a Budget
    • How to Find the Best Bedroom Color Scheme
    • Your Guide to Beautifully Organized Outdoors and Gardens
    • 8 Stylish and Functional Ideas for a Small Backyard
    • Smart and Stylish Tips for Small Bathrooms
    • Walls - A Blank Canvas for Endless Possibilities
    • Decor Recipes for a Charming Office
    • How to Best Stage Your Home for Sale

Ways to Make a Bathroom More Kid-Friendly


GUEST ARTICLE by Diana Smith, a full time mom of two beautiful girls who loves interior design and DIY projects.

Picture
Those with children are well aware there are many risks at home that could lead to a domestic accident. The bathroom, for example, is one of the most dangerous environments in your home. That said, the following are worth considering in order to create a safe environment for your child.

Avoid possible falls

Equip yourself to avoid slips and falls. Place a rubber mat in the bottom of the tub or shower and out of the bath to the toilet. Use a small stool so that the children can reach hand washing accessories smoothly. It must have an anti-slip pad on the base and the surface.
Picture
Have everything you need at hand

Organize the bathroom in order to have everything at hand - soap, bath gloves, towel, toiletries, etc. This ensures you to never lose contact with a very young child and voids the need to have anything more than a single tier step stool for an older child to use.

Avoid burns

Checking the temperature of the bath water (maximum 37 degrees), shower or running water tap must be a systematic reflex! Use a bath thermometer. Also your child's hair dryer should be handled with care (and used at a cool or medium setting). Holding it too close can burn delicate skin.

Attention to the ingestion of toxic products

Drugs, cosmetics and cleaning products are all potentially dangerous products that must remain out of reach of children to avoid any risk of ingestion that can cause poisoning or intoxication. Store all medicines and cleaning products in a higher closet, where it is dry and clean. Place the products such as bath soap, foaming bath oil, bath salts, shampoos, alcoholic products (cologne, perfume) and cosmetics out of reach of children.

Electricity and water do not mix

The bathroom is by definition full of water, so watch out for electrical shock and electrical outlets. Unplug electrical appliances after use and store them carefully in a higher closet. If possible, avoid electric heaters. They are sometimes the cause of electric shock from the presence of water on the floor.

Picture
Be careful with details

Place protective plastic or rubber in the corners of bathroom furniture to avoid possible injury. In addition, drawers and cupboards should have child safety locks. For children under the age of three, use a separate potty (for toilet training) or install a smaller toilet seat that is more size appropriate.

Make sure everything is secured

Other aspects that make the bathrooms safe for children are height appropriate accessories. It is important to constantly review the towel, soap and shower rods and make sure that they are tightly secured to the wall and thus promote not only comfortable spaces but safety.

Coatings

If you are just building the bathroom, you can avail yourself of a special coating for this environment. Be sure to ask bathroom renovators for help with this one, since redesigning a bathroom on your own can prove challenging. Anti-slip ceramic or porcelain coatings are good choices to prevent slipping.

Basically, it is essential to constantly monitor a young child in the bath even if you have a baby seat and/or a rubber mat. These accessories offer comfort and enhance safety but are not a substitute for a watchful eye. Young children do not know how to recover and exit the water in the event of slipping. Therefore, young children should never be left alone in the bath, and, similarly, on the changing table.



    WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK...

Submit

Organizing Your Home

Home
About
Books
Contact
Get Organized
Storage
Favorite Products
Further Resources
Follow Us on Twitter
Terms of Use
Disclaimer
FTC Statement
Privacy Policy
Amazon Affiliate
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • About
    • Books
    • Resources
  • Contact
  • Services
    • Virtual Organizing Services
  • Articles
    • How to Create an Allergy Free Home with the Right Furniture
    • 7 Steps to Turn Your Home into a Shrine of Health and Wellness
  • Press
  • Blog
  • Get Organized
    • How to Properly Light Up Your Closet
    • How to Design a Dream Walk-in-Closet
    • The Hidden Health Risks of Filthy Carpets
    • How to Organize a Household Move
    • Menu Planning Made Easy
    • The Big Spring Clean Up
    • Bathroom >
      • Kids Bathrooms
      • How to Conceal Clutter in Your Bathroom
    • Kitchen >
      • Top Kitchen Storage Ideas
      • Open Floor Plan Ideas
      • Organizing Your Kitchen With Marie Kondo
  • Storage
    • How to Up Your Living Room Storage Game
    • How to Display Art in Your Home
  • Decor
    • 5 Tips to Enhance Your Home's Curb Appeal
    • How to Keep a Small Patio Organized
    • How to Introduce Vintage into Your Home
    • How to Decorate a Small Bedroom
    • How to Decorate a Small Bathroom
    • How to Design a Modern Living Room on a Budget
    • How to Find the Best Bedroom Color Scheme
    • Your Guide to Beautifully Organized Outdoors and Gardens
    • 8 Stylish and Functional Ideas for a Small Backyard
    • Smart and Stylish Tips for Small Bathrooms
    • Walls - A Blank Canvas for Endless Possibilities
    • Decor Recipes for a Charming Office
    • How to Best Stage Your Home for Sale