Bathrooms are an essential room in the house, and eager kids may enjoy splashing around in the tub or playing on the cool tile floors. Bathrooms serve a valuable purpose, and they can be pretty fun, too! However, bathrooms also bring some unexpected hazards if you’re not careful. If you’re wondering how to make the bathroom safer for children, we’ve got some helpful tips for you.
Prevent Slipping Hazards
Because kids like to splash around so much, wet floors can become a major slipping hazard. Whenever possible, you should check to make sure that the floors are dry. When putting down rugs in the bathroom, try to ensure that they have slip-resistant bottoms, which are not only safer but prevent your rugs from soaking up water and creating mold or mildew down the road.
Limit Electrical Dangers
Nearly all bathrooms have a GFCI outlet that shuts itself off if it detects that something is wrong, but limiting electrical shocks isn’t the same as fully preventing them. Try to keep any potential electrical devices like hair dryers or electric razors out of reach and install outlet covers so that nobody tries to stick their tiny wet fingers into the socket. If your kids do trip your GFCI socket, you’ll need to reset it before you can use it again. There are a few reasons why your GFCI outlet won’t reset, so if this happens, you may need to call an electrician to override it.
Lock Up Dangerous Items
The fact is that we keep a lot of items in the bathroom that may not be safe in curious young hands. One of the best ways to make the bathroom safer for children is to remove or lock up these items in an area where younger folks can’t get ahold of them. Items like pills, razor blades, toilet cleaners, and even certain personal care products should be out of sight and out of mind when it comes to kids. Certain shower products smell great, but you don’t want to comfort a suddenly crying child who learned the hard way that soap doesn’t taste as good as it smells.
