How to Keep Your Toddler Out of the Fireplace

Having a toddler or toddler twins for that matter, can be fun and challenging. When your infant becomes a toddler, be aware that if something is not bolted down, locked up or put away, curious little hands will get in or destroy your once non-baby home.If you have a fireplace, this is something that must be locked up. Allowing your toddler or toddlers to open the door to your fireplace will be a mistake. Learn how you can protect your toddler from getting into your fireplace.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Fireplace, Baby-Proof Latch

How to Keep Toddler Out of the Fireplace

1. Go to grocery store or mass retailer. Once at your grocery store or mass retailer, go down the baby aisle and look for baby proof products. Search for a baby-proof latch.
2. Once home, open the baby-proof latch package, remove one of the locks and push each side of the lock in with both fingers until each side is out. Just like this photo.
3. Walk over to fireplace. With lock open, place each open piece inside fireplace door handles. Now, insert each open piece of lock into holes on each side of lock and hear the lock snap together.
4. Finally, this will keep your toddler or toddlers from opening the fireplace doors and handling the ashes from a previous fire.This is easy to do and saves from telling your toddler, "No", all the time.

Tips & Warnings

• As soon as your baby begins to walk, baby proof your home, especially the fireplace.
• Keep lock on fireplace all the time, even when not in use.