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Freedom to move only works in a safe space. Room-by-room checks, anchoring furniture, gates, cords, button batteries and magnets, and how to look up toy recalls. Start here: Babyproofing a Montessori Home: What to Do First, and What Can Wait
Written by Miri, a self-taught Montessori mom · 2 articles
Babyproofing a Montessori home starts with a short list of jobs before your baby crawls: anchor heavy furniture, gate the stairs, and lock up medicines and cleaners. Batteries, blind cords and water make the list too. Everything else can follow your child’s next move, and the table below sorts each job by stage, from crawling to climbing.
A babyproofing checklist works best room by room, at your toddler’s eye level. Start with the kitchen and bathroom, where medicines, cleaners, water and heat live, then move through the living room, the bedroom and the stairs. Each room below gets a short list: what to fix today, and what can wait for the weekend.
