Lessons learned on baby proofing the outlets

I’m cheap by nature and when we were shopping for outlet covers there didn’t seem to be any difference.  As with all things baby and parenting we’ve discovered better options than what we first tried.

As this is our first child we didn’t know how naturally attracted children are to electrical outlets.  Granted ours have the classic 90s gold covering, so maybe our child is just going up closer to get a look at his baby mug.  Never use gold appliances in plumbing or with your outlet covers.  We ran into this problem when we had to switch out a shower head as there, thankfully aren’t many options for people with gold plumbing.  Sometimes I feel like we live in the home of a pseudo successful suburban rapper, but then I see photos of homes from the late 80s and early 90s and realize that it was the norm.

These are the first ones that we purchased.  They do the basics, cover the outlet and were simple for mom and me to take off; however, they’re also really easy for Baby Mojo to take off.  By the time he was 11 months old he was able to take them  off of the electrical outlets at a moments’ notice.

If you’re frugal by nature these outlet covers are a good price.  We purchased these after realizing that there are differences in outlet covers.  Baby Mojo can still pry these off with his little fingers.  Thankfully, it does take him more time and it’s not like we have metal forks or knives littering our floor that he can jam in there. 

If you’re not frugal, or even cheap then they’ve got dozens of styles that are leaps and bounds more convenient than this last style.  Put the sliding cover ones on your baby registry, see what you actually get, and then fill in the remainders with the last style that we purchased.

Witness the evil that is gold plumbing.  See, I told you our house kind of reminds you of a washed up suburban rapper.  Either that or a decorating challenged James Bond villain.