What do you use to keep your little ones away from the outlets in your house?
We use these, and we DON’T like them. The problem isn’t that they don’t work. They do. In fact, they work so well that it is a giant pain to get them out every time we need to use an outlet (typically when we are doing our vacuuming). Then when I take one out to temporarily use the outlet, I have to remember to put it back, or not absentmindedly set it down somewhere. You can probably guess that I have done that quite a few times, leaving outlets exposed and providing Darah with something that could be a choking hazard. It aggravates me on a weekly basis.
I’m totally thrilled to see that there is a better solution for those “high traffic” outlets in your home. Check out the Kid-E-Cover by Elicole.
These cover your entire outlet, and have a default setting of covering the outlet plugs. In order to expose the outlet, you need to slide back the little pull things on the side and insert your plug while still holding it. It is not hard to do (though it doesn’t slide without some effort!), but the fact that you have to continue pulling on the lever to get your plug in really does make it beyond the abilities of toddlers to figure out. I also LOVE LOVE LOVE that as soon as you take out your plug, the outlet is immediately covered again. There’s nothing to remember! Hooray!
The Kid-E-Cover is a bit more expensive than the plugs we are currently using, but they are leaps and bounds better in terms of their overall quality. While I couldn’t personally afford to cover every single outlet in my house with a Kid-E-Cover, I will most definitely be buying more of these for all those high traffic plugs in my house. They are completely and totally worth it! I also have these bookmarked as an awesome baby shower gift idea.
Buy it!: The Kid-E-Cover is availble at the Elicole website and is currently on sale for $15.00 for a package of 5. If you are looking for a quality babyproofing product, you cannot go wrong with this. I very strongly recommend it!
Win it!: One Stuff Parents Need reader will score a 5 pack of Kid-E-Covers! Sweet! The contest will run until March 11th at 11:59pm EST when a winner will be selected using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the winning notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open to residents of the United States. Limit one entrant per household, please.
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My answer: You already heard about my outlet plug nemesis. In our old hose we used a safety gate at the base of our stairs and it was quite effective!
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Disclosure: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.
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