making a home safe for toddlers requires careful planning here are ideas that experts have suggested appliances should have child locks so that children can not turn them on drawers in the bathroom and kitchen should have special latches that make them impossible for children to open all medicine and kitchen cleaning products should be stored in locked boxes such as fishing tackle boxes tables or counters with sharp edges should be rounded or fitted with thick vinyl pads electrical outlets should be covered with a spring-like mechanism that snaps shut when the outlet is not in use and gates that are screwed into the wall should be installed at the bottom and top of all flights of stairs