Kitchen countertops and cabinet corners or handles are sometimes designed to be pleasing to the eye and look very cool, but the treasure accidentally enters the kitchen, this design is easy to hurt or scratch the treasure’s skin.
Safety hazards in the kitchen
Some inconspicuous corners in the kitchen may bring hidden dangers to the baby’s peace, and the following are common hidden dangers that I hope parents will pay attention to.
1. Get into the habit of drinking hot water from a travel mug with a lid. Because the lid of the travel mug is sealed and insulated, it will not spill hot water due to tilting. Use sturdy table MATS instead of tablecloths. Your baby usually likes to pull the corners of the tablecloths. The instruments on the table can hurt or burn your baby.
2. Do not place instruments such as warm POTS and teapots around the edge of the table.
3, the stove is an unusually dangerous place, the baby will play and twist, pull and pull the gas switch, so that the family with a baby is best to choose a gas stove with a cover, the type that even its knob is covered. When cooking, do not put the long handle of the pot outward, but against the wall to prevent the baby from turning over and burning. The best defense is to basically keep your baby away from the stove.
3. Don’t use glass doors for cabinets. Keep drawer and cabinet doors securely locked.
4. When the ground is splashed with water or oil stains, it should be arranged in real time to avoid the baby or you with hot food slipping.
5, electric cooker, microwave oven and other electrical wires as far as possible do not drag on the ground or pull on the table, if it has to be as short as possible.
6, the garbage bag should be placed in a hidden place, the baby is always interested in this bag full of chaotic equipment. And like plastic bags are more to be abandoned, so as not to pick up the baby to play, cover the face to cause suffocation.
Kitchen decoration design is safe
1, countertop and cabinet design: the kitchen countertop and cabinet corners or handles are sometimes designed to be pleasing to the eye and look very cool, but the treasure accidentally enters the kitchen, this design is easy to hurt or scratch the skin of the treasure, so it is best to use the arc modified cabinets and handles. Cabinet only choose rail sliding door, do not use glass door, to prevent the baby to open the door is scratched by the glass.
2, the design of the kitchen door: In order to ensure that the internal opening of the kitchen door will not hit the people who are preparing meals because of sudden opening, burn the treasure, it is best to change to the sliding door.
3, the selection of external decorative materials: the kitchen is a wet place that is easy to collect water, therefore, such as the ground, operating countertops, walls, ceilings and other external decorative materials should be selected with excellent waterproof and water resistance. It is best to use materials that are not easy to pollute, easy to wash, moist-proof, heat-proof and durable materials, such as tiles, waterproof paint, PVC board, fireproof board, artificial marble, etc. are the most used safe materials in the kitchen. Fire is an indispensable energy source in the kitchen, so that the outside decoration used in the kitchen must have a fire prevention effect, especially the materials around the stove should pay more attention to its flame retardant performance. Otherwise, it is easy to cause fire.
Safe kitchen electricity
Disposal of built-in appliances:
In the disposal of built-in appliances, the edge should be reserved, so that once the electrical fault can be easily removed from the repair.
Refrigerator placement:
If the refrigerator is placed in the kitchen, it should not be close to the stove, on the one hand, it is easy to affect the temperature in the refrigerator, and it is also easy to lead to the refrigerator sticky water and leakage signs.
The power fuse cannot be replaced with copper wire:
Copper wire melting point is high, not easy to fuse, can not play the role of precious circuit, should choose appropriate fuse.
Kitchen lighting:
Kitchen lamps should use screw type, and install safety cover.
Wiring and power outlet laying:
You can design more power outlets in each corner of the kitchen to prevent wires from running horizontally, bringing some unwanted risk factors to the treasure. Do not lay wires next to washing basins, electric furnaces or other stoves, and install power leakage precious devices.
Use of mobile appliances:
Rice cookers, electric wok, induction cooker and other mobile electrical appliances, in addition to turning off the switch after use, should also unplug to prevent the switch failure. Electrical appliances can be damaged due to prolonged power supply, resulting in fire. The same ordinary family should not use the electric furnace under normal circumstances, if you want to use the electric furnace should have a special line. Household lighting circuit can not be connected to the electric furnace, because the electric heating wire of the electric furnace is easy to contact with the heater and directly or indirectly cause electric shock accidents.
Kitchen items are well furnished
Tableware placement:
Knives, forks, peelers and other powerful utensils should be kept out of your baby’s reach or locked away. Cups, plates, bowls and other cutlery should also be locked in the cabinet to prevent gems from breaking, hitting small feet, or being cut by debris.
Garbage storage:
The kitchen garbage is best stored in a controlled hiding place, so as not to bring harm to the health of the treasure. The plastic bags for buying vegetables should be sorted out in real time to prevent gems from playing in their hands and covering their faces to cause suffocation.
Storage of cleaning supplies:
The cleaning supplies used in the kitchen are more than control, these cleaners, lubricants, disinfectants, melting agents, etc., contain chlorine or ammonia, etc. Therefore, a deadly gas called ammonia will occur when the detergent containing ammonia and chlorine is thrown together, so that these cleaners must be placed in the location of the treasure can not be reached, when using the treasure to hold the rest of the room, wear gloves, masks, etc. Never use more than two cleaners together, and pay attention to ventilation.
Storage of other sundries:
Fire, lighters, etc. should be placed in a safe place to avoid gems. Do not hang flammable products, such as curtains, dried flowers, wooden spoons or ornaments, etc. next to the stove, so as not to cause fire. Large items such as POTS, vases, bowls and food disposers should not be placed on the top of the cabinet, which can be difficult and dangerous when moving them.
Make a safe kitchen for your baby
Keep cups and precious China in a locked cupboard or high enough that your baby can’t reach them.
Beware of the dangers of household cleaning products. Just choose the least toxic products and keep them in a safe place where your baby can’t see or reach them.
Lock knives and other powerful tools, such as the blades of an electric mixer, in a drawer. But if your child learns to open a safety lock, then you will have to store these dangerous items in other ways, either locking them up or putting all dangerous items out of reach of your baby. You can even put a safety door in the kitchen so the baby can’t get in. But if you do plan to do this, make sure you can still see what your baby is doing when you’re cooking in the kitchen, especially if you’re alone in the house.
Don’t leave cups, knives, and hot food and drinks near kitchen countertops and tables. Also be sure not to put MATS and tablecloths on the counter, as the baby may pull, and the equipment above will be dragged down onto him.
Another facility is to set aside at least one safe (away from the knife rack and oven) cupboard for the baby to open and study. With this cabinet, you will most likely find that he no longer wants to open the equipment in other cabinets unless you leave the door open. Fill the cabinet with safe and playful equipment, such as lightweight POTS, wooden spoons, tinfoil plates, and empty yogurt containers. Occasionally replace the content, give the baby a surprise.
When cooking on a gas stove, place the handle of the pot inward. The safety button allows the baby to open the oven and microwave without facilities, so that only when not in use, the safety button can be used to close the cabinet and dishwasher.
Keep a fire extinguisher in the most likely place to start a fire, such as the kitchen. However, only use your extinguisher to put out a fire if it is small and manageable. If there is a real fire, you must immediately take the children out of the house and call 119 fire number.
When the baby sits in the children’s dining chair, someone must watch, and every time he must tie a safety belt. If you don’t have a safety belt on your dining chair, be sure to buy one for your baby to put on the chair so that you can use it at any time.
When holding a hot drink in one hand, do not use the other hand to hold the baby. Do not pass drinks over your baby’s head to others, and do not drink hot drinks while feeding your baby. Keep hot drinks out of reach of children. The warm water bottle at home must also be placed out of reach of the baby.
A playpen is a useful way to keep your baby safe for a short period of time when you have something urgent to do that could pose a danger to your baby. If you let your baby stay inside but he doesn’t want to go too far away from you, put the playpen in a corner of the room so he can play safely next to you.
National kitchen parenting safety competition
China
Chinese kitchens are more smoky, blockaded, and mostly implement defensive tactics for children entering the kitchen, so they are in a passive state. May wish to investigate the safe state of parenting in the kitchen of various countries, and attack the defense!
Britain: Let the child into the kitchen
In the traditional British view, children are not appropriate in the kitchen, especially boys. But for the first time since 2006, old-fashioned Britons have been overwhelmed by a culinary craze that has brought children into the kitchen. The trigger was a boy named Sam, who was the first to cook at the age of 8, and at the age of 16, he wrote the book “Cooking Storm” and was praised by the British ruler Blair as an expert in letting children into the kitchen “, and later brought the children’s cooking craze to the United States.
Most British kitchens are adjacent to gardens and therefore have superior daylight.
Japan: Kitchen = Family place
Instead of restricting children’s access to the kitchen. It is better to turn the kitchen into a parent-child place for games, education and leisure. Children’s cooking “and kitchen parenting” programs and schools are popular, and mothers will explain to their children what dangerous things are in the kitchen and how to use kitchen utensils before cooking, and manufacturers will also produce relevant children’s kitchen utensils.
Japan is a country with less land and more people, and the first thing they think about in kitchen design is how to store more equipment in a narrow space, and make utensils more reasonable classification.
South Korea: Don’t ask the kids in the kitchen
South Korea accepts the “Wolf” parenting method, looking at children’s actions only from a distance and not asking, and will give guidance and assistance when faced with danger, which gives rise to the 4-year-old child to boil water in the kitchen is not fresh signs.
The kitchen is the most important place in the Korean family, and the first choice to buy a house is a thinking tool. It requires large space and can hold more instruments. It’s open in design, so you can talk to your family while cooking.
America: Guidance is the key
In the United States, there will be a table indicating which chores children of different ages can do, and then the family will give instructions, such as 3-4 years old children should be able to take dishes to the kitchen after dinner to wash.
The American kitchen is open, connected with the restaurant, with entertainment, leisure, meeting guests, things, learning and other effects, requiring large and spacious, bright, perfect facilities, from eating to washing are mechanical solutions. The countertop will accept the medium density fire board, but the socket and switch board are compared with the old style.
Germany: There’s nothing wrong with being careful
All the actions of the kitchen must pass harsh measurement, and even how to beat an egg and what to beat are accurately calculated. Meals, newspaper reading and parties are held in the kitchen.
It also attaches great importance to the development and exercise of the hidden space of the cabinet, as well as the load-bearing consideration of the cabinet and facilities.
