Common Household Products That Should Be Kept Out of Children’s Reach

At Baby Proofing Montgomery, we are all about educating parents and creating awareness about things that should be taken into consideration when children are present in the household. There are many things that people do not think about that can be considered a hazard for little ones. Presented in this post is a list of products and items to be mindful of. Whether you store them up high and out of reach, locked up, or completely remove them from your home is up to you.

• Acids

• Adhesives

• Aerosol cans

• Aftershave

• Air fresheners

• Alcoholic beverages

• Ammonia

• Antifreeze

• Antiseptic salves and ointments

• Arts & craft supplies

• Automatic dishwasher detergent

• Automotive products (including waxes & engine fluids)

• Bathtub & tile cleaners

• Batteries

• Birth control pills

• Bleach

• Boric acid

• Bubble bath, bath oils & bath salts

• Charcoal fire starter

• Cigarettes & cigars

• Cleaning solution

• Cleaners

• Cologne & perfume

• Cooking wine

• Cosmetics

• Denture cleaner

• Detergent

• Disinfectant

• Drain cleaner

• Dry-cleaning fluid

• Dye

• Epsom salts

• Fabric softener

• Face cream

• Felt-tip markers

• Fertilizers

• Fire salts

• Flaking or peeling paint

• Flavoring extracts

• Flea powder

• Furniture polish

• Gasoline

• Grease remover

• Hair tonics

• Ink

• Insulation

• Kerosene

• Lawn treated with chemicals

• Laxatives

• Lead pencils

• Lighter fluids

• Lime and quicklime

• Liniment

• Lye

• Matches

• Meat tenderizer

• Medicine

• Metal cleaners

• Mothballs, flakes & sprays

• Camphor

• Mouthwash

• Nail polish & remover

• Ointments & wipes

• Oven cleaner

• Over the counter medicines, aspirin

• Paint stripper

• Paint thinner

• Paint, stains & varnishes

• Pens

• Permanent-wave preparations

• Peroxide

• Pesticides & herbicides

• Pet food

• Pet medicine & vitamins

• Petroleum products

• Plant seeds and bulbs

• Powders, including baby, face or body

• Plant food & fertilizers

• Prescription medicines

• Prewash treatments

• Rust removers

• Razors & blades

• Rug cleaners

• Seasoning salts

• Shaving cream

• Scouring powder

• Shampoos & hair rinse

• Shoe polish

• Skin lotions

• Stain remover

• Suntan lotion & oil

• Soap & soap powders

• Sulfuric acid (for car batteries)

• Swimming pool chemicals

• Tobacco

• Toilet bluer

• Toilet cleaner

• Turpentine

• Toothpicks

• Typewriter correction fluid

• Vinegar

• Vitamins & minerals (especially iron)

• Wart remover

• Water softener salt

• Weed killer

• Window cleaner

• Wood preservatives

Have a question? Need advice on how to store something safely?

We’re happy to help. Call us 301-984-9323 or drop us a line info@babyproofingmontgomery.com.