What childproofing products call for a professional installer?
If you're on a budget and you like to do some of the work yourself when you're babyproofing your home, and then have a child safety professional do the more complicated, more important items, I would have a child safety professional install the baby gates, first and foremost. There are some homes that have railing on one side and wall on the other. How do you get that gate to attach to the wall and to the rail without messing up the rail? There are wonderful custom mount kits that child safety professionals will create right there on the spot in your home. You just want to make sure that gate stays put when you've got the baby pushing on that gate. You have to make sure that the gates you install are mounted into the wall. Many parents make the mistake of saying, "Well, I'm going to go ahead and do it myself," and they put a pressure gate at the stair top. Pressure gates move. They're only installed by pressure, and babies can get really strong, especially if you have twins, because that's double duty on that gate. Also having a child safety professional install window guards - same principle. Those falls can be fatal for your children, so you need to make sure that those are installed correctly. If you have any latches, some people can put them in easily, but some parents can spend hours trying to take care of this. Child safety professionals have six different types of locks and latches that can work for your home, and some of which are magnetic locks. They work very, very well if they're installed correctly.
