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Safety at home for babies and children

Bumps and bruises are a part of growing up – but home should be a place where children don’t suffer a serious injury. So to make their everyday life as safe as possible, a good starting point is to look at your home furnishing through a child’s eyes.

A dark grey GURLI cushion cover

More child and baby safety topics to explore

A smiling person with grey hair and beard uses both arms to hold above his head a smiling child, beneath a white ceiling.

Young children can easily lose balance as the head makes up a relatively large part of their body weight.

“Always stay one step ahead of your child.”
Herdís StorgaardChild Safety expert, Iceland
An octopus/yellow BLÅVINGAD soft toy
A blue whale and a yellow octopus BLÅVINGAD soft toy extend between a yellow low pile LANGSTED rug and a white cabinet.

IKEA soft toys have embroidered eyes, which can’t be pulled off and potentially choked on.

How IKEA develops safe products

Safety is key in the development of IKEA products, to make sure that they can withstand the demands of everyday life at home.

See more on product safety