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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.

In a room with two SLÄKT extendable beds, a child lies with feet on the wall as another child leaps on to the same bed.
In a room with two SLÄKT extendable beds, a child lies with feet on the wall as another child leaps on to the same bed.

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.

BILLY bookcases full of books are on the wall behind a child in dark trousers and a striped top who swings a green soft toy.
“
Always stay one step ahead of your child.
”

Herdís StorgaardChild Safety expert, Iceland

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.