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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.

Two children next to MINNEN extendable bed, one is sitting on a stool reading a book. In foreground EKORRE rocking-moose.

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.

IKEA products with children in mind

For more peace of mind when you live with children, the IKEA range includes a wide range of useful products.

Shop all baby and children's furniture
Shop all baby and children's furniture

Always stay one step ahead of your child.

Herdís Storgaard
Child Safety expert, Iceland

A bear/beige GREJSIMOJS soft toy in the childrens room

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

An ongoing commitment to product safety

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.

The full list of IKEA product recalls

Here, you can check if you have an IKEA product that has since been recalled – and, if so, what to do now.