Babies vs. knives

Hengelo_77

Hengelo_77

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When I got a knife ready (and sharp) before I displayed it proudly on the living room mantel piece.
But we now have a 7 months old who likes to grab and put in her mouth anything she can get her hands on.

How do you guys deal with this problem?
(she isn't walking yet, but I like to have something organised before she does)
 
Child-proof your home....If you want to show
knives, use a lockable showcase.
 
My son reached over his head onto the kitchen counter and cut his hand on one of my knives.... I was horrified. You can display and keep knives in the house with kids. When they are old enough to understand, show them your knives and the potential danger they pose. Knives are tools and should be respected, not feared. When I take an edge down to sharp I dull it up on my scotchbrite wheel. This has proven to be a great safety step for the kids AND me. I don't put the final edge on until the sheath is made. Just a few minutes on a stone or belt and it's ready to go.
 
I have an 11 month old... my sharp stuff doesn't stay in the same room he is in. If I work on something in the house, it goes into the kitchen afterwards. I still have to keep an eye on him but I sit by my stuff just in case he gets close to any clamps.
 
We had to get cabinet locks. My daughter was an explorer, and would get into everything. You can't have anything lying out in the open.

I remember when we were kids, we would practically climb up a wall to get at the cookie jar on top of a high chest. :
 
Hengelo_77 said:
When I got a knife ready (and sharp) before I displayed it proudly on the living room mantel piece.
But we now have a 7 months old who likes to grab and put in her mouth anything she can get her hands on.

How do you guys deal with this problem?
(she isn't walking yet, but I like to have something organised before she does)
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I am sorry but if we have to answer this question maybe you shouldn't have had kids! WOW!
 
My Kids have been around sharp knives and loaded guns all of their life. Todate none of them have cut or shot anything that they shouldn't have. I took the time to show them about knives and guns from the time they could crawl around. at first it was just a sharp no and if they didn't listen a swat on the butt. later I would show them how sharp the knifes where and the damage being shot caused.
 
Bill's got it right. Teach'em while they are young. Our kids learned very early on what things they could play with and what was off limits. My wife and I spent a lot of time just following them around the house and taught them pretty much like Bill did. One of the benefits was that when we took them to friend's places or out and about, if we told them not to touch something they listened.

We also had a dog. One of the commands we taught the dog was "heel". A little tap of my hand on my leg or a quiet snaps of the fingers and the dog would be there. Why am I telling you abut the dog? My kids thought that this was normal behavior. So they would heel too. This was very useful when going through a parking lot. A few snaps of the fingers, they would magically be at my side and I would hold their hand and off we'd go. Also worked when they would wander of a little while shopping too.

Don't worry, I didn't let them eat out of doggie bowls and they didn't pee on telephone poles and fire hydrants.

Have fun with your little gal!

Ric
 
I’ll second that.:thumbup: Now I understand that one needs to watch and protect a 7 month old but as soon as they can be taught, teach them, make them bored to tears at the sight of a knife. I took the same approach as Bill and as soon as they could comprehend I exposed my kids to, and educated them about, firearms and knives. As soon as my boys were old enough I trained them how to clear each of my firearms, magazine removed, locked open with empty chamber, while never calling the weapon “unloaded” as they understand there is no such thing. Also since they were old enough to understand I have handed them a newly finished knife and asked for their input on it.

Due to this the only kids I need to worry about with my knives being around the house are other people’s kids visiting. My wife wanted to get locks for everything, and I explained to her that locks can fail, or not be in place, just once and disaster can still happen but a proper education is always and forever.

For what it is worth, I also took this same approach with alcohol and today my boys, the oldest is graduating , show no interest drinking. They grew up seeing it no differently than tea or soda to be enjoyed with dinner and I taught them that if they ever drink it specifically to get stupid they need to put it down and fix what is really wrong with their life.
 
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