Child safety is exremely important from when they are babies and making sure they sleeping okay, through to stair gates etc. Plus, I know now from my experience with my children and another one about to start soon, that from about a year old and maybe even sooner they get very inquisitive and their little hands get into everything and anything. There is literally nothing the house that is within reach of them that is safe from their grasp. This includes plug sockets, of which I'm sure you have many in your house as I do.

We decided to buy our socket covers from Mothercare and we managed to get a pack for 2 of these for around £2 each at the time we bought them. They are invaluable to us and such a great product. They are very simple and are round white plastic discs that slot snugly into any pug socket you may have around the house. They can be pulled out by an adult but a child of that age can not get them off as they are very secure once on there.

So, essentially they plug into your socket in the same way a plug would. They are made of plastic too to avoid any electric shocks or anything like that if your child does switch on the electricity. Our house is full of these and you may think they are impractical as you have to keep taking them out to plug things in but you need to tolerate that as in my mind it's imperative you buy these to protect your child.

Above all they are cheap and work very effectively so I would highly recommend this product to anyone with inquisitive little children who are investigating everything in the house.