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 child in blue jeans, a stripey top and a pirate hat plays with a wooden RÖRT spoon and a saucepan lid in a mock swordfight.

With a green/white GUBBRÖRA spatula, a child in a MARIATHERES apron eats chocolate cake batter from a green mixing bowl.

A baby in a pink LEN sleep bag on a pink LEN fitted sheet is asleep in a white GULLIVER cot.

A young child sat in a white LÄTTSAM baby bath is laughing as an adult’s hand squeezes water from a green sponge.

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

Did you know

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.

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.

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Always stay one step ahead of your child.

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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.

Did you know

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

An ongoing commitment to product safety

A person in a blue denim shirt writes in a notebook as another person holds out a black/bamboo TVÄRHAND table lamp.

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

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.

See all IKEA product recalls