When Amy was little I had a baby gate that closed off my shack/man cave 
so that she could not get in. simple but affective.
On 1/4/2015 4:37 PM, Colin McDonald wrote:
> insure that no wires dangle down to the level where he can grab on to them.
> Keep tabs on him to make sure he's not trying to climb up on the desk,
> though at 8 months old I doubt he'd get too far...the only way he could have
> knocked that power supply off is if he grabbed on to, or hung off dangling
> wires...keep those out of his reach and things will be peachy.
> It's like anything else in the house...baby proofing usually means a simple
> matter of keeping certain items out of vertical reach and insuring that
> there is no chair, stool or other item that can be climbed upon to reach
> that particular item you wish to keep out of reach lol.
> You have to think strategically otherwise they will find a way.
> Use tape or snap ties to secure wires if you can't help having them go to
> the floor etc...secure them to something solid as a strain relief if he does
> manage to grab on or hang on.
> Also, firmly engrain in his mind that playing around that area of the house
> is not acceptible...he's young yet to understand that, but keep reminding
> him that he's not supposed to play around the ham desk and he'll remember
> that forever...though of course, including him in the fun part of talking on
> the radio and enjoying the radio is very important.
> Thankfully he's little enough that you can nip this in the bud while you
> have time...if you wait until they are 2 or so it's a much harder job
> hahahaha.
> I've always had guitars and amps and music gear and radio equipment and
> computer equipment scattered all over my house...I showed the kids early on
> how to respect that stuff without being afraid of it or thinking they were
> negative items because they got in trouble for touching or moving them.
> It's more of an expectation of behavior rather than scolding each time they
> do something.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Torgerson
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 2:24 PM
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> Subject: Baby proofing ham shack
>
> Hi
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> Today my sonWho is only eight months oldmanaged to knock over a 10 pound
> pow=
> er supply. This makes me wonderhow does one baby proof a ham shack?
>
> Any ideas are appreciated.
>
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