Christmas tree baby protector

We always put ours on a coffee table that is in a corner protected by 2 sofas at right angles. Seems to work.

You could stand it in a playpen!!

Sofa across the corner would seem essential to me. Or you could stack so many presents around it she'd have lots to occupy her before she got to the tree!

What Maw said

When ours were tiny, we fenced the Christmas tree off behind an extendable nursery fireguard.

Thank you everyone! I'm afraid the sofa is not an option [brilliant idea tho] and I think I'll investigate the fireguard plan. We have a couple of clippasafe ones in use already. Or else her engineer dad can sort something out!

I look after two of my grandchildren, and I decided not to move things unless they were dangerous. I always told them “no” firmly if they touched my plants or my ceramic pieces, and then distracted them, and it worked. (However, my granddaughter who lives a distance away and thus visits infrequently has never got the idea, and I’ve lost a couple of plants to her.) So, you could try just saying no!

DoraMarr,
I have only seen her for a couple of weeks since she was born, so I'm certainly not going to be the one to discipline her! It's really just a safety question - fast crawlers [or any mobile youngster] can 'escape' in a microsecond, even in the best ordered households.

Watch the needles.

If anything needs fencing off we use one of these
www.argos.co.uk/product/6253088

Yes, that’s true! I think the safety gates/ fireguard idea is a good one.

You can get playpen arrangements that open and work like fences. We had one to protect my harp.

Thank you, I think the argos one is the right sort of flexible design. How lovely to play the harp,Baggs! Luckily my piano is extremely tough and has withstood generations of use....

I am another for putting the tree in the middle of the play pen.