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It's all over now, baby blue. Or is it not?

My son is 5 months and soon to be a toddler/stumbler/walker/grabber. I have q wall of CDs and LPs, as well as a Salamander cabinet full of pricey stuff that I would like to keep out of his reach. I am wondering if any of you have experience with child proofing your gear. I am especially curious about options to get the CDs off the wall - filing only the discs in space saving/child proof organizers and if so which are decent enough to protect my precious plastic? Or should I bite the bullet and digitize? i currently have vinyl in Boltz shelving which feels heavy enough to be OK with the baby but again, input is appreciated.
Cheers
Karim
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mt10425
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Trek on down to the nearest farm supply store and get some wire and a charger. Putting hot wire around "off limits" items is a great training tool!

Just kidding.

Common sense, paying attention to infant activities and the word "no" will work just fine. Keep your stuff out and continue to use it.
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marakanetz
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Your analogue rig will b safe as long as you don't use it and keep it child-proof. Your records are not in danger where they are.
Digitizing frequently listened vinyls is a good idea as well as having some media computer to store even your CDs there and play.
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swampwalker
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Congrats and enjoy every minute. Before you know it, they will be grown and moved out :-(

Until you get a chance to rip the CDs, Slappa and others have notebook type CD storage w zippers all around. They can store dozens in each binder and you can put those nasty jewel cases away in storage.

Enjoy the ride.
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jmcgrogan2
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Swampwalker is right, enjoy these moments, they go by quicker than you'll believe. Before you know it they will be....teenagers!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

My 3 boys are in their 20's now, and I never really made any changes. My wife stayed home with the children, and she did a very good job of teaching them to 'not touch' certain things. Maybe I was lucky, but my worst damage was a VCR that my middle son (always the problem child) inserted a PB&J sandwich into the slot. Not much of a horror story, good for some laughs nowadays (if anyone still knows what a VCR is).

You just need to teach 'boundries'.
tonywinsc
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Some of my best memories were holding my boys on my lap while they listened to music with me. Once the pre-teen years hit, our music tastes diverged. I just stayed away from tube power amps to avoid any hazards, but they knew and understood to not touch- something young visitors seemed to not understand at times.
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