Cords!

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Go to www.onestepahead.com & check out their 'indoor safety' stuff. The have an outlet cover & cord shortener (about $9). We used these & they were awesome! Yes you baby can still get to the cord, but can not pull it out of the wall.
God bless!

There are a couple things out there specifically for cords. A cheap way to cover cords is buy a flexible hose, like for a washer, and run the cords through. Then at least they will be covered. Just as a warning, do not tie the cords tight, and do not loop them in small loops. My bro is an electrician and I got yelled at for having some cords too tight and looped too small. Any power cords should be looped large and loose or they can be a fire hazard.

I would suggest either painters tape the cords to the wall, or just teach him over and over not to touch them. Of course you actually have to let him get to them and then do the NO+unhappyface+timeout in the crib a few times for that to sink in this young.

I had (and still have) the same problem with my 10-month-old. Why is it that to them the most fun things to play with are things that we don't want them to? We have a bunch of cords on both sides of our television from all the cables and what not. On one side we moved one of our big speakers to cover them. Then on the other I placed his toy basket on top of and in front of so he can't get to them (& he doesn't even know they are there anymore because he just plays with the toys). We also have a fan in our front room beause we don't have AC and it is plugged in behind the recliner by our front window. Unfortunately our son likes to scoot around the recliner and go back in the corner. I didn't know what else to do for that cord so I just hang it up onto the top of the recliner. He just scoots right under. Not very practical but I had to do something!! lol Now if only I could figure out what to do with my open entertainment center to stop him from getting into our games and equipment without getting a new entertainment center (no money for that!!) ... in the meantime, I bought him a tunnel and put it in front of the entertainment center and he is so busy scooting in and out of the tunnel he doesn't even think about the entertainment center anymore. Out of sight, out of mind. ;-) Good luck!

You can get things at the store like Walmart/Target/Lowes to "wrap them up/conceal them". I have a friend who tries to decorate "over" them, putting plants in front of them (be careful if the plants are real that they aren't poisoness), pillows, furniture, etc.

I use a "hook" from the hardware store/boat stores---it has two sides and screws into the wall/window frame comfortably--this allows me to wrap the cords around it and keep them up off the area where any child/animal can reach it. I usually get a bigger size than the cord as this gives me the comfort to know it will not fall off. It hooks on backwards so this also protects the cord when in place. Just wrap and tuck...

LOL all I can offer is a funny short story with our son. When he was about that age he had a huge thing for cords, we finally gave him the cord that detaches from our baby minder (we didn't use it) and he carried (crawled) with it for a while until he got over the "love of cords" for about two months all of the pictures we have of him has either the cord in his hand or a very close distance from him...lol. Seriously this was our "fix" for the problem. Kept him away from the cords plugged into the wall.

i know you already posted a what happened, but this is what came to my mind. In offices they have something that goes over the cords that would have to go across the office or something. I would suggest something like that so you dont have to worry about the tacky stuff left over from tape. Its like plastic that protects the cords from being ran over with the chair or walked on in a heavy traffic area. good luck!

Start baby/safety proofing lots of things in your house!
Babies do.not.have.any.impulse.control

And get baby gates too... or a play yard for in/outside the house in case you have to step away for a moment, to keep him safe.

Also put fragile things/chemicals/vitamins/all dangerous things away. High up. In a cabinet/cupboard.

Even a lone step stool can be dangerous, if it flips over with them on it.

Get a superyard and fence the area in where the cords are - if u can. This'll allow him to explore w/out having access to other items. Works great for sectioning off electronics too!

Teach him to leave them along, it worked for my kids and also works later on when they are told to leave things along. If you need help knowing how to do that email me, I can tell you.