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I wonder if any of those companies that make baby-proofing supplies employ any 2 and 3 year old consultants on their quality control staffs, because they should. Most tots I know can bust in, click open, or scoot over many of those clever little gadgets that are supposed to keep children out, in, or away.
It took me about two hours to install what seemed like 25,000 white plastic cabinet locks in my kitchen ... and about 15 minutes for my son to crack the code: pull down over the little notch, swing open. Unfortunately, if they made them more difficult for toddlers, the parents wouldn't be able to open them, either.
ElijahsMommy58 highlighted the recent baby-proofing achievement of her 2 year old recently in the CafeMom Newcomer's Club. She bought one of those little doo-dads you use to lock the fridge. "What does he do? He just rips the darn thing off and opens the door."
Here's what some of the other little smarty-pants around here have done:
-- "I put child locks on the cabinets but my daughter's arms are so freaking tiny she just opens it as far as she can (about an inch and a half maybe), sticks her arm in, and grabs away!
-- "I went out and bought a couple of swinging gates. I took the time to put those suckers up and it wasn't a week that my figured out how to open them. Then I bought those things that go over the door knobs to keep him from opening the doors. I have had grownups come into my house and unable to open the doors. My two year old can come up right behind them and open it for them."
Have your little masterminds thwarted your baby-proofing efforts lately? Tell!
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We didn't do much babyproofing (other then gates on the stairs and into the kitchen, a lock on the cabinet under the sink and closed the bathroom door) but we tried the door knob covers when my son started coming out of his room at 3am to watch TV before he even turned 2. It took him about 6 weeks to figure out how to pry the thing off his door knob. He climbed over the gates.
Both my kids figured out pretty quickly that if you yank the kitchen cabinets a couple times, the lock will pop out of place and they can get in there. I gave up and just encourage them to empty the one with the towels in it.
I also tried the things that are supposed to keep them out of the fridge, which my son promptly ripped off when he gave the door a good yank! And as for the doorknob covers, they work for my 2 year old but my 4 year knows how to pull them apart also and we have found them in pieces on the floor!
My DD's playmate is a 2 year old boy with a 55 year old engineer's mind and a 2 year old's stamina. He can dismantle a screen door hinge, set off the house alarm, climb ontop of the fridge, undo the outlet safety covers and cabinet locks, and just recently deprogrammed their direct tv( I have no idea how)and refurbished the stereo by dislodging the knobs and buttons. His Mom wonders why I don't offer to babysit anymore.
Child proofing in my house is out of reach is what is 'safe' not what ever gadget I have put up there.
There is a cuboard above my sink that I have labled me 'Cupboard of Death'. It contains all of my toxins (cleaning detergents *even dishsoap* and insecticeds, etc.) there is just literally NO WAY for DS to reach there, even if he were to climb, stack or jump. Way more trust worthy then a flimsy piece of plastic.
The thing is...if WE can take it off...they sure as heck are going to figure a way out to do it.
When we bought our house, I was pregnant and I counted the number of outlets in the living room/dining room. It was a staggering 8! I envisioned my little one sticking something in one of them (how could we keep track of that many??) so we installed outlet covers where you have to twist as you put the plug in because I had read that those plastic thingies you stick in th eoutlet are a choking hazard. Well, my baby is almost 3 now and he can plug things in with no problem whatsoever. Sigh...