Safety & Baby Gates: Myself
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Safety Gate for Narrow Doorway
Asked by A.B. from Los Angeles
on January 4, 2008
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Hi. Does anyone know of a safety gate for a narrow doorway? Our bathroom doorway is 24" and I can't find a good gate that narrow. Thanks for the help!!!!!
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- A., I don't know where you live but Safer Baby on Ventura in Studio City is a great place to look.... They've got a lot of them all set up so you can see how they w...
- Get a retractable gate... They are a bit more pricey than normal ones, but you adjust how big or small the opening is.
- Hi A., I would check out Target...the safety first plastic gates. I got one from them and it fit in my bathroom door. It's one of the ones that you push down from ...
Safety Gate for Stairs - Help??
Asked by A.A. from Chicago
on July 1, 2009
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Hello all,
I am looking for a safety gate for the top of a stairwell. One side will need to be mounted to the wall the other side mounted to a "metal" round rail/ban...
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- There is a curved one that is like a plastic sheet instead of bars that you can get at Babies R Us-It is 65 bucks or so. One side can mount to wall and other can be m...
- One Step Ahead has great gates and kits for the banister side. CHeck that out first.
- We have the Safety First metal gate from babies r us but my husband had to mess around with it to mount it to our metal banister on both sides. He was able to do it, ...
Baby Gate
Asked by B.B. from Atlanta
on July 19, 2010
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Hi; I am looking for a Baby Gate for the top of the stairs that has no walls -- there are only iron ballisters!
There are two decorative posts, however, they are cur...
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- We got a gate that has a door on it that latches. That might work for you. Here is one that is simular. http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2632196...
- Hi B., Who cares about attractiveness when it comes to the safety of children? Do what is necessary. I'd attach a gate with chains and a padlock to be sure it isn...
- We just love our Retract-a-Gates and use them on all of our stairs. You may have to use the wood pieces on the install like we did, which is not the most attractive bu...
Baby Gate
Asked by K.C. from Kansas City
on June 14, 2007
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I need a baby gate for the top of my stairs! I need one that is sturdy but can open or remove easily. I spent 5 hours in the E.R tonight after my son got thru our othe...
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- K.- It's a little pricey but at babies r us. they have a gate you can screw itno the wall. we have three out our house at the top of oth sets of stairs and in my d...
- K., I was just getting ready to ask the same question. I need a baby gate for the top of our stairs, and as it needs to be sturdy, I also want to be able to open it to...
- We bought a baby gate from Babies-r-us that is metal, and attaches to the wall on one side and has an easy to work latch system on the other side. We bought it initia...
How to install a baby gate on the top of the stairs?
Asked by L.K. from Chicago
on August 12, 2007
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Does anyone know of a good gate for the top of the stairs? We can attach one side to the wall, but we have an issue with the other side. It needs to be attached to w...
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- check out the gates at one step ahead (onestepahead.com). they have a kit i think that will let you attach to iron? No need to drill your banister to install a saf...
- L.- You might consider putting the baby gate a few feet back away from the top of the stairs. If your little gets bigger and is ever able to push it or "flop" over...
- HI! we have a similar situation and bought the metal swing gate that attaches to the wall. On the other side where your wrought iron is we attached a piece of wood t...
Need a Safety Gate
Asked by E.V. from Huntsville
on February 5, 2011
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So yesterday i found my 11 month old daughter climbing the wooden stairs! She had made it to the 7th stair before i found her. I was in complete shock that she had not...
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- I would use the type that screws into the wall b/c they are much more stable and the rubber/tension ones mess up your walls too. I'm not sure where you live but I w...
- We have really wide step openings so I had the ones that screwed in...we put it into our wooden banister. My child's safety was more important than our banister. And...
- At the bottom of the stairs we had an Evenflo Soft Gate that was adjustable on the top and bottom to fit securely on our banisters. Not sure if that is how your stairs...
Fireplace Safety Gate
Asked by L.B. from Phoenix
on September 20, 2008
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I have an 8 month old and a fireplace with a flagstone hearth. My son is all over the place and I need to find something to shield him from the edges of the hearth (t...
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- I didn't use it for a fireplace, but the Kidco Configure Gate is awesome. You can buy as many extensions as you need to gate off the whole thing. You will love this ...
- We were able to block off the entrie room, that had a fireplace, with gates.
- go to onestepahead.com they have a ton of different styles of safety stuff.
Childproofing Our Home, and Need Top of Stair Safety Gate Recommendations
Asked by A.C. from San Francisco
on April 20, 2009
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I have a 5.5 month old little boy who is getting ready to start crawling, and I need to Childproof our home ASAP! Has anyone used a safety gate for the top of your st...
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- I am not sure of the brand, but we have one that actually bolts to the wall and opens and closes. It has worked great for us.
- Dear A., We had wonderful safety gates for the stairs and for around our wood burning stove. I can't remember the brand. I'm sure you will get great advice, but Googl...
- Make sure the gate is one that has a frame that fastens to the wall and then the gate locks into the frame rather than a gate held up just by pressure. I daughter fell...
Baby Gate for Stairs...
Asked by M.S. from Seattle
on January 6, 2010
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Hi All! It is time for us to invest in a baby gate for the top of our stairs... any suggestions on ones you like? I was originally thinking a hands free one but than...
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- We have a Graco with wood slats, extra high. Works great for us.
- i can't recommend a particular brand however my neighbor used zip ties to attach his gate to the wooden railings so he wouldn't have to make holes in it. it's really ...
- I bought a Kidco G20 metal/hardware mounted safety gate for the top of our stairs off of Craigs List. It works wonderfully! Very easy to open for the parents, very stu...
Baby Gate for Top of Stairs???
Asked by K.J. from Minneapolis
on April 10, 2007
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I need to get a baby gate for the top of my stairs for our split level home. We have a 9.5 month old son who is just finding the stairs. I got 2 for gifts at showers...
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- We use a screw-mounted one from Kid Co and are very pleased with it! For the safety of your son, please get a screw-mounted gate for the top of the stairs (and not RE...
- K., I have a son also about 9 mo of age. I also live in a split level house. I was talking to my husband about wanting to get a gate because I knew that our son wou...
- We've had lots of luck with the Kidco gates. The one at the top of our stairs is their "swingway." It has options to expand the gate and models that work for angle ...
