Window & Door Safety
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Door handles....knobs or Levers?
Asked by A.M. from Peoria
on April 4, 2011
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This is a silly question but we are in the process of building a home and my husband and I cant decide if we should get levers or knobs on the doors? Anyone have advi...
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- Depends on the age of your children...I agree that it is hard to childproof levers. We have knobs and they are really easy to childproof. My parents have levers and ...
- KNOBS! We have levers in our house and I have yet to find a childproofing device for the levers. Like Lisa said, the levers are super easy for a toddler to figure ...
- Years ago, I commented to my friend on how nice her door levers looked and she told me she HATED them! Her kids (both toddlers) could easily open the basement door an...
Childproofing Advice---required Items and Optional Items?
Asked by I.S. from Chicago
on May 16, 2007
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ah, we are about to take on the task of childproofing our home.
i had two services come out to the house and make a list of all the products they recommend we pur...
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- I also had a rectangular wooden coffee table with sharp corners and did use the padding for both my kids. When the youngest was 3 I finally took it off and that next ...
- I have three boys--one is almost 18 so I'm not going to include him in this comment. But take your daughter's personality into account. And how vigilant you tend to ...
- I have a 17 month explorer running all over the house and here is what we've had done. I'm sooo glad we did what we did. 1) Gates for stairs or anyplace in house we...
The Masked Cabinet Crawler!
Asked by M.P. from Raleigh
on May 30, 2008
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I live in an apartment and I'm pretty sure that I'm not allowed to install those childproof cabinet latches which require some drilling of the cabinets. (They were the...
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- Are there handles on the doors? Only thing I can think of is the thing that slides over the handles and holds them closed but that only works on the double doors.
- I know you can get the adhesive kind of cabinet locks. I was recently searching for one for my lazy susan, and it is adhesive, but I saw regular cabinet locks that ar...
- Depending on what type of doors and handles you have, I think they make some type of "slide" lock thing to childproof cabinets. It slides around the cabinet door handl...
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...
Help!
Asked by A.M. from Lafayette
on November 21, 2006
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Of all the childproofing products and requirements what is are the top three things you suggest I do.( the things that helped you the most?)
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- We bought a product from Home Depot called Tot Loc. It is a childproof way to lock cabinet doors, and it uses magnets. They were actually easier to install on the do...
- 1. plug covers - plus extra b/c they get lost. 2. cabinet locks. bWe use the ones that hook inside the cabinet that we can open easily. 3. put things up! It makes li...
- Tell me more about where you live, and I can give you more detailed ideas!!! T.
Help Childproofing My House
Asked by B.F. from Indianapolis
on June 7, 2007
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my son recently learned how to unlock the deadbolts on both doors of our apt, i got a hook an eye to install on the door, well the door is metal so i cant drill throug...
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- Hi! You can buy little alarms that stick on the door and the frame, when they don't line up, the alarm sounds. It won't keep him from opening them, but at least you ...
- you can drill in to metal esp doors they are usually hollow but if your in an apartment you may want to check with the land lord before you do anything like that so yo...
- We have a metal door and added those "flip locks" that are used on most hotel doors. Not sure how to describe it. There's a ball on the door side and a "u" shaped la...
Cheapest Place to Get Chidproofing Stuff?
Asked by S.S. from Los Angeles
on March 15, 2010
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I'm getting ready to childproof my house for my almost-crawler and am in need of suggestions for a good place to get quality childproofing materials at a low price. W...
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- Hi. My husband and I found a place in West LA called Family First. They have childproofing merchandise as well as earthquake safety stuff. I found that price does n...
- Before you start spending all kinds of money, I'd monitor and see what your kid gets into. We bought all the stuff and never had to open most of it because our kids s...
- Freecycle.com is awesome. Most of this stuff doesn't get damaged or worn out so don't hesitate to take used stuff for free.
Locking Kids in Their Rooms???
Asked by E.E. from Houston
on October 20, 2009
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A friend of mine just bought a house from a couple that had 3 young girls (i am not sure of their ages). I noticed the locks on their bedroom doors were on the hallway...
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- I used to lock my kids in at night. I did this for their safety, not as a punishment or cruelty thing. My daughter was 13 months when she began climbing out of her cri...
- I have taken the knobs off a door to keep them from locking themselves or their sibling in! I don't like it either; sounds fishy...but, I've heard of parents having t...
- I have heard of locks being used in such cases as my sons friend who would sleep walk. Even in his sleep he could unlock the front door and get out into the streets. ...
Baby Proofing My House
Asked by M.B. from Sacramento
on December 31, 2007
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My 6 month old son is showing signs that he is getting ready to crawl. I'm thinking that it's time to childproof our house. I know about the outlet covers, cabinet a...
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- I have a 3 year old that I am stil childproofing for. We have locks on our top cabinets fridge, freezer everywhere. As your son grows just try to stay a few steps ahe...
- Hi M., I like the "Tot Locks" brand of magnetic locks for cabinet drawers and doors. You can get them at most hardware and baby supply stores. The "lock" screws i...
- We have 4 cats and we put a little gate in the doorway to the kitchen to keep our daughter out. It works fine if you have a doorway that a gate will fit in. Good Luck!
2.5 Year Old Keeps Escaping the House
Asked by L.L. from Hartford
on July 11, 2008
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My DD/escape artist now loves to leave the house, run around it and ring the doorbell. Usually I see her attempt to do this but this past week I had a monster migrain...
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- We had the same problem with our son when he was 2.5 and the solution cost us only $7. My husband found an alarm that could be attached to the top of the door at Home...
- We use a chain on our doors. Be sure to install it high enough so that you wont have to raise it, like if she discovers she could use a chair to reach it. We have ou...
- put the stick at the top of the slidding door,or you can buy a metal stick that attaches with pressure pads this could be put at the top
