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How to Unlock an Interior Bathroom Door
Asked by D.R. from Nashville
on June 4, 2007
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My two year old just locked and then shut our downstairs bathroom door. Fortunately, she was outside the bathroom or I would be calling 911 instead of asking you guys ...
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- Try using a belt. Sounds like you have the same doors we have but we have a little key that goes in it. But, a belt should work if you have one that is small enough to...
- try takin an old credit card and putting it in between the door frame and and swipe it. my 3 yr ol son did the same thing and it seemed to work for me.
- hi try a butter knife hope this helps T.
How to Unlock a Pocket Door from the Outside (Without Removing the Door Frame)
Asked by J.C. from Ocala
on September 11, 2010
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The pocket (SLIDING) door to our guest bath has somehow managed to lock itself (obviously from the inside). There is no handle on a pocket door, just a hollow metal pl...
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- I take an envelope and slide it from the bottom up to open the latch
- Usually there is a little key, looks like an L on top of the door frame. When it happens here, we use something small, the ink pen without the cover (the plastic ca...
- usually with a pocket door there is a flat head screw appearance if you use a butter knife of flat head screw driver you should be able to unlock it that way...or slip...
Secure Door
Asked by L.H. from Los Angeles
on July 12, 2008
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My almost 2 year old has just gotten tall enough to unlock the deadbolt on our front door. We have looked at Security Doors (the metal screen doors) but these will ha...
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- We have those doorknob covers on all of our doors leading outside as well as into the bathrooms and laundry room. They make them for round doorknobs as well as the lo...
- You need to do more than hang bells on your door. When my son was 2, we went through the same thing. They have locks at hardware stores just for this, very easy to i...
- Get yourself a good security door, and a latch on top. The premade ones from like Home Depot don't have the latches pre drilled so get a drill and some metal screws an...
27 Month Old Can Unlock and Open Front Door - Best Way to Secure It?
Asked by 3.M. from Chicago
on August 12, 2011
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My 27 month old daughter just managed to reach the bolt on our front door this morning. The bolt is the only lock on our front door (the knob itself is a lever style a...
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- How about one of those baby proofing lever locks? My sister has one of these on her front door - works great! http://www.safety1st.com/usa/eng/Products/Home-Safe...
- I installed one of those little flip locks, a small hotel lock basically. It's only about 1" x 2" so it's hardly noticeable. Purchased at Home Depot for around $2. ...
- Every child tries this. I had a door bell wrong early Sunday morning to discover that my child and the dog were wondering around the neighborhood and a neighbor broug...
Lock the Door
Asked by J.L. from Chicago
on December 29, 2011
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Ok this has gone on long enough...My DD is 6 and still sneaks into our bed at night making all kinds of excuses..scared...not tired etc.... I am tired of it. We have...
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- Lock your door. Also, teach her your room is private all day, not just at night. If she needs something during the day, she has to knock on the door and be invited ...
- I ended up having to put a baby gate in front of my childs door. They knew how to open it but it was enough to stop them.
- We had a baby gate on our boys' rooms for the longest time, not to keep the boys in, but to keep the dogs out of the boys' rooms. Even then (and now), we still lock o...
How Do I Keep Them Out of the Bathroom???
Asked by A.F. from Salt Lake City
on July 3, 2008
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My two year old twin boys will not stay out of the bathroom! They go in there and put toilet paper in the toilet, then flush it. They turn on the water in the tub an...
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- I had the same problem with several rooms in my home with my twins & younger daughter - I installed latch hooks high up to keep them out & they couldn't reach the latc...
- I think you really just need to lock the door. When your four year old needs to go, just let her in. It will save your sanity. that's what I do. My 20-month-old does...
- I have twin boys as well (now 4 1/2yr). We just put hook/eye locks on all the rooms we wanted to keep them out of....up high above their reach. I figure I can fix th...
How to Make Door Quit Locking
Asked by D.S. from Houston
on March 29, 2011
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my 3 yr old has figured out how to lock doors.he is constantly locking himself in rooms and then we have to pick the locks. right now i have all door knobs removed so ...
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- We had to change our door knobs to the kind that has a slit on the non locking side that a coin can fit in. Just put a coin in, and turn, and the door unlocks really e...
- throw a towel or something over the top of the door. saves little fingers too
- You can change the knobs as long as you keep the original ones, in the event you should move, then you'd replace the old ones. Only if you replace the one to enter in...
Childproofing Lever Door Handle
Asked by H.B. from Honolulu
on September 4, 2010
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My 17 month old daughter has a lever door handle on the door to her room. She could push the button in and lock herself in her room. I can't find any devices to put on...
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- replace the door handle with a simple unlockable door knob... the kind for closets etc. That is what we did. We have lever handles.
- Check out One Step Ahead.com. They have a lot of awesome baby proofing. I'm quite sure that I have seen that type on their website. God bless!
- Take the doorknob off and reinstall it "backwards," so the lock is OUTside her room,
Door Lock Suggestions for Escaping Toddler.
Asked by K.D. from Boston
on November 14, 2009
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Hey Mama's
I have a Very busy and Very curious 21/2 year old who has discovered the back door. He can open it and loves to go out side :o
My question is has anyone g...
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- Can you glue the door knob covers? Those covers prevent anyone who does not have children from opening the door. The plumber and capenter were all but stuck in our h...
- Is it a slider? We just got one of those oven locks that are like a flat piece of plastic with a buckle and put it way up top. I guess if your son really pulled supe...
- Cheap fix is a hook and eye from the hardware store. We used it on my little brother and it was great. The piece has a hook and eye as well as a spring loaded slider t...
Toddler (Almost 3) Won't Stay in Bed - Locking the Door Ok?
Asked by A.J. from Chicago
on December 18, 2008
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Is it ok to lock the door to my son's room if he won't stay in bed and comes out countless times after trying to put him to bed? Also, is it ok to do the same in the ...
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- I see that I am in the minority here, but we did it . . .we used one of those door knob safety things and put it on the inside of my son's room. Honestly, though, like...
- I'd say absolutely not. You'll regret it if he becomes afraid of his room when he's a little older - it should be his personal space and refuge, not someplace he's afr...
- Sorry but there is no way I would lock my child in his room. We like the previous poster just repeatedly kept putting him in his bed, and it did take a good hour the f...
