Any suggestions on a good, "no-climb" baby gate??? We have even tried doubling two baby gates--and she still climbs (with no fear), which of course is totally unsafe. We only use the gate at night for the entrance to her room--to keep her in her room.
Our little one has never been a good sleeper, which is our fault. I finally broke down when she turned 2 and read "How to Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems (The Dr. Ferber) book--it only took a week of his suggested "sleep training" and our little one was doing so much better. We enjoyed 3 months of sleep again! BUT just last week she realized that rather than crying for us and us only coming to her in the intervals per the book's suggestion--she could just climb right over the baby gate and come to our room. We bought a taller gate--still she climbed--we doubled the gates last night and hid around the corner and watched her start to climb them! Any suggestions for a "no-climb" gate would be great!
I have a gate that is just bars so it looks like you're putting the kids in "baby jail", but it's pretty much climb-proof. I can't remember the brand but it's wooden and meant for wide openings, yet it will adjust. I bought it at Babies R Us and it wasn't very expensive.
Good luck!
Michelle
Edited to include: The bottom of the gate says "Evenflo".
Is there a door on her room? If so, just close the door and put a baby monitor in her room so you can hear her. We took the door off the nursery and installed a gate when my first daughter was born, which essentially turned the whole room into a play pen. It worked great for my oldest, but my youngest is also an olympic climber, so the gate is basically useless for her.
Why not shut the door and use a baby knob thing so she can't open it? That's what we did when ours were little. When we went to bed, we always checked on them and opened the door, but at least she would have to stay in bed for the "going to bed" portion of the night
Have a dutch door put on her room. A dutch door is a door that has a top and bottom half so you can leave the top half open to be able to see and hear. You can also lock the bottom half but with the top open you can unlock it.
Good luck
We have the gate from Babies R Us that only has vertical bars too. My daughter hasn't been able to climb it yet (and she climbed out of her crib at 15 months), but she is trying to figure out the latch. Might buy you some time. I've also heard of people installing a screen door on the babies room instead of closing a solid door.
We have a climber as well! We had to get the childproof doorknob covers so he can't get out of his room. I felt horrible at first but I knew he was the safest that way. Now that he has gotten used to it, we don't need to even shut his door.
Good Luck!!
We had a climber issue, too. I never found a gate, short of installing a screen door, that he wouldn't climb.
We just shut his door now. And on nights when he comes out, I put one of those babyproof doorknob covers on the inside of his room, so he can't open the door. He's learning not to come out. Most nights now I don't even have to use it.
My son and daughter-in-law put those door handle things on that prevent the 3 year old from being able to open the door. They keep the baby monitor on, of course, since he can't get out of his room in an emergency. There is also a smoke detector in his room. It keeps him in his room, if not in bed.
Here's a different thought, and it may not be something you are interested in at all, but what about letting your baby come to you in the middle of the night? We did that, and it was really sweet to have our toddler climb in our bed in the middle of the night. She didn't cry, we generally slept through her quiet arrival, and we all woke up happy in the morning. I think your baby may be at more risk from climbing over gates and possibly falling than she would be from just walking down the hall to your bedroom.
Hi Jennifer! When my kids were little (about 8 years ago) we bought a gate that had a solid frame but was mesh material. My son was a big solid boy and never was able to push it over etc. and boy did he try. Not sure if they sell them still but it's something you can look into.
Hi Jennifer,
I don't know how tall your baby is, but we have this gate: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2463324. it doesn't have any cross beams, so she wouldn't have anything to step up on in order to climb over it. It's a metal gate that is attached to the door frame. We actually have it in between our kitchen and living room to keep our dogs in the kitchen. They would chew through the wooden and plastic gates, so this was our last resort! :) It's a great gate though and it's tall too, so your baby shouldn't be able to climb over it.
I had to go to LOWES and buy a screen door. No I am not kidding. I couldn't keep my son out of the kitchen. because he knew he could get out the doggie door if he could get that far! I got one of the white vinyl ones. It worked well. Just get one that is solid on the bottom.
How about putting a lock on her bedroom door that locks from the hallway and not the inside. You just reverse the installation of the handle. You can always have a monitor in her bedroom to be able to hear that she is safe. It certainly isn't safe for her to be climbing...
Call Jack at InfantHouse.com. They do all sorts of baby-proofing and he would know just about everything available. He installed three gates in my house-two of which were very strange areas that needed more than I could figure out!
IMO kids that young should not be able to come out of their room and walk around the house even to come into your room they can get into all kinds of things while you are sleeping that could harm them. also if there was a fire or other emergency(God forbid) you need to be able to know where they are at all times in the night so youu can grab them and go and not have to search the house for them.
Not quite the same, but when our puppy chewed through the gate, we sewed window screen on to it. If you can get something like that on there in a way that she can't tear it iff, seems like this might work. And sign her up for gymnastics or rock climbing classes!
I saw a plastic wrap cover thing in 'one step ahead' i believe. To slick and no holes, slots or grooves to stick feet and hands in. Try there. Also, my gramma told me to spray cooking spray or a little vaseline on rail. Have to say it worked.
My son is a houdini, climber as well. He would climb over baby gates, take apart the covers that go over the door knobs and escape anyway possible. We finally just had to put a lock on the outside of his door. You could probably get a chain lock so that she couldn't get out but you could still open the door and peek in on her. I know it sounds cruel but you don't want her roaming around the house at night unsupervised. My son was upset at first but now he doesn't mind at all. When he wakes up in the morning, he just knocks on his door and says, "I want out."