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  • hippiekinshippiekins
    Posts: 1,092Member
    I have a monster child. My 17month old ds has recently figured out how to close and nearly open doors. Last  night we were playing on the floor in his bedroom and I stepped out of the room for half a second just to let the dog back in the house and he closed the bedroom door and locked himself in! I'm not sure why exactly but I panicked big time. I ended up frantically searching for my pink drill. (cutest thing ever! I have a whole pink tool bag full of pink tools.) and taking the door knob off lol. He was freaking out because I was freaking out and it scared me pretty bad. I know in all actuality he was fine, the room is clean and childproof but what if he locked me out of the house or locked himself in the bathroom or something? Is there something I can do to prevent that from happening again?
  • sunnymommasunnymomma
    Posts: 2,244Member
    what about those door knob covers?
    “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.”
    ― John Lennon
  • BellaBefanaBellaBefana
    Posts: 8,244Member
    leave the door knob off...
    Bite me, cupcake!
  • hippiekinshippiekins
    Posts: 1,092Member
    I turned his bedroom knob around for now like with the lock on the outside, but now im afraid he is going to lock me in and then I would even be able to get my drill lol. 
  • pdxmama
    Posts: 1,470Member
    The door knob covers are awesome. We had them on all the doors in our house when dd was littler. She's quite a little houdini and she never figured out how to open them!
  • canadamom
    Posts: 867Member
    Or replace that door knob with one that doesn't lock.
  • ZidashaZidasha
    Posts: 830Member
    canadamom said:

    Or replace that door knob with one that doesn't lock.



    This is probably a better choice if you think he'll lock you in but the door handle covers work also.
    "I have a theory that placenta is brain matter I push out, so with each child I get dumber and dumber." ~ Unknown

  • SassySassy
    Posts: 2,460Member
    Do the doorknob covers cover the front of the knob too? Because the push-button lockers or twist lockers can still be pushed/twisted if they don't...
  • FoulMouthedSailorFoulMouthedSailor
    Posts: 1,903Member
    We had this issue when Dd was 4 and learning how to lock the doors. We taped a small nail over the door frame just in case she locked us in, in every room. Before that, the door handle covers were very effective. But last year we gave her the responsibility of locking the door on the way out, which she took to heart. Every time we stepped outside to play she would lock the door, so after paying a locksmith $50x2, we bought one of these. It's locked and hidden on our back patio so we don't have to call a lock smith if she locks us out again.
    You show the lights that stop me turn to stone, You shine it when I'm alone. And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
    And dreaming when they're gone.
  • irishlassirishlass
    Posts: 6,727Member
    His bedroom surely doesnt need a lock, does it? the only door in our house that locks is the bathroom, and its a really tiny one too high for little hands. 
    "Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who matter don't mind and those who mind don't matter." - Dr. Seuss
  • AnonUser25
    Posts: 547Guest
    We use a regular door knob with no lock on it, the only door with a regular lock is the bathroom but he doesn't go in there unsupervised and we keep a baby gate up. Even our front door doesn't have a lock, you use the key to lock it. :)
  • hippiekinshippiekins
    Posts: 1,092Member
    I like the idea of the knob with no lock but I rent, am I aloud to change the knobs?
  • StarsStars
    Posts: 1,054Member
    Sure just keep the ones they provide and when you move put them back.  :)
    apsycho

  • hippiekinshippiekins
    Posts: 1,092Member
    @stars good thinking!
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