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Keeping a toddler out of drawers and cabinets
On 7/3/2010 4:23 PM, Chief Two Eagles wrote:
On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:03:51 +0000, Smarty wrote: As grandparents, my wife and I do frequent toddler babysitting. The kitchen cabinets, drawers, and other compartments are very tempting for our grand-daughter to investigate. We are looking for a way to keep this closed and inaccessible to a young child, while still allowing adults to easily open and close the doors and drawers. Unlike 30 years ago when our own children were toddlers, we now have very high quality custom cabinetry and drawers, and do NOT want to drill or attach any fasteners which deface or damage the cabinets / doors. The fasteners were used 30 years ago required drilling holes into both the doors and the cabinets in order to attach the plastic latches. This is NOT an option for our current cabinets. Does anybody know of any device or fastener or method which provides a secure and reliable latch to children, easy access to adults, and easy removal without leaving any permanent damage to the custom cabinetry? Thanks in advance for your assistance and suggestions. Velcro tape? I wanted to design a line of clothing for small children called "Stayput". It would have Velcro sewn into the back of the clothing and come with accessory wall plates covered with Velcro to be attached to various locations about a home. The rug-rat could be stuck to the wall for various activities such as putting on their shoes, combing their hair or washing their cute little faces. TDD |
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On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:33:51 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote: On 7/3/2010 4:23 PM, Chief Two Eagles wrote: On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:03:51 +0000, Smarty wrote: As grandparents, my wife and I do frequent toddler babysitting. The kitchen cabinets, drawers, and other compartments are very tempting for our grand-daughter to investigate. We are looking for a way to keep this closed and inaccessible to a young child, while still allowing adults to easily open and close the doors and drawers. Unlike 30 years ago when our own children were toddlers, we now have very high quality custom cabinetry and drawers, and do NOT want to drill or attach any fasteners which deface or damage the cabinets / doors. The fasteners were used 30 years ago required drilling holes into both the doors and the cabinets in order to attach the plastic latches. This is NOT an option for our current cabinets. Does anybody know of any device or fastener or method which provides a secure and reliable latch to children, easy access to adults, and easy removal without leaving any permanent damage to the custom cabinetry? Thanks in advance for your assistance and suggestions. Velcro tape? I wanted to design a line of clothing for small children called "Stayput". It would have Velcro sewn into the back of the clothing and come with accessory wall plates covered with Velcro to be attached to various locations about a home. The rug-rat could be stuck to the wall for various activities such as putting on their shoes, combing their hair or washing their cute little faces. ....and then you'd roll them on their backs on the living room carpet as a babysitter. |
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Keeping a toddler out of drawers and cabinets
buy a large metal cabinet with locking doors, put all the real
hazardous stuff in this cabinet keep it locked at all times. have ba delayed alarm on it with reset switch on very top of cabinet, with one key lock and one combination lock... this should slow the kid down some |
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