Recommendations for safety gates

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My little boy is exceptionally strong and good at getting past obstacles.. he's yet managed to get past the Lindam extending metal gate I installed. I've pressure fit it, without the pads. It seems very safe and secure.. i guess it depends on your banisters.

escortg3

These are great until child reaches 3 and now my grandaughter can open it:mad:

I found her down stairs and asked how she came down, she told me she opened gate. Hmmmm not believing her i said show me:eek: and sure enough she can do it.

WestonDave

We've got the Kiddyguard one - the advantage being that once its up you can just leave it there as its very inobtrusive. Our kids are long past using it but we only took it down the other weekend because we were having a new carpet fitted.

We originally got it because in our old house the stairs came up into the middle of the landing with low walls/solid banisters either side that you walked around to get into a couple of the bedrooms. These "sides" stopped literally as the stairs hit the landing so there was no way of mounting a pressure fit gate unless you wanted to put it on the first stair down and bend down to open it.

It is also very child proof as the action required to unlock the gate is very specific and not intuitive for them to work out.

Chakani

I'm not sure I'd still be using one at 3, I don't really understand why it would still be needed - I got rid of ours from the stairs as soon as DS was safe going up and down by himself, which was about 20 months. I do still have one on the kitchen door though, as he is a sneaky beggar and has worked out how to turn on all the appliances including the cooker, so I keep it closed when I can't directly supervise him.

lilian1977

clw1 wrote: »

We went for a wall mounted one at the top of the stairs as I was worried I might trip over the bar at the bottom and fall down the stairs.

I was worried about that as well, so I've decided to put the upstairs one in the doorway of the nursery instead for now. When it comes to toilet training I'll rethink so LO can leave the nursery and go to the toilet themselves if they need to.

escortg3

Chakani wrote: »

I'm not sure I'd still be using one at 3, I don't really understand why it would still be needed - I got rid of ours from the stairs as soon as DS was safe going up and down by himself, which was about 20 months. I do still have one on the kitchen door though, as he is a sneaky beggar and has worked out how to turn on all the appliances including the cooker, so I keep it closed when I can't directly supervise him.

why dont you understand why it would be needed at 3 when you have said you still have one on kitchen door.

When you have found a 3 year old down stairs, been in kitchen and opened back door, its quite frightening. Anything that keeps them safe is worth its weight in gold i think. now she has mastered the stair gate we have taken it down. we now have catches on tops of doors down stairs.

Greener_Grass

We have the lindam pressure fitted ones too as we rent and they have never come undone, I don't have the foam cup things fitted either, I just have them tight into the frame. I think if they are fitted right there is no problem. Tesco has a lindam one on sale just now for £13.XX. I picked mine up in store for my sons bedroom for when he is in his cot as a bed.

declanmcc

Thanks everyone for your help and input!

Agutka

I have the pressure ones and never had a problem with them coming loose. As for kids working out how to open them... they were all second hand and with broken elements. You have to be in the know to be able to open them, even my mum doesn't know how :rotfl:

Chakani

escortg3 wrote: »

why dont you understand why it would be needed at 3 when you have said you still have one on kitchen door.

When you have found a 3 year old down stairs, been in kitchen and opened back door, its quite frightening. Anything that keeps them safe is worth its weight in gold i think. now she has mastered the stair gate we have taken it down. we now have catches on tops of doors down stairs.

Mine isn't 2 yet, and can't open it, which is why there is still one on the kitchen
Catches high up are a good idea.