XP: Door knob cover or gate?

blueandgray · February 2013

What's better, for keeping a toddler safely contained in their bedroom, one of those door knob covers or a safety gate? I'm thinking of switching DD to a bed soon and I don't want her roaming the house at night. She sleeps with the bedroom door closed now.

TIA!

Linz-E · February 2013

I have a gate... my preference but I want my daughter to be able to open the door still.

wedsept · February 2013

The Door Monkey. Very cheap. They sell it on Amazon,

eb1113 · February 2013

We have a gate. She flips out when she struggles to open the door, so I know the door knob cover would be a mistake.

brettsmama · February 2013

Baby gate. My DS figured out the knob covers very quickly.

Cherryblossoms07 · February 2013

Gate. We tried the door knob covers when DD was younger and it took her less than 5 minutes to figure out how to remove them from her door the first time. After that she could have them off by the time we shut the door, so they were a waste of money for us.

TriciaandSean · February 2013

Right now my son can't open the door so we just shut his door and he's contained. Eventually we may turn the hand backwards and just "lock" him in at night. Our rooms are next to each other and we have a video monitor in his room so if there were an emergency we could hear him and check on him via the monitor.

logoz80 · February 2013

I don't have either, my daughter will not get out of bed on her own, she calls for us.

pinkcallalily · February 2013

We use a knob cover. We actually have several of them all over the house on the outside doors, basement, door, etc. However, my son never gets out of his bed until his Time to Wake clock turns green. I don't even think he would notice if we took the cover off, but I really don't want him roaming the house at night. I imagine we would wake up with him trying to flush a lot of stuff down the toilets or climbing in his sister's crib.

If he needs to go potty or has a nightmare he just yells for us and we hear him through the monitor.

brettsmama · February 2013

wedsept:
The Door Monkey.nbsp; Very cheap.nbsp; They sell it on Amazon,

I can't believe I've never heard of this! It's genious. I found it at Amazon, Walmart diapers.com. We are definitely getting one, especially for Grandma's house, thanks!

adelepickle · February 2013

I use a door knob cover for DS's door. It works great. I think that he would be able to knock over a gate and then go down the stairs. That would not be good.

Ardmhs83 · February 2013

TriciaandSean:
Right now my son can't open the door so we just shut his door and he's contained.nbsp; Eventually we may turn the hand backwards and just "lock" him in at night.nbsp; Our rooms are next to each other and we have a video monitor in his room so if there were an emergency we could hear him and check on him via the monitor.

This...my son climbs gates and breaks those plastic door knob things off QUICK!

Mom2Mack1 · February 2013

wedsept:
The Door Monkey. Very cheap. They sell it on Amazon,

Amazing! I need this!

We used the door knob cover because we shut the door at night since it is close to the living space. But, it didn't take long for her to figure out how to open the door w/ the door knob cover! We might need the door monkey!

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