Safety Gate help!

artteacher19

My girlfriend (who has a 1 year old) suggested I put baby gates on my registry even though we won't really need it for a while. Might as well get help purchasing them if we can. Well I started researching them for the top and bottom of our stairs, and I am totally at a loss for what to do. Both the top and bottom have a window across from the wall/rail. I've been searching products for options and just can't seem to find a solution. I can't drill into a window, and tension rods will prob not work with such uneven surfaces (wall at floor window up top). I read tension rods are unsafe for the top of stairs anyway. The thinner rails at the bottom seem too unstable to put the bottom gate up past the window?

Any genius ideas??

Missingchampagne

I would get a standalone pet gate that has several panels, that you can kind of make a square shape around that front area before the stairs. For some reason they sell them as pet gates more than baby gates, but they're the same thing.

kbrands7

Something like this: https://www.allmodern.com/Auto-Close-Configure-Gate-KCO1194.html is probably your best bet because you can configure it around the stairs and the window to drill into the wall for security (babies can push pretty hard!) and it still allows for a path through. The downside is that it's pretty big.

doozer1345

https://www.averielane.com/2014/01/custom-baby-gate.html

https://cooldiyideas.com/10-diy-baby-gates-for-stairs/

Those are from my Pinterest. I've flirted with all of these. We got away with having a baby gate in front of DD's bedroom door to keep her from going down the stairs and were just lucky she didn't want to go upstairs. I've kept these in case this one is more adventurous.

araecasey

Definitely want something hard mounted at the top of the stairs. We have this one that can be mounted at an angle like @kbrands7 suggested https://www.amazon.com/KidCo-G22-White-Safeway-Angle/dp/B0015GRMHW

For the bottom of the stairs we used the north states collapsible freestanding gate and left it unattached. My daughter never tried to shimmy past it, but a few toddlers on the ornerier side have easily snuck past that.

artteacher19

You've all been very helpful! Thank you!!