Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for October 25, 2009

She needs to install a hook and eye at adult eye level (Where the toddlers can’t reach to lock themselves in). Trust me on this one- it’ll save the sanity.

Reason 476 why I’m glad I don’t have kids.

And she didn’t lock the door because…?

Macushlalondra, it’s not as bad as the comics make it out to be. People just need to remember that we’re smarter and bigger and in charge. Don’t let the kids take over, stand your ground, but choose your battles.

I’m with you, JAM. Lock the bleeep door, Joan!

The bathroom knob locks from inside the bathroom, Joan should locked it first before relaxing. Two little scampies.

With my oldest son, there was rarely anything “out of reach” for him, especially by that age. He opened the dryer door once, and used that to climb up to play with the cleaning chemicals I had on the shelf above the washer & dryer. (I thought since the laundry room was in the basement with no chairs, he’d not be able to reach them.) Thankfully, he just had fun playing with spraying the windex, and not tasting anything. Another time, he used the drawers in the kitchen to climb up to counter height.

Slug_queen said about 22 hours ago,

She needs to install a hook and eye at adult eye level (Where the toddlers can’t reach to lock themselves in). Trust me on this one- it’ll save the sanity.

That doesn’t last long. I did that, and my twins learned at the ripe old age of 6 that they could use broom handles to unhook them and get into places they weren’t supposed to be (in the case, get the cookies). We resorted to a padlock on the cookie cabinet, that only Mama has the key to. Little sneaks are trying to pick my pocket, but they haven’t got it yet. Now, if I just don’t lose the key…

It didn’t take long for my son to figure out how to stick something into the hole on the doorknob to unlock the door. Then we replaced the lock and it took about 2 months for him to realized that by vigorously shaking the door, it would unlock. Fun stuff.