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Problems Babyproofing Oven Door
My 13 month old is so strong, he can almost get the oven door open. He
can also break off those cheap, plastic safety first stove locks that go on the side of your stove. I've seen some with suction cups and a belt like clip that is supposed to hold the door closed, but I am not sure my stove has enough room at each side for the suction cups. Do they have stove locks that are magnatized or something like that? I am trying to find something new on-line with no luck. I know it could be worse (like another poster who said her toddlers can get into the dishwasher and sink with the knives!!!) Can anyone offer some babyproofing advice? I am trying to teach him 'no', but so far that is not working! I've also tried ignoring him hoping he would bore of playing with the oven door. That hasn't worked either. Why, oh why, don't they make ovens with doors that LOCK! They lock when they are self-cleaning!!!! *^%#! HELP! Paula and a very adventurous Evan! |
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"Paula" wrote in message om... My 13 month old is so strong, he can almost get the oven door open. He can also break off those cheap, plastic safety first stove locks that go on the side of your stove. We've used this one with DS: http://www.babyant.com/bh043050.html We put it vertically, with the snap on the top. DS would hang off the oven door. He was about 20 pounds at the time. Of course, even with the lock, I tried to stop him, but I wasn't very successful at it. Seems like whenever I looked over, there he was hanging. I was always afraid the door would drop open and my son would hit his head on tile or burn himself. Only that one little strap was holding it closed and the lock is a very simple one. It was only childproof as long as he didn't see me open it, and I made sure never to open it in front of him. DS is no longer hanging off the oven door. The door itself is broken, won't stay closed on its own because of the weight of DS hanging off of it. The strap however, is still holding strong. You'd never think in a million years this little strap would hold up so well just by looking at it, but can vouch for what it did for us. Trouble now is I can't get it off. The adhesive sticks like cement. Oh well, we can let it last through DD. |
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"Paula" wrote in message om... My 13 month old is so strong, he can almost get the oven door open. He can also break off those cheap, plastic safety first stove locks that go on the side of your stove. I've seen some with suction cups and a belt like clip that is supposed to hold the door closed, but I am not sure my stove has enough room at each side for the suction cups. Do they have stove locks that are magnatized or something like that? I am trying to find something new on-line with no luck. I know it could be worse (like another poster who said her toddlers can get into the dishwasher and sink with the knives!!!) Can anyone offer some babyproofing advice? I am trying to teach him 'no', but so far that is not working! I've also tried ignoring him hoping he would bore of playing with the oven door. That hasn't worked either. Why, oh why, don't they make ovens with doors that LOCK! They lock when they are self-cleaning!!!! *^%#! HELP! We keep Bonnie from the stove by saying "Hot, Hot.. Owie" whenever we go near it.. I am guessing if regular no's dont work this might be a bust for you as well Now when we are at my friend Debs house and her littlest boy goes near the stove Bonnie will lead the little Boy away.. Hehe "Hot, Hot, Owie" the whole way away. Tori -- Bonnie 3/20/02 Xavier due 10/17/04 |
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"Tori M." wrote in message ... We keep Bonnie from the stove by saying "Hot, Hot.. Owie" whenever we go near it.. I am guessing if regular no's dont work this might be a bust for you as well Not necessarily...kids seem to understand 'hot' from a young age, especially if they get a small burn. 'No', on the other hand, tends to be repeated back to Mum & Dad as soon as they learn what it means, before that it just makes them want to repeat the offending action ;-) |
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Tori said:
We keep Bonnie from the stove by saying "Hot, Hot.. Owie" This is similar to what we say: "Hot Hot Burn Burn" about all hot things--we have been saying it since William was born and he moves far away from whatever I tell him is hot! It might help too to put baby's hand near the oven when it's on so he can FEEL the heat. OTOH, there are some kids who will get in to anything they can, no matter what. I've had one of those too. Leslie Emily (2/4/91) Jake (1/27/94) Teddy (2/15/95) William (3/5/01 -- VBA3C, 13 lbs. 5 oz.) and Lorelei, expected 11/2/04 "Children come trailing clouds of glory from God, which is their home." ~ William Wordsworth |
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"Amy" wrote in message ... "Tori M." wrote in message ... We keep Bonnie from the stove by saying "Hot, Hot.. Owie" whenever we go near it.. I am guessing if regular no's dont work this might be a bust for you as well Not necessarily...kids seem to understand 'hot' from a young age, especially if they get a small burn. 'No', on the other hand, tends to be repeated back to Mum & Dad as soon as they learn what it means, before that it just makes them want to repeat the offending action ;-) Found the same thing with the word "hot" also. I honestly think it is because it sounds sharper and gets their attention quick. It almost startles the child. Which, if you are talking an oven door is ok in my eyes. JennP. |
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"newfy.1" wrote in message ... Found the same thing with the word "hot" also. I honestly think it is because it sounds sharper and gets their attention quick. It almost startles the child. Which, if you are talking an oven door is ok in my eyes. JennP. Our dog understood the word hot. We used to serve him his food hot on occasion, sometimes so hot it would have burned him. When he learnt the word hot, he'd back off on our saying so and leave it to cool a while. But then our dog had the intelligence/vocab of a two year old. |
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