Baby Proofing

So as many of you know, Jase is very mischievous! The boy just wants to investigate everything and nothing gets in his way. Early on, we had to put cabinet safety locks on every cabinet door in the kitchen and bathrooms. Now, I know some people that have never had to do that, but our little man gets into everything...and I mean EVERYTHING! It took awhile to get used to. I can't tell you how many times I pulled open a door in the kitchen only to forget there was a lock I needed to push down. Now that we've gotten used to the door locks, Jase also figured them out and can get past most of them. This left me baffled and thinking what else in the house needs to be made safe.

First thing I thought of were the door knobs. I'm not too worried about the bedroom and bathroom doors, but I did end up buying the door handle covers for the door leading to the basement steps, the back door leading to the porch, and the front door. Here's the problem...I get so pissed at those knob covers! The back door sticks a little, and I tried for ten minutes to get the back door open, then I gave up. After awhile, I walked back over to the door and tried again. After getting beyond frustrated, I ripped the safety cover off and opened the door. I eventually put it back on. 

I thought we were making progress by getting used to the covers and thinking we finally outsmarted our little guy. However, we left one knob uncovered. His closet door has a flat handle and very easy to pull open. I walked into his room and found him rummaging through the shelves of baby lotions and soaps pulling things apart one by one. Off to the store we went! We got a Safety 1st lever handle lock. 

The day I went to install it, I read the directions and realized the door knob needed to be pulled off completely. I sighed, rolled my eyes and dug through the house to get a screw driver. After removing the screws and the door knob, I attached the safety plate and the cover. Once the door knob was back on and everything looked correct, I put it to the test. Jase ran over to it and tried to open the door. Success! I don't know why I got so excited, but I felt like "man, I can do anything if I just try!" Yup, it's the little things.

It's bad enough that I have the entire house on lock down, but the wall outlets are no exception. I covered those before Jase was even born. It's quite a task to remove those every time I need to use an outlet! But safety comes first! I am pretty positive that he will find other things to get into, but I refuse to get a lock on the fridge or toilet! There's just no way I can battle opening either one of those. I do wish there was a toilet paper lock though. Happy baby proofing everyone!