[blparent] baby gates question

[Ken Quinn]

 your answers she is almost 3 and yess they are easily pushed open with just 
a little bit of turning of the knob
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From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> How old is your little one?   Are the doors easily pushed open? If you 
> don't
> want your child accidently going into your office, that  thing that Jo
> Elizabeth mentioned would be perfect here, like an alarm when someone 
> passes
> through it. v
>
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> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Ken Quinn
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> unfortunately the office has french doors so know way of installing one.
> ken
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>>I agree, this would be a good place for a gate or at least a good place to
>> place a play pen as I did infront of my kitchen doorway. V
>>
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>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Melissa Ann Riccobono
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:44 AM
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>> Just a thought, but you may also want to get a gate to cover the doorway
>> to
>> the office area.  That way even if she does get down the stairs somehow
>> she'll stay out of there.
>> Melissa
>>
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>> Behalf Of Ken Quinn
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>>
>> the going down isn't the problem she does that very well. it is just the
>> case of her possibly getting into things in our office area which has
>> doors
>> that don't lock and there is know way to make them lock.
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>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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>>> Let me tell you what my brother and his wife did.  They never did get a
>>> gate, but taught their daughters to go down the stairs backwards.  The
>>> kids
>>> would go to the top of the stairs, sit down and then crawl backwards to
>>> the
>>> first step.
>>> Others I know, have gates but they never open them, the adults just step
>>> over. V
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Ken Quinn
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:25 PM
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>>> Subject: [blparent] baby gates question
>>>
>>> hello all,
>>> i am looking to get a baby gate cause my daughter has now master the art
>>> of
>>> opening her door and coming down our steps to the first floor. i am
>>> looking
>>> for something that is both easy  to install as well as easy for myself
>>> and
>>> wife to open up but difficult for my daughter to open. any suggestions
>>> would
>>>
>>> be deeply appreciated.
>>> thanks in advance,
>>> ken
>>>
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