Comments on: Ten things I hate about baby gates

By: casey

casey — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:28:30 +0000

halelujah. we had to take the bannister down from one of the stairways. we have to put up FOUR f’ing gates.

gah.

there needs to be a forcefield and the caregiver can wear an amulet that allows entrance.

or electric shocks.

whichever is cheaper.

By: Holmes

Holmes — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:44:29 +0000

Then comes the awful day when your kid figures out how to circumvent the system. There are no alarms for such an instance, but there should be.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:33:49 +0000

Here’s a exclusive for you as I never put this on my blog…

Baby gates only work when you close them. TheMonk took a spill down about 20 stairs when he was about a year old because I forgot to close the gate at the top of the stairs.

Now you can see why I never posted that.

By: Darren

Darren — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:56:46 +0000

One of my happiest days was when I took down the baby gates. I fell over them a few times too.

By: Morticia

Morticia — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:36:18 +0000

You don’t need baby gates if you attach very big and strong pieces of velcro to the underside of Evan and fix the other half of the velcro to where you want him to stay. This means Amy can still do butlering type jobs and you can get to the toilet quickly and without fuss when you need to.
Though of course you could just wear a big nappy…..

By: Island Girl

Island Girl — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:03:31 +0000

Good grief. This parenting business sounds a bit harsh.

I shall be securing my, ah, baby gates.

By: Henri

Henri — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:03:33 +0000

Gates shmates. That’s what skulls are for.

By: whit

whit — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:13:49 +0000

Something tells me #10 is always the case, even when it isn’t.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:03:39 +0000

Hmmm, VERY good points. But I can’t help but think this is more about #10 than anything else. Although #7 is pretty important too.