Landlady said no to child locks on kitchen doors

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Have 1yr old walking Dd, we asked for permission to put child locks on kitchen cabinet doors and were refused in case we damage said doors. So are there such things as locks that don't need screws so don't cause damage, do we even need them? And if yes to both previous questions, wwyd, fit them (the non damaging locks) anyway? Thanks.

I used adhesive ones with DS1, probably get the same ones again, Boots I think.

Mine worked out how to do the locks in less than a year - don't really rate them v highly. Temporary gate over kitchen door, or put things out of reach I'd say. Or if they need to be in the kitchen with you, put them in the highchair with some toys.

DD can climb out of her highchair so I wouldn't trust her in that! Would be safer to give her knives and forks to play with!

The babydan magnetic ones are great and stick on. Takes a while to remember to use the key but soon becomes second nature. Impossible to open without the key. You can also switch them to being off so the cupboards open as normal.

I'm another one who definitely doesn't have enough cupboard space high up to put everything dangerous and breakable and don't want a gate on the door or to constantly be telling a very inquisitive DS to stop playing in the cupboards when we're in the kitchen together. I do put dangerous things up high just in case and the breakable/spillable stuff is in locked cupboards.

Seriously found the clip type cupboard locks to be useless - they fathom it out in next to no time. We just put all medicines right on the top of the kitchen cupboards - so even a climb on a chair couldn't reach. But really the thing at this age is they need watching pretty much all of the time. If you can't trust her in a highchair whilst you're in the room, make sure your low level cupboards are full of safe things. The next stage, which took me by surprise, was them grabbing something to stand on to get up onto counters.

Next time don't ask

'It's easier to ask forgiveness than get permission.'

I had to put in an insurance claim after learning this, but I offer this advice without charge: don't leave your cooking oil somewhere accessible to a toddler. It doesn't come out of carpet when they wander off with the bottle and empty it.