To lock ds in his bedroom for his own safety :/

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Ds has ASD, so no danger awareness etc!

Today we were in the he bathroom, I was replacing a candle when it accidentally got smashed. I ushered Ds out of the bathroom to try and clear up the broken glass but he kept coming in, couldn't shut the door until I had swept the floor and the door lock is broken anyway so had no way of keeping him out of the bathroom while I cleaned it.

Eventually he went into his bedroom to watch his DVD so I locked his door so he couldn't immediately run out and back into the bathroom - fwiw the lock is a small aluminium lock on the outside of the door, he can't reach it and it's mainly used to stop him slamming the door and to keep him out of his room!

I never normally lock him in but I thought under the circumstances it was the best thing to do to keep him safe :/

WIBU? Is this an ok thing to do?

ynbu imo
though i wonder if a lock on the doors from the inside high up would work to keep him out when yhou need to?

I do have a lock on most of the doors, some of them have then inside and out (depending on the room) to keep him out but unfortunately the bathroom lock has broken and fallen off so I couldn't lock him out of that particular room :D

You do what you need to do to keep your child safe. Being locked in a room and getting upset is preferable to being injured. It doesn't matter that others may not like the idea of a locked door.

You did fine. You are a mum who loves and who keeps trying. You put your child first. Chill and just remember there are people like me who wonder just how the bloody hell you cope. Well done.

Now put it out of your head.

I have locks on both my ddS room and our bedroom, I have never used them to lock them in their rooms but use them to keep them out of the bedrooms especially when they have friends over. (Due to the odd lay out of our house, the girls playroom is in the middle of the bedrooms with connecting doors) so in order that every room in the house doesn't get trashed I lock the doors.They have their own lounge too so only sleep in their bedrooms and store clothes.
In the OP situation I would lock my child in the room for a short period of time in order to protect them provided they were unlikely to come to any harm. I think OP you were perfectly right to do so.