boring but please can anyone recommend some kitchen cupboard child locks?

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so DD has just learned how to open cupboards. We'll have to go the child lock option as have nowhere else to put all the baby unfriendly stuff.

can anyone recommend some good cupboard locks? don't mind spending a bit if it's worth it... don't want to end up with something dd will figure out in a month or two, but also want something that DH and I can open easily!

forgot to mention

we have an in frame kitchen, handles are small round knobs so can't really use anything round those as a lock. would prefer something you can't see from the outside ideally as there are a lot of cupboards! Also need something for drawers...

Thanks in advance

Depends what the surface is, but we used duct tape across our doors while DD was at that stage. Also used it over washing machine controls. Easy for an adult to remove and replace, tricky time consuming challenge for toddler fingers.
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Ooh I love the low tech ness Judy but it's a painted kitchen so suspect paint would lift off. how long does the cupboard opening stage last by the way...

I moved stuff around. Broken stuff up high, minimal cleaning stuff under the cupboard (it's in the bathroom which is easier to secure) and never let them see me load the dishwasher to stop them looking at the tablets.

Now they're not that bothered about the cupboards (4&nearly 2) but my youngest does occasionally like to look at the cleaning cloths.

I've moved stuff around a fair bit but there's some things I just can't move - eg cast iron casseroles and frying pans are too big and heavy for anywhere high but could easily hurt dd if she pulls them out (she seems to regard anything heavy as a challenge )

she's also already managed to trap her fingers in our one set of drawers...

I could limit locks to just 3 cupboards though I think.

Shame. Our new kitchen (currently being installed) is painted too, so DS will need a different solution.

The stage lasts a while. You get random baby/ toddler opening, just for the sheer delight of opening and closing doors. Then you get older toddler openings, for the joy of knowing they're doing something they're not meant to. Then there's the oh so helpful 'but mummy I just needed twenty six baking tins to feed my (imaginary) guests' pre-schooler phase. That's where we are now, with a just mobile baby too.

I might ban them from my lovely new kitchen altogether!

I use These ones much to hard for Dc to work

We had Magnalocks, which were brilliant. They are installed invisibly inside the cupboard, and you place a magnetic key against the cupboard door to unlock them. You keep the key elsewhere (a high shelf, in our case).

Can't find the ones we used, but something like this.

Yup ^

Magnetic locks are the way to go. Invisible from outside and fairly simple to fit. You just need to keep the 'key' in an out of reach place.

Another vote for magnetic locks, they are really strong and you can't see anything from the outside. We got ours from Mothercare on a 3 for 2 offer.

thanks! the magnetic ones look just the job.