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Slide in the garden - how do I stop DD going on it?!

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LoveB · 21/04/2019 19:24

DD has just been bought a big slide from her GPs. She's fine on it with our help getting up but I don't want her attempting to climb it without us, when she's roaming free in the garden. Is there such thing as a slide guard to stop her?! Any tips appreciated.

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Bamaluz · 21/04/2019 19:25

Turn it on it's side when you are not using it

Smoggle · 21/04/2019 19:26

If she's so small she can't go on a slide alone, won't you be supervising her in the garden anyway?

PotteringAlong · 21/04/2019 19:28

Honestly? I’d just let her go on it. Has she ever fallen off when you’re there?

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myhamsteratefreddiestarr · 21/04/2019 19:28

I agree with both comments above

RippleEffects · 21/04/2019 19:28

Board bungee tied onto the ladder. Easy to put on and off when she's allowed to play.

pastabest · 21/04/2019 19:30

How old is she?

ourkidmolly · 21/04/2019 19:30

I think there's probably more danger in her trying to climb over whatever barrier your place in the way than there is in her climbing up steps. Or she'll be trying to climb up the slide part.

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LoveB · 21/04/2019 19:38

Thanks for the replies. She's 18 months and it's a 10ft slide (not 10ft high which I thought originally!).

I could put it on it's side (good idea) but it has pegs holding it into the ground so would be a bit annoying/difficult to have to keep unpegging.

She hasn't fallen off it yet because we've always helped her up! She can't physically climb the ladder yet but she is trying to get onto the second rung. So she would slip and fall (and this would be worse if she could climb the ladder and fell from higher up so I'm trying to plan ahead!).

She does go round the garden without me, I keep an eye out from the window. She likes digging and picking daisies so I leave her to it sometimes.

I do agree with the danger of her trying to climb over a barrier too. The bungee idea is good but I fear she might try to climb that.

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Finfintytint · 21/04/2019 19:40

18 months needs constant supervision. Wouldn’t be leaving her to it at a distance sorry.

Smoggle · 21/04/2019 19:42

18 months then you need to be with her. She could just as easily eat something she shouldn't or choke on a stone as fall off something she shouldn't be climbing.

ourkidmolly · 21/04/2019 19:43

I wouldn't leave a baby like that in the garden and I'm fairly slack. She's too little.

GMtoBe · 21/04/2019 19:48

My DD is the same age and I can't leave her alone in the garden (or any room in the house) for the reasons listed by PPs. You're going to have to supervise her.

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LoveB · 21/04/2019 19:51

Please please don't get the wrong impression - the door's always open and I check on her approx every 20 seconds! I'm a paranoid mum (hence this thread) so she's not in danger! When inside she's always in the same room as me too GMtoBe, let's turn this thread back into a slide dilemma! But I'll take the slap on the wrist

As she can't even climb the ladder yet I'm probably worrying about this a little early - it's more for when she can climb it in 6 months/next summer that there will be a problem.

My DH agrees with the board and bungee idea, thank you ripple. We'll board the steps, as he says "she can't climb a wall". Then I just have to worry about her climbing the slide...

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Hoppinggreen · 21/04/2019 19:52

I wouldn’t leave a child of that age in the garden alone anyway, not even second born, who was much more free range than PFB

brownjumper · 21/04/2019 19:53

It shouldn't even cross your mind that she would be alone at that age.

Expressedways · 21/04/2019 19:56

I’m pretty relaxed about most things and I’m a bit shocked that someone would let their 18 month old out in the garden on their own to be honest. It’s not a huge stretch that she might try and eat soil, cat poo, a stone etc whilst she’s digging about and she could make herself really unwell or choke. I think you need to start supervising her in the garden and then you won’t have to worry about the slide.

Finfintytint · 21/04/2019 19:57

A garden is a hazard. As previous poster said, ingesting stuff can happen in the 20 seconds you are not with her.

Cheerybigbottom · 21/04/2019 19:58

If she can't even get onto the second rung of the ladder it sounds like it's too big for her just now anyway (I think 10ft long is a tall slide). Can't you store it away until she's older?

TellerTuesday4EVA · 21/04/2019 19:58

If you're checking on her every 20 seconds you might as well stay in the garden with her no?

NewBeds · 21/04/2019 19:58

Clearly i'm in the minority but I left DC3 (now 2.5) unsupervised in the garden (kitchen overlooks garden, no hidden parts, no ponds etc) at that age.

She also used the climbing frame without constant supervision although I always supervised her on the high monkey bars.

She was and is fine.

What exactly could happen?!

Needadvices · 21/04/2019 20:01

I left them alone in the garden at that age dont see why not. If she can t climb on by herself anyway then no problem, she might slip a couple of times and stop trying till she s older anyway.

Batterycat · 21/04/2019 20:06

Oh shit I go and make a cup ☕️ f tea while DS (13 mo) potters around in the garden-It's a smallish garden, I can always see him and there are double doors open, is this bad? I thought I was supposed to relax and let him explore!

Finfintytint · 21/04/2019 20:09

Depends what the hazards are.

Fatted · 21/04/2019 20:16

Depends what your garden is like. I wouldn't leave my kids on their own in the garden unsupervised at that age because our neighbours cats shit in our grass and we also have raised decking with a small wall around it. Really wasn't designed with kids in mind our garden! Neither of mine walked unaided until 18 months either so it wasn't really practical.

You're saying that there's something in the garden she cannot use unsupervised though, so the best and easiest solution is to constantly supervise her.

MillicentMartha · 21/04/2019 20:18

I just used to take off the bottom step. The older DC could climb on to the second one but the toddlers couldn’t. Then when I was in the garden I used to lift them up.

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