14mth old keeps messing with the washing machine dials...

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Does anyone have any tips on how to stop my dd from fiddling with the dials? it's driving me nuts - she turned on the tumble drying dial today on stuff I didn't want tumble drying and she's constantly changing the programme and water temp dial while the washing machine is on. Can't lock her out of the kitchen (it's open plan living), can't put a chair in front as she can move them, can't find anything on the internet to put over the dials. HELP!!

Turn them off at the plug for the time being. She'll soon get bored of it.

you'll just have to keep watch,its a phase,all 5 of my dc have done this!!

If you've just got the one you can do the whole 'No' and move away thing but its very tedious.

If you've shed loads of money you can invest in appliances with child locks as well.

I would do what boyraiser said though...

Can't really turn it of if I'm washing. She doesn't touch it when it's not on!!

Buy a toy one and direct her towards it all the time? she can load in her own washing and everything...

I learnt the hard way when DS2 switched on the grill. DP came home to a smoke filled hallway, whilst we were all upstairs in the bathroom. Can laugh about it now, but always switch appliances off at the mains when not using now.

If she fiddles with the dials when you've got a wash on, well, that's just life - after a few weeks she'll move on to redecorating your walls with crayons or faeces... Just to keep you on your toes ;)

Switching off at the plug sounds like a good idea.

DS has changed the settings on the dishwasher whilst it's mid cycle a few times now and (sorry for hijack) how to keep him away from the toilet brush in the bathroom
He's obsessed with it; no is a seemingly meaningless word to him where toilet brushes are concerned.
Think we'll have to get rid and go for the single use flushable type for a while.

Are you quite sure it hasn't a child lock - check your manual. On mine you have to hold down two separate buttons for five seconds or something to activate it, it's (helpfully) not obvious.

we used to put a strip of heavy duty duck tape over the dial, worked well as a temporary thing. But turning off at the plug was the best option.

I resorted to taping the dials down for a while with DD (while it was on - off at plugs is good otherwise). She'd try to fiddle, get bored and give up.

My 17 month old ds does this everytime he is in the kitchen, he is now banned till he is 10 yrs old

I had to stop washing whilst DS3 was awake for a while, only put washing on when he was in bed, machine switched off a the plug when he was up.

He is now 20months and has lost all interest.

We have a child lock on our wm. (Bosch) the Dc's still press all the buttons and the lights flash and beep, but it doesn't affect the wash. Everyone happy

We put a child gate up on the kitchen door that worked pretty well. Also as others have said he will grow out of it same with loo brush etc it will lose its appeal eventually