Baby Safety Gates

ha my now 2 yr old son learned to open them at only 1 yrs old…
i dont think they are worth even buying..and I bought some expensive ones too

We need to keep the baby out of the bedroom (the en suite bathroom has the cat food and kitty litter), but obviously the kitten needs to be able to come in and out. We tried the "safety 1st easy fit security gate", and while it kept the baby out well, it was too tall for the kitten – he hurt his leg trying to climb up it, and was unable to just jump over.

Anyone have a specific suggestion for a gate that we can use? We don’t want one of the swinging ones that you screw in, because we want to be able to shut the bedroom door at times. So we just want one of the portable ones – strong enough to withstand a growing baby, short enough to let the kitten get around. We’re in Toronto in the Bathurst/Wilson area, so stores anywhere around there, or Canadian Tire, would be great.

thanks!
to respond to people’s answers:
the baby is always supervised, but if my back is turned for a moment it’s dangerous for her to have any kind of access to cat food and kitty litter.
we’re in an apartment, so there’s no other room available for the cat’s stuff, and we can’t put in cat doors anywhere.
the one recommended baby gate screws into the wall, so we wouldn’t be able to close the bedroom door – not doable.

can you raise the gate a little off the floor so cat can crawl under?

or, put food and litter up high, like on a table. as long as you have a chair for the cat to jump from, he will use it.

or, this is a lot more work, buy a cheap door, install pet door, keep door closed. cat gets in and out, baby cant.
when you move, put old door back on.

i think i found what you are looking for,

http://www.improvementscatalog.com/home/improvements/792926911-extra-tall-extra-wide-walk-through-pet-gates-small-door.html

Someone told me you can only put safety gates on stairs, never on doors. That in the states NY/NJ/PA, that’s considered child neglect or abuse. Is this true anyone?
someone also told me you cannot put a child in their room and use a safety gate on their door. They consider this the same as ‘locking’ a child in there room.

If that were true then surely ‘play pens’ wouldn’t be aloud either?

Hello I am having an issue I hope someone can help me with. I live in a apartment in albuquerque nm, on the second story. I have a 18 month old daughter I let go out with me and play on the balcony that way she’s not stuck inside all the time. Well recently my manager has told me I am no longer aloud to have the baby gate up at the top of he stairs. So basically I can’t safely have my daughter outside. Is this legal for him to do even thou it puts my daughters safety in jepardy. Any input would e helpful thank you for your time
At the momen we live in a bad neighborhood (we are moving out of here in a month) but this is not the place you take your kids downstairs to play. There is glass everywhere and people argue alot and drive like shit in the parking lot so I don’t want to put my daughter in danger. Me and my wife only have one vehicle and I work exact opposite of her school schedule and this isn’t the nieghboorhood where you take your kid for a walk in the park

If the gate attaches he can forbid it.

If it is portable he can not deny you its use, however, if you damage anything with it you need to pay for it.

So when I got the first year safety latch gate it was a pressure mount gate but it doesnt swing out if it pressure mount. I hate that because you have to move it to go it the room. I was looking a pressure mount gates and came upon evenflo pressure mount metal gate and it has the door and I thought I might try this gate but does it swing or open without having to move it or screw it in the wall

Try the Regalo gate.You can get one online and some walmarts I think will carry them.They sound just like what you are looking for.You can also check out www.thenewparentguide.com for lots of info on baby gates and different types to fit your style…great site.Good luck:)

i got a 7 month niece and i would like to ask which safety gate will be better to put up on the stairs or on a door?

would a bar gate be better than a net gate?
Net gate type – http://www.southportforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=97328&stc=1

Bar gate type – http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/49-3763461MMA70UC516646M.jpg

I’m assuming the niece is visiting in which case a net gate will do as you’ll be having a close eye on her anyway. For a more permanent setup the bar gates are more secure (especially for the top of the stairs) but take a bit more effort to put in. Also check the width of your stairs, especially if they are on the narrow side if you do go this route.

Is a net safety gate safe for a baby?

Some nets are and others aren’t. I guess it depends on your child’s age and the brand. I know that Graco net gates are good. A lot of people say they are. If you choose to get one, you might want to test it first. The net should be pulled and pushed and NOTHING should happen to it. Make sure it fits PERFECTLY (or close to perfect ) wherever you want it to go. In general, it should be pretty safe.

If you have a two story house, do you have any kind of protection so your daughter can’t fall down the stairs? My baby is 2.5 and has learned how to climb over baby gates or open them. I’m scared she’s going to do this in the middle of the night when she wakes up. We have a gate on her door and at the top of the stairs, but they don’t offer much protection if she can just open them or climb over…Any suggestions?

Oh, she also can unlock and open her door, plus she freaks out if we shut it anyway…

Our daughter’s room is upstairs, and ours is down, so I feel your pain! We use a tension-set gate in the doorframe of her room. She isn’t able to get it open, and she’s never tried to climb it. It comes up to probably just at her shoulders. She’s 3. We still keep her gated in, not because of the stairs, but because we have a loft, and are afraid she might try to climb up to look over the loft wall to see the living room or something and could fall. That, and because she can unlock and open our front door!
Could you try a tension set gate, but put it several inches off the ground to make it higher? Not enough off the ground that she could slither under it, but maybe a few extra inches would help?

Any that you recommend out of all these?
IM buying from argos as i get discount

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Browse/c_1/1|category_root|Nursery|14417537/c_2/2|14417537|Baby+monitors+and+safety+gates|14417612/c_3/3|cat_14417612|Baby+monitors|14417613/p/1/pp/Show+all/s/Price%3A+Low+-+High.htm

Cheers x

i never used a baby monitor i just kept a close watch over my baby instead of trying to rely on one of those things i find it to be the best way since you can hear as well as that machine and that money can be better put toward something more necessary.

The widest that I can find is 151cm

Yes it is called a play pen. U should get one if u have a baby. They work well for young pups,kittens too..