Keeping my 1 year old from the kitchen <span title="cupboards???Child-Resistant">cupboards???Child-Resista...</span> trash cans?

Question

My husband installed the the locks that s***w into the actual cupboard and she just ripped the screws and connecter out by pulling on the door to get to my canned foods. I've ducttaped the doors closed like i do for my drawers, but, that only lasts a day or two.

Also know where I might find a Child-Resistant trash can? My daughter also thinks it's fun to throw things away...then "take it out" while mysteriously pulling out trash w/ whatever she orginally threw away.

Any help or Good advice is greatly appriciated.

Answer 1

my mother in law used bread ties my son cant get into her cabinet&#039;s at all and at walmart they have a &quot;toilet lock&quot; but you can use it for lots of things like trash cans and hampers and so on

Answer 2

Try the magnetic cabinet locks.  Safety 1st makes one called Tot-Lok, there are other manufacturers as well.    They are more expensive so I would search online to try and find a good deal.  They work great though!  As far as the trash can either watch her and tell her no.  (That&#039;s what I did, I didn&#039;t leave my daughter in the kitchen by herself when she was that young - no judgement, that&#039;s just how I handled it.)  Or you could put the trash can in a cabinet, maybe under the sink?  

I also found that giving my girls a couple of cabinets where they could play helped them to understand they couldn&#039;t be in &quot;all&quot; the cabinets.  I let them play where I keep the pots and pans and where I keep our tupperware/plasticware.  Whenever they would go into another cabinet I would tell them no and put them in front of &quot;their&quot; cabinet.  It worked and eventually they learned.  Good luck!

Answer 3

well.. i didnt go runnin out to buy child resistant anything... for the cupboards i jus wrapped a rubberbad around the k**b a whole bunch of times.. lol and that REALLY works..as for the drawers.. not so sure.. i dont kno kno wat kinda k***s u have.. but it works very well on mine.. and my son LOVESS diggn in the trash also.. im still tryna figure out how to keep him out of that.. but if u find out let me kno! thanx :)