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Madeline-proofing
By Moriah on December 20th, 2008
The other day I spent the entire morning re-hanging all the dresses Madeline had pulled out of her closet, and putting all the girls’ laundry away that had sat folded (and played with and re-folded) in my room for a week.
Let’s just say that if changing outfits were an Olympic event, Madeline would win gold.
(She’s even famous for it. The last time we talked about going down to visit Dolly, the first thing Ruthie asked was, “is Madeline going to take all the clothes out of my closet again?”)
So I knew it was only a matter of seconds before all my hard work would go to pot.
But I finally wised up and installed a hook-and-eye lock on the top of her closet door:
(Our house is old and has settled so the closet doors don’t actually shut. This is the best I could do.)
When she saw it, “Thank you, Mommy! Now Adelaide won’t mess up my closet!”
(Yes, I’m SURE Adelaide’s tall enough to reach all those dresses.)
And while I was at it, I put a lock on the desk drawer in the kitchen, which up until now I haven’t been able to use, for obvious reasons:
I think she knows how to open the drawer, but I don’t think her little fingers are strong enough to do battle with the spring-lock.
Oh happy day.
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Hey CONGRATS!! What a great giveaway!!
Hey CONGRATS!! What a great giveaway!!
I have these locks on my lower cabinets, but not my drawers. That would be a good idea for some of my drawers.
Oh the changing of the clothes. Just kill me now. I love your solution. May have to try that.
Smart mama! My little guy is getting ready to transition to a big boy bed. I’m going to have to put locks on his drawers and cabinets.! I like the closet door lock. I need to do that too!
You are so smart! Both of my girls went through a phase where they changed clothes constantly…it was rough on me!