twinmomplus2
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OK, Ok, I will bite despite prior posts regarding this subject.
I have active twins also houdinis, I live in a home with every retrofitted lock you can imagine. Not because they themselves escape but rather they hasten the escape of our 165 lb ST Bernard who thinks the beagle next door is a snack. At 18 mts a kitchen stool was dragged and they opened a latch 6 feet up, but, I digress.
When they were little and we were traveling with others at BWV I always put the couch in front of the sliders. I knew I would be SURE to lock it, But Aunties and Uncles are not so neurotic, 3 trips couch in front of the doors. Now that they are older and assuming The worst can happen. I suggest door alarms. They emit a shriek loud enough to hear in the Villa/(studio if you are in the bath.) But, certainly not to loud to disturb your fellow Vacationers. I found these by doing a travel safety search on ASk.com. It may have been purchased from Walter Drake? In any event they stick on the door jam with velcro and go off if not removed before the door is opened. They were 14.95 or 19.95. I was there in August At AKL and we flew the day off the blackouts in NY. My 9 year old DS was very anxious thinking it was terrorist related, And he had an episode of sleepwalking that very night. Thankfully I am a light sleeper and saw him walk by me assuming he was going to the bathroom at like 4 somthing. In any event Iwatched the clock and at the 6 minute mark, got up as I was concerned he was ill. And he was gone, He had pulled the latch over and left all that while sleeping. I was never so terrified in my life. He is 9 I can not imagine how you must have fealt over a 2 year old. I Think I may have gone insane.
Luckily I am a light sleeper!!!!!! The moral of this story is if you buy these alarms, Don't put them on the sink of your master bedroom and leave them there like I did. Apparently for them to work, You have to bring them with you
Who'd have guessed?
I have active twins also houdinis, I live in a home with every retrofitted lock you can imagine. Not because they themselves escape but rather they hasten the escape of our 165 lb ST Bernard who thinks the beagle next door is a snack. At 18 mts a kitchen stool was dragged and they opened a latch 6 feet up, but, I digress.When they were little and we were traveling with others at BWV I always put the couch in front of the sliders. I knew I would be SURE to lock it, But Aunties and Uncles are not so neurotic, 3 trips couch in front of the doors. Now that they are older and assuming The worst can happen. I suggest door alarms. They emit a shriek loud enough to hear in the Villa/(studio if you are in the bath.) But, certainly not to loud to disturb your fellow Vacationers. I found these by doing a travel safety search on ASk.com. It may have been purchased from Walter Drake? In any event they stick on the door jam with velcro and go off if not removed before the door is opened. They were 14.95 or 19.95. I was there in August At AKL and we flew the day off the blackouts in NY. My 9 year old DS was very anxious thinking it was terrorist related, And he had an episode of sleepwalking that very night. Thankfully I am a light sleeper and saw him walk by me assuming he was going to the bathroom at like 4 somthing. In any event Iwatched the clock and at the 6 minute mark, got up as I was concerned he was ill. And he was gone, He had pulled the latch over and left all that while sleeping. I was never so terrified in my life. He is 9 I can not imagine how you must have fealt over a 2 year old. I Think I may have gone insane.
Luckily I am a light sleeper!!!!!! The moral of this story is if you buy these alarms, Don't put them on the sink of your master bedroom and leave them there like I did. Apparently for them to work, You have to bring them with you Who'd have guessed?
