https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:06:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723913 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:46:39 +0000 PawPrints 2723913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha oh yes, yes this was us a couple of weeks ago. We moved on a Friday and DH realized we had like five hours before DD got home from daycare and we needed a way to keep her door shut. We had not thought about it at all before that. DH bought a child-proof thing from Home Depot and it fit onto the lever, but it wouldn't allow the door to close. So he ended up just replacing it with a round doorknob. Easy. We covered that up with a child-proof knob cover for good measure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723895 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:10:49 +0000 creativemomma15 2723895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have all lever door handles and put a hook &amp; eye latch up high on our basement storage doors. Now granted, if someone was inside and it was locked after them they would be stuck but this solution worked perfect for what we needed it for. And we didn't have to install a deadbolt in the door and door frame. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723890 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:03:19 +0000 wrkbrk 2723890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you guys for all the suggestions! The doors to the outside have locks so that is no problem but the basement door does not. I think what we might do is install a deadbolt up high and that would solve it for now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723879 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:47:47 +0000 erinbaderin 2723879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Safety First one solved our problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723867 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:24:11 +0000 gingerbebe 2723867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put door monkeys on all the doors of rooms and spaces we did not want him to access. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723861 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:15:39 +0000 bhbee 2723861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We replaced for round on the doors that I don't want open. 5yo can open but not 2yo (yet). Next we need to do bathroom since he has recently learned to play in the toilet :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723859 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:08:31 +0000 catgirl 2723859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We rent and all of our doors have the lever handle. DD figured them out around 13 months. We just kept certain ones locked when she was little and used a quarter or I used my nails to lock/unlock from the outside. You can see in this pictures where you would use something. Do yours have something similar?</p> <p>[attach=6706/17/oocsq7.450x600.image.jpeg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723853 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:57:03 +0000 MrsSCB 2723853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you just swap them out for round ones? We've had to do that for years, even in rentals, not for kids but because our cat can open those doors lol! Not sure if there's an advantage of the lever handle that I'm missing, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723848 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:47:45 +0000 clover 2723848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have slide locks that go on top of the door. You do screw into the door frame but it should be easy to patch and paint if we want down the line when we're done with them. We have both plastic and metals ones that are something like these <a href="https://www.amazon.com/2-Pack-Child-Proof-Deluxe-Door/dp/B00MXBLOSG/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/2-Pack-Child-Proof-Deluxe-Door/dp/B00MXBLOSG/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723841 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:25:58 +0000 Mrs. Blue 2723841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@peachykeen: Oh, yeah, we locked a couple doors for a while, so they just couldn't get in them. We didn't have keys, but we figured out that a tiny straight screw driver fits in the little whole on the outside of our doorknobs and we could unlock it with that. The things we do when we have kids! :silly: The funny thing is I just realized we never even thought of doing any of this stuff with our next LO. I guess by then we just gave up on having any rooms blocked off or clean by then (and they couldn't get the deadbolts unlocked on the outside doors until they were much older so no worries there). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723837 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:23:02 +0000 Mrs. Blue 2723837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember where this was at on here, but I'm 99% positive that I remember one of the other bloggers posting something about this because we had just moved with our 17 month olds who we also discovered could open all lever doors. :shocked: I think what her husband did, was just turn them around (where you have to pull the lever up instead of down) to make it more difficult until their daughter was a little older. We tried to get some child locks that worked, but they were a pain, and we ended up just working more with the twins on not opening certain doors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723820 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 09:13:43 +0000 ElbieKay 2723820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we reached this stage with our son, we converted all the levers to knobs. Now he's three and has been able to open the knobs for awhile, but he also is less prone to do things like play with the cat litter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723797 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 08:52:41 +0000 gotkimchi 2723797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: we have the safety first one and it works great </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723796 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 08:51:28 +0000 peachykeen 2723796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know anything about the child lock portion of this, but we have the same style handles and DD (2.5) can open the doors easily but can't usually figure out how to unlock the ones with locks. So you could always replace the handle on that one door with a locking handle if you don't find a better option. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723794 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 08:51:10 +0000 ShootingStar 2723794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daycare has one that looks like this on the &lt;15m room, so I'm guessing it works - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Safety-1st-Lever-Handle-Lock/dp/B0009EXOGE" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Safety-1st-Lever-Handle-Lock/dp/B0009EXOGE</a></p> <p>In addition to a handle cover, we also have this thing that replaces one of the door hinges on our basement door. It makes it automatically swing close when it's been opened. That way we don't have to worry about accidentally leaving it open. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Hardware-755885-Automatic-Closer/dp/B00004Z0YC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1492091379&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=hinge+auto+close" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-Hardware-755885-Automatic-Closer/dp/B00004Z0YC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1492091379&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=hinge+auto+close</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-we-just-moved-and-ds-can-open-all-the-lever-doors#post-2723791 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 08:47:12 +0000 wrkbrk 2723791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can anyone recommend a lever style child lock that actually works? He is tall enough to reach all the levers in the new house :shocked: We at least need one on the basement door. Thanks in advance!!! </p>