My 2.5 year old son figured out how to remove the electrical outlet covers

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

We even covered the outlets with duct tape after putting the safety covers in the sockets, but he just removes the duct tape and then the safety covers. Any ideas on how to keep him from messing around with the electrical sockets?

[CornField]

1. Here are some different outlet covers

http://www.safety1st.com/product.asp?productID=175

This one is my favorite: http://www.safety1st.com/product.asp?productID=170

It covers the entire outlet, just has small holes for the cords to come through. There is also a different model which allows room for AC adapters.

These were the only things that kept my son away from the electrical outlets -- he was fascinated. :)

Good luck!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

2. Thanks

I'll have to try and find these products. They might deter him for a while longer. I bet babies 'r us would carry this stuff.

[amandae]

3. I sympathize

My 2.5 year old son is the same way. We found that these work for his room:

http://www.onestepahead.com/product/67182/77/117.html

He can take off the plug-in style outlet covers easily, but there's nothing he can do for these. Even when we have something plugged in, when he pulls it out he can't get it back in.

When he was one he conquered the cabinet locks (luckily nothing was in there that could hurt him). One of his recent conquests have been the doorknob covers:

http://www.onestepahead.com/product/67184/150780/117.html

He simply breaks them apart and opens the door. We've tried taping them with a heavy tape, but it took about 3 minutes for the tape to come off and the door to be open. I'm thinking of checking out some of the other products that are out there, like this one that I just saw, for doorknobs:

http://www.onestepahead.com/product/67184/307761/117.html

He doesn't wake us when he's up in the morning, and he is always up pretty early. It scares me to have him running around the house at 2 years of age unsupervised. Especially since he can unlock and open the front door and back door with ease. And he's also my climber ... he'll be the one that gives me the heart attack in my 30's.

Good luck with your little guy!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

4. Those safe plates seem like a good idea.

We are going to be moving in a month. Maybe we'll try those out in our new apartment (if we have the right type of outlets). I'll keep that door knob covers in mind too. I'm not sure whether or not my son can defeat our current set of door knob covers. I have noticed that he has opened closet doors once or twice while I was off in a different room, but I think I might have not fully closed the doors (so he could just pull them open).

I'm going to see if I can put in a latch on the front door to our apartment (way up high so only an adult can reach it) to keep my son from opening it. His babysitter used to latch her front door because her two year old son could open the front door.

[Sabriel]

6. We used a simple hook-and-eye thing for our doors, way up high

They're easy to install and don't make more than a tiny hole that fills in easily later. I'm soooo glad we're past that stage.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

5. My son can also move his bed over to his window

even after we took the castors off.