Our Child, The Escapist

Since we have moved to our new home, Noah has found it freeing to escape from the house.  This is extremely unsatisfying for Steven and I, as his parents.  We have two doors he can leave on the ground, and a sliding deck door off of our bedroom.  We bought numerous walk-through gates that are extremely sturdy and well put together.....and.....this is what we are looking at...

Noah has figured out how to get through the new gates....that are in multiple places trying to stop him from going places on his own.  He also knows how to unlock the sliding glass doors, so he can get onto the upper deck, and outside downstairs.  (We do not think he knows how to remove the key and stick from the glass doors....but he probably does)  So, unless the stick is down he gets out that way.  As for the front door, you have the usual door knob and then a dead bolt.  He takes a stool or a kitchen chair, grab the keys from the key bowl, and unlock the door.

Well, after numerous occasions, we knew we had to solve this problem.  Give him one minute to himself and he is gone.  Parents can't go potty, shower, sleep, run quickly upstairs while he is downstairs to grab something....no....because our son can escape our house in less than a minute.  So, we bought a chain lock to put at the top of the door and installed that yesterday.

Guess what.....??????

This morning Noah grabs the keys, and goes to escape....realizes there is an extra lock that he cannot reach.  So, Noah, 2.5 years old, pulls the door so hard that the lock comes out of the wall.  He escaped, and had both car doors open and had moved all sorts of stuff around....All while I was going to the bathroom.

The next solution...we are unsure.  Steven is going to home depot today to talk to them about the situation to see what we can do.  This is getting quite absurd and extremely unsafe for our little one.  He could have driven away today if he really wanted to.  He is quite smart and strong...don't you dare underestimate him Mommy...Daddy....or anyone else!

I know being a parents includes taking our child everywhere, but he used to be able to be left in the living room for one second, now...he cannot.

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