In case you weren't aware, Kevin is an active, curious, determined child. And the kitchen is one of the most interesting places there is. This means that every time I open the dishwasher or the fridge, he's there to take everything out and make messes and be in my way. And he loves to eat the newspapers in the recycling box and mango skins out of the garbage, which is not cool. I have great memories of playing with the pots and pans in the kitchen growing up, but our kitchen is too small to share with an active baby, especially when you've lost 1/4 of the floor space if you open the dishwasher. I got tired of this a long, long time ago and knew that I wanted a gate. A really good, tall gate that swings open and closed, not a cheap gate that I would have to step over every time I wanted into the kitchen.
So, yesterday we welcomed a
Dreambaby Extra Tall Swing Close Gate into our home. Yes, it's more expensive, but like I said, I wanted a really good gate.
Here's what we were using before:
And here's the fix:
I had a video of K's reaction to the gate, but I can't seem to figure out how to post videos now that blogger has changed some things. Where's the button with the filmstrip?
At any rate, so far he is actually pretty excited about the gate. He's so thrilled about the interesting new thing he can use to stand up that he hasn't noticed that he's being locked out of the kitchen. I'm a little surprised, because I thought he'd be upset that he couldn't come in. This gate is going to make life a lot easier.
