My 17 month old daughter has a lever door handle on the door to her room. She could push the button in and lock herself in her room. I can't find any devices to put on the handle to prevent this. Does anyone know of anything? The only ones I've found are made to lock her out of a room which is not what I need.
If you just wish to prevent the locking, you could replace the doorknob with a non-locking one. They're relatively cheap at Home Depot and easy to change.
Good luck,
K.
Have you considered just replacing the door handle with one that doesn't have a push lock? It isn't incredibly hard to do, just money for the new handle and a few screws. You may also be able to reverse the existing handle, but it will function by pulling up instead of pushing down.
I replaced the door handles with non-locking "closet" handles. I actually replaced a couple lever handles with round knobs in the same metal she can't open and also put the baby proofing covers on them. in some cases you can also turn the locks around so they are on the ourside, but I would worry a lot about her being able to lock you IN!
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But just taking the door handle off will keep her from locking it
Just change the door handle for the time being. They are easy to change out and return the other when she is old enough or buy another lever one that doesn't have a lock, they do make those too.
I don't have lever handles, but my daughter kept locking her bedroom door from the inside and it drove us crazy. My husband finally took a boat load of duct tape and just wrapped and wrapped the inside door handle so that she couldn't lock it but could still open it if there was an emergency.
You could switch the knob to a non-locking handle.
Change the doorknob.
As a temporary fix, place layers of duct tape across the latch. That way, it can't go into the hole. Or put the layers over the hole, and the latch can't enter it.
Hello H.. My suggestion is to go to The Home Depot tomorrow and buy a brand new $7.00 non-locking knob. Then you won't have to stress yourself out over baby proofing the existing one :)
i would either remove the handle completly, or buy one without a lock on it (even if it is not a lever handle).
We reversed the handles, so the locking mechanism was on the outside.
Take the doorknob off and reinstall it "backwards," so the lock is OUTside her room,
Why don't you change the door handle to one without locks on it?
Or, if you're ok with not having the door closed all the way, try the foam door blockers that can be attached to the upper part of the door that prevents the door from being closed shut.
I have the same issue in my home with the lever door handles. I did find something by Kidco that's for lever door handles, but again, it's the type that keeps one from opening a door.
My suggestion would be to get a few pieces of cardboard and build a small cover over the knob and use duct tape to attach it to the knob. This will allow your LO to be able to open and close the door, but not lock it.
Check out One Step Ahead.com. They have a lot of awesome baby proofing. I'm quite sure that I have seen that type on their website.
God bless!
I don't know of any devices to keep her from locking the door, but we have the same type doors throughout our home. The bathroom doors have locks, and there should be a notch on the front of the door handle on the outside of the door in case you need to unlock it. You can use a penny and slip it in the notch, and turn, and it will pop the lock open. I just keep a penny at the top of each door jam that locks, in case my son locks himself in. I won't be stuck looking for a penny, while he's flushing my make up down the toilet! I've used them a few times now... I hope this helps!
replace the door handle with a simple unlockable door knob... the kind for closets etc.
That is what we did.
We have lever handles.
