Advice re: gating

Happy New Year Mommies!! ? for you clever women. I have a very odd shaped living room & am not sure how to gate my little monsters inside. I don't have 2 flat walls to attach gates to- I attached a pic so you can kinda see. (Please disregard the mess!!! ) I didn't really want to put up 2 gates across the hallway cuz I'd prefer them to not be on the marble tiling. I was thinking of maybe using a SuperYard & just standing it up longways across the opening. Thought we could just put a chair or something behind it so they don't push it down while trying to pull up. Anyone have any better ideas?? I hope so! Thanks! Kristin

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That is a tricky one! I think your idea for the Superyard would work - my only other idea would be to move your couch or maybe a loveseat (if you have one) to cover part of that opening - and then get a regular baby gate to cover the remaining opening. But you would still have to put a chair or something behind it b/c it would just be propped between the wall and the couch then - but it would be a smaller area that you would have to gate off - and much less of a crash if they happened to knock it over.

Or, if that doesn't work - you could buy those Step 2 foam pieces that lock together to cover your marble floor during the times the girls are on the loose - and then use 2 gates to block off the entire area.....

Sorry I don't have anything better! Good luck!

 

"They" make configure your own gates with "doors". Try One Step Ahead. (The super yard with chair option won't work very long...)

 

We used this behind furniture and it worked very well. We actually just took it down last month. If you push it behind the furniture they can't really move it. We configured it so the gate was in the middle of the opening so I didn't have to jump over it all the time. Or check out one step ahead for other options as a pp suggested.

 

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"They" make configure your own gates with "doors". Try One Step Ahead. (The super yard with chair option won't work very long...)


We used One Step for their configure gates. I highly recommend them.

 

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That is a tricky one! I think your idea for the Superyard would work - my only other idea would be to move your couch or maybe a loveseat (if you have one) to cover part of that opening - and then get a regular baby gate to cover the remaining opening. But you would still have to put a chair or something behind it b/c it would just be propped between the wall and the couch then - but it would be a smaller area that you would have to gate off - and much less of a crash if they happened to knock it over.

Or, if that doesn't work - you could buy those Step 2 foam pieces that lock together to cover your marble floor during the times the girls are on the loose - and then use 2 gates to block off the entire area.....

Sorry I don't have anything better! Good luck!


I think the 2 gates & foam pieces might be perfect!!!!! Hopefully we can cut the foam to fit since it's an odd shape. Thanks so much for your ideas.

 

I would recommend the superyard gate that Leighann and Rachel have shown, we use that for our living room and it's been great! Good luck!

 

We've been looking at this gate and a similar metal gate (couldn't find it right now). It says it will fit on unparallel walls and goes up to 12 feet. Mixed review though... I saw it at another website and it got a higher rating.
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2265804

ETA: forgot the link

 

I never put up a gate. By having all their toys and spending most of our time in the family room, they just naturally stayed in there. Since we never really went into the dining room or living room, neither did they. Once we established the family room and kitchen as where we spent our day, that is simply where they stayed. They were comfortable in there, and their things were in there, so I guess they didn't have the need to go to the other rooms of the house.

Also, DH took 2 step stools and put them back to back once they were good crawlers, and taught them to climb up and down--that taught them how to climb on the stairs. If you teach them to climb the stairs before they can walk, they are more likely to continue crawling up and down them as they learn to walk, and therefore can handle them much more safely.

 

I use a superyard also to contain them.

 

I would also suggest a superyard. GL!

 

We also have an odd shaped living room and will be using the superyard with extensions.
My sister in law used the superyard in her basement to keep her girls away from the stairs, bar area and laundry area. She had one end tucked behind a chair and the other just rested against the wall. Neither of the girls ever tried to climb on it and my older niece was 3 before she figured out she could walk around the end of it. I think it's a pretty useful gate.