BabyDan Configure Gate -

The layout of our house means that we have have an open stairway in our living room. This looks great and is typical in a lot of modern houses however is not exactly practical with a baby/toddler. My son like a lot of children went through a phase of constantly climbing up the stairs. He thought it was funny every time we came and got him and said no. There was a time when I don’t think I could sit down longer than 2 minutes before I had to get up again and get him off the second step. Although this was tiring, it never really became a problem as we never left him alone in the living room and we were always in close proximity of him if he decided to start venturing up the stairs. A part of me thought it was good not being able to have a stair gate on as I thought it was better to teach my son a safe way to go up and down the stairs and also teach him that he wasn’t allowed up unless I was with him and I was helping him. This was great as he has learned the safe way of using the stairs so I know he most likely will be fine if we are somewhere with stairs, for example at a family member’s house. Although people are always watching him, the second you turn your back they can be off, so this did give me a little extra peace of mind. I was glad I had taught him this however I still would never want to leave him unattended in the living room with the open stairway and would never be able to pop out of the room for a minute which did make things very difficult for me. Thats when I was delighted to find a baby gate which would actually work with my stairs.

The BayDan configure gate is a 3 sided gate which can be stood in a ‘C’ shape and fixed to a wall and to the side of my stairs. Because it went around the side of my stairs it meant he couldn’t get up the side either and really did make such a difference.

This baby gate can also be fixed to two walls at a corner in a room to create a safe play area/pen for your child. It really is a handy piece of equipment for those of you who like me couldn’t just use a standard baby gate and I didn’t know something like this existed. It has meant that I can pop out of the room for a second and not worry about him climbing up the stairs. It is so nice to have one less thing to worry about, because lets face it us mums are always worrying about something. The bit that opens on the gate is very easy as well. It is definitely baby proof but certainly not adult proof! I have found some baby gates too complicated and awkward to open and close and this is so easy and is just a button underneath that you push in as you push/pull the gate open. I am so glad I found this piece of safety equipment because originally we were looking at bulding some sort of bannister or railing just so I could attach a normal baby gate to the stairs. Which of course would have been very complicated, wouldn’t have looked good at all and probably would have been very costly. The gate cost £49.99 which is isn’t exactly cheap but for someone like me who was about to fork out a lot more, this has been life saving!