Baby Gates

Friday, January 30th, 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments

After countless nights of searching for the perfect baby gate online and in stores, I came to the realization that it didn’t exist. Reading reviews and talking to many parents with small kids left my head spinning and the funny thing was that everyone had their version of the perfect gate system.

Since Sarah’s been crawling around all over the kitchen, she started visiting the stairs that led down to grandma and grandpa’s place. I knew a gate was much more of a necessity and decided to go with any reasonably priced and well reviewed gate and that I’d “make it work”. I finally found a Dream Baby 2 gate value pack from Babies R Us for 99 bucks. It got decent reviews and the 99 dollar price tag seemed pretty good. It also came with 2 extensions and a free umbrella stroller. Perfect right? Well, not exactly. Due to the popularity of the gates, they were sold out constantly. Even when I signed up for the email alerts, I couldn’t get onto the site quickly enough to order them. One night while surfing the net, I visited babiesrus.com and found that the gates were in stock again. I quickly ordered a set and got an extra 7.5″ extension and the umbrella stroller. So what was the final price? It definitely wasn’t 99 bucks. The tally came out to almost $170 due to the $30 shipping charge and the NY sales tax.

So when I finally installed the gate, I found that the gate was secure enough on my stair banister, but wasn’t too comfortable with the shakiness. I cut a 2×6 I had laying around and placed it on my stairs as an extra place to position the gate and now the gate is perfectly secure. Sarah can crawl around now and we won’t worry about her tumbling down the stairs. Yippee!