We recently got a locking cabinet to put in our room. It was designed for garage use, but even though it isn't very pretty, it was relatively cheap and we need something to keep Wyatt out of medicines, important papers, and anything gloppy that can be squeezed out of a tube or a bottle (he's really into anything that reminds him of glue). I'm giving him a grace period to explore the cabinet and get bored with it before I put anything in it and he's been hanging out in there like a little vampire bat (except not upside down).

We have some double-door cabinets that we can put those loop locks on, the plastic ones that look like bows. He hasn't figured those out yet, except sometimes he yanks on the doors and the knobs come off. We've had to replace our front door lock because he figured out how to flip it open. He got halfway down the street, naked and clutching a handful of pencils, before I realized he had stripped and streaked. Of course, half the neighborhood saw what happened. But, no one wants to go near a naked boy these days, no way! So, my advice to anyone reading this reply to Holly's bog: If you see a naked kid, get a bath towel and use it to shoo the kid toward his house.

Now I feel like a jailer and I've even been laughed at by sales people as I'm struggling to unlock my door from the inside with a key instead of just flipping the lock like everyone else. Problem is, Wyatt has now figured out how keys work. Oh, he is so determined!