MC & I have procrastinated long enough. We spent months pondering what baby gate system we should get. In our defence we had issues with the length of the opening of the play area by the living room. We wanted a friction mount system but nothing would work with a friction mount at that size. We also didn’t want to drill a hole into the molding around the opening we were going to use. We ended up having to buy a system that we drill into the wall but also figured out a way to not touch the molding. Once we figured that out we bought a system but then found excuse after excuse not to set it up for 2 weeks. Finally we found time to do it today. The bigger gate took a while to get right, but the smaller one we use to block off the kitchen was thankfully a friction mount and it only took like 10 minutes to setup.
Teagan was babbling and crawling through the kitchen and turned the corner and saw the gate for the first time and just stopped talking and stopped moving to stare at it. When we are with her we leave the doors open so she can crawl out and explore with us in toe. She crawled into the living room and then started playing with the door. I think she will be locking us out very soon. At least we can contain her in her play area when we want to. Well that is until she learns to climb over the gates. She has already figured out that the bars are great for helping her stand up.