Piggy-backing on the previous post about door locks...
My son has learned how to open all of our windows. We have crank out Anderson windows, and he's OBSESSED with trying to open them. It's partly my fault because a few months ago my hubby accidentally locked me out of the house when he left for work, so I tried coaching my 3 yo to open the living room window to let me back in again. The past few weeks my son has been trying to open all the windows, and we have like 40 of them in the house, so it's driving me nuts! He already knows that it is dangerous, but doesn't seem to care.
Any suggestions for a good window lock?
That is kind of funny!
We had Anderson crank out windows and I could remove the handle. Are you able to do that on yours?
My husband bought these small divices that you screw onto the window frame just above the top of window while it's closed. (the window pane that has the lock on it). It prevents the window from being opened. We used them in the ground floor windows of the kids room so we could have the windows opened a little bit at night and not worry about anyone coming in to the children's rooms. I think he got them at a hard ware store. They are silver and small. I said "screw", but you actually turn the little clamp by hand. They install quickly and can gbe removed quickly by an adult.
You could also try this small alarm you can get from WalMart. It is cheap. When the window is opened it is a horrible piercing noise. This might be loud enough to "scare" him into leaving the windows shut.
I am using these window locks
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3502243
My 5 year old has them figured out, my 4 year old not just yet.
Good luck
You don't want him to break the window with a lock. Aren't the handles removable? The better solution is to punish him when he does it and do so consistently. He is wearing down the windows, and it is dangerous and windows are not a toy. I think it is a good opportunity to start time outs for 3 minutes.
Do they have any type of child setting already on them? Like they can only open so far? I know our windows that life up have these but not sure about the crank open kind.
Does he have any toys with a "crank"? (Like that's going to stop him!)
Maybe try the noise alarm and be very vigilant.
