Toddler in a MH
Hello: We went out this weekend (the weather was spectacular), and came across a problem. Our 18-month-old granddaughter came to visit at camp. It immediately became clear that the stairwell was da...
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Hatman wrote:
We travel in our DP motorhome with our 20-month-old daughter. I cut a piece of plywood that goes from the passenger seat to the dash and keeps her out of the stairwell, as well as away from the door. While we have a stair cover, it's pneumatic, so it won't continue to function after we're parked for any length of time. Plus that still gives her access to the door, and she's becoming quite adept at opening darn near anything. :) The plywood works great, and is easily stored behind the passenger seat when not in use.
Funny that you say that about the stair cover. We recently bought a DP and the air driven step cover isn't working so that was one of the first things I wanted to fix ... until it occured to me that, as you mentioned, it will only work while there's pressure in the air system so really not particularly useful when we're parked and when we want to use it.
Depending on the age of the child, it's a good idea to block the access to the door itself - I think if you open the door, it's a 4-5 foot drop from the step cover to the ground in our mh. Also not a bad idea to block access to the cockpit, since like every time I leave after a being parked for a few days, the wipers, the various switches, etc have all been flipped.
