Uh-oh.

Adria has known what doors do, and what door knobs are for, for quite a while. In our house, when a door is closed and she wants out (or in), she will stand on her tippy-toes and reach for the door knob and whine. She can just now touch our door knobs, but she needs a few more inches to get her hand around them (which is, what, another half year??). I’ve held her up and let her try it, and she either doesn’t have the knowledge, coordination, or strength to turn the knob just yet. But it won’t be long.

At our hotel in SLO this weekend, the door knobs were the handle-style, and they were “conveniently” quite low. We had a little suite so that Adria could have her own room and we didn’t have to go to bed at 8pm. She first started by playing with the bathroom door, but when we discouraged that she moved to the extra room. She quickly went inside and closed the door behind her, and then squealed when she realized that she was alone. Amanda and I waited a few seconds to see what she would do…and then, like a bad horror movie, the handle slowly started to move.

A few seconds later, with another squeal (of delight), she opened the door and popped out. I took many videos. The one above is pretty much as soon as she figured it out. This one is after she had pretty much mastered it, and was obviously quite pleased with herself:

And here is a very short clip of what it looks like from the inside…

Time to break out the child-proof doorknob covers for our bathrooms??