Um... okay. Firstly I have to say for those who have not been through this themselves, this is not about a neglegant parent. This isn't about a parent who wants to spend time NOT looking after her child, this is about being able to do basic functions like urinate.

I had an 18 month old that would scale fences as well. Somedays I would have to hold my bladder for 10 hours to wait for my husband to come home in order to urinate. I understand your predicament because I have been through it, only in the suburbs. When I was 8 months pregnant, I decided that my daughter would be able to handle it if I had a shower, I locked her in my bedroom and hung the key on the hook above the door (we had locks on everything and the keys hung on hooks above the door). I kept the door open to the ensuite so I could be there for her, gave her snacks and drinks and toys and jumped in the shower. We had two locks on every window that had to be opened together, so I thought we'd be okay. I jumped in (she had vomitted all over me an hour previously.... I stunk). I quickly washed off, and jumped out, maybe 2 minutes tops? She was gone. She moved a chair up to the door, unlocked the door, ran down the hallway, used another chair to unlock our back door, climbed the verandah fence (there was a padlock on the verandah fence gate) and climbed our 6 foot fence. She was 2 years, 3 months. I ran down the street covered by a towel (remember the 8 months pregnant bit??) and found her at the house behind us with the builders who were building a new house... I had to drag her kicking and screaming home showing the world most of my pregnant body on a busy road.... oh yeah the joys of showering?

I used to have to put a monkey harness on her to go to the toilet because by the time she was 2 years 8 months she figured out how to jump out the windows by unlocking the windows with a pen on the top lock and holding the bottom lock open with her foot while leaning on the window to open it.

When she was 11 months, she pushed a chair to the back door of a friends house and climbed up trying to open the door.

She ran out of shops and onto roads after getting out of a 5 point harness in the pram, she took herself to the train station in Brisbane's south bank because she didn't like that we didn't take the train in.... she was gone for 15 minutes before a stranger found her. I was with police and hysterical.

Matilda was diagnosed with Autism when she was 5 and at that time I was told it was a common thing for these kids and that there are special things that Child Protective services could help us with like extra locks etc....

I suggest that you call them yourself and ask to speak with someone about the safety of your child who is an escape artist. It is serious and this is how kids wind up in horrible situations. Its not BAD parenting and I dare ANYONE to say that to my face after what I have been through.