How does she know where the dog's water is?
How does she know where the swiffer is?
How does she know where where the dust bunnies hide?
How does she know where to grab the dog's tail so that he can drag her around?
Okay, that last one was hillarious to see!
I refuse to believe that any place can be baby-proofed, and I believe that now more than ever. You can do your best to make sure that things are less hazardous, but unless we put her in a rubber room with plush toys, she will find something to get into!
So, we have already baby-protected 90% of the living room. Now that she can crawl, she's no longer interested in the living room, she has moved on to the kitchen. Yesterday we bought the latches for the cabinets, but only after deciding which ones to lock. We both believe that exploration is the key to learning and that we can not and should not lock everything away.
In our continued baby-protection process, I'm curious to hear what other parents have forgotten until your child brought it to your attention. (i.e. the dog food)
Also - what did you do with your dog food? Right now I'm thinking that we will just put his bowl down for food time and pick it up off of the floor when he's done.
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Both my kids ate dog food. Drives me nuts. You make them a nice breakfast and they turn up their noses, but then they eat Purina Beneful like it's candy. Weirdos. Anyway, we didn't put it up all the time. We'd leave it down, and if the kids went for it we'd say, "no" first and redirect them (take them somewhere else in the room and give them something to play with). Then, if they went back to it, we'd put it up.
That way, eventually, they'll learn that it's off limits and you won't have to hide it away. Claire is almost 1, and she leaves it alone now.
In the kitchen, I separated my pots and pans into metal and glass - I locked the glass cabinet but left the metal cabinet open. I locked up the knives, obviously, but left the drawer with the towels and the wooden spoons, etc. open. I also left the tupperware cabinet open. I agree that exploration is good and healthy and necessary. You can't raise them in a bubble. Obviously I lock up the cabinet with the trash and the chemicals, too.
I will never forget the heart failure I felt when I saw my 2 year old going for an electrical outlet with a key!! I thought she was past that phase.
It never ends. Good luck!
Amy @ http://prettybabies.blogspot.com
We left the dog food down too. I don't think Chase actually ate any but we spent a good many days prying it out of her hands. She liked to pick it up and carry it around or move it from bowl to bowl. After a while she lost interest.
We bought latches for the kitchen but then Chase found that there was a door on the hutch in the dining room that she pulled open and smacked her right on the bridge of the nose. Later that SAME day she got hit in the forehead opening the door on the tv cabinet. That was awesome. We bought a first aid icepack and she let me hold that on for a minute while she ate a cracker so no bruise. Of course now when she sees the ice pack she immediately puts in on her head which is funny and only mildly embarrassing.
Rusty really dragged her around?! That's amazing.
Could Rusty's dish possibly go further into that little washer/dryer area so it's harder to Abby to get to it but he can still reach it when he wants (without it being in you and Anny's way when you're doing laundry)?
~Michelle
I say let'em eat it. It can't be too bad since the animals eat it, right? Besides Rob, it would irritate Anny. Evan tried it once and never touched it again. I'll use the same philosophy with Luke.
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