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your 2 yo has figured out every gate, lock, latch and door...?
Jacob just turned 2 a couple weeks ago and we have had everything locked, latched, tied, gated, etc.... EVERYTHING! He is into everything all the time...and has been since he was about 8 months old.
Well, he has figured out how to jump over, unlatch, just plain remove...everything except the fridge lock and I see him mastering that within the week. What do I do now?
In his short 2 years, he has had 2 fingers cut off, cut the corner of his eyelid (barely missing his eyeball), ate a bottle of procion dye, did you read my vaseline post?, dipped a cookie in the toilet (eeewwww!), ruined countless rolls of tp, broke jars from the pantry, emptied out boxes of cereal, been shocked a few times (he removed the outlet protectors around 6-7 months old).... and all this while I was right there. It's not like I'm not watching him or something. He climbs everything and is so diligent and determined... He tries to throw himself in the oven everytime it's opened up, he's constantly in the dishwasher...
All our chairs are on the table....but he just pulls them down. He'll pile anything to reach whatever he wants...
He's not bad...just BUSY. I give him busy things to do.....like dropping coins into a jar, using tweezers to pick up small things and move them somewhere else, move the laundry piece by piece around the house until it gets to the basket, I let him play with play-doh, we paint, we go outside....
Short of tying him up or locking every door at the tippy top with a keyed lock...which isn't exactly safe...what am I going to do?
We tell him "no", he goes to his room for "time out", I make him clean up messes....
Is this my punishment for thinking I had "these great parenting skills" when I just had Alicia?
UGH!!! I don't know what you can say to help me out...maybe promise me he is going to grow out of this SOON?
Sounds like you really got your hands full. I think you have baby Houdini there lol. Hope he grows out of it soon, and stays safe untill then. You seem to be handling him pretty well, I dunno if I would be able to.
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Well my daughter who isn't into as much trouble as your son.. but has still figured out all the gates and the normal child proof latches, has not figured out the magnetic locks. They go on the inside of the cabinet and you need the "key" to unlock them. You can't see them at all.. totally invisible (until you open the cabinet of course)
If you put the key away or high, he shouldn't be able to get to them... it might be hard to figure it out anyhow since you have to have the key in the exact right place while opening the door at the same time. REally... invest in these.. I have yet to find a troublemaking toddler get through these. Won't help with EVERYTHING but will keep him out of the dangerous stuff...
good luck!
~C
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but if I remember correctly the fingers incident was one which he had his hand between the door (hinge side) and door jamb when his older sister shut the door. He lost two fingers and they were both sewn back on and healed up and lived (is that right?). I remember thinking about it for a straight month after it happened, telling all my family and friends and threatening to take all our doors off the hinges! We dont allow any shutting of doors as far as the kids playtime or friends over etc. If the try to slam or shut out the younger kids they get sent outside and I always chime in "somebodys fingers can be cut off!!!" That one really stuck with me!
omg! Thank you for posting that!!! LOL Seriously.... I have 4 yr old twin boys. By the time they were 2, I wondered if I'd even *survive* the "twin tornado's" they were causing on a daily basis. Ugh!!! So... um, well, just be glad there aren't 2 of him?? LOL Honestly, I have no advice. I just know I am growing old beyond my years because of my boys! Ack!!! Glad to hear I'm not alone, though. Your stories sound SO similar to mine, except my boys cause twice the amount of destruction in half the time!!!
Hope your days get easier, soon, mama!
As the mother to a destructo girl I feel your pain
I highly recommend the tot lock things. Also changing around the locks that you already have we have gone through 5 different types we just keep changing the while it doesn’t prevent her from getting into things it gave us a little time to get there hence the last and final suggestion hang bells on the inside of the absolute no no cabinets.
Here is dd list of accomplishments
9 months found her sitting on top of the dining room table
10 months she was dancing on top of the table
12 months caught hanging from the chandelier
beheaded her first man (statue) at the age of two in a restaurant
ate seven barbie shoes
attempted flushed 3 carrots an apple and a shirt down the toilet
taken a bath using the toilet brush and a can of coke cause she was “hot”
32oz of syrup on the carpet
Liquid dishwasher soap whole bottle on the carpet that is the short list
recently it is all about coloring our walls every wall in the house has crayon/permenent marker/ pencil on it
Repeat after me "This too shall pass"........I hope
Teri
that you put on your doors....maybe this loud warning would signal you to potential danger where your rambunctious toddler is concerned? All our *chemicals* are in a locked closet....and I think it won't be long before he actually busts through the door. UGH! STRONG and PERSISTENT toddlers! LOL
((HUGS))
Good luck!
PS---we had to double baby gate at one point...one on top of the other. LOL What a climber Justin is!
OMG i'm laughing SO hard now because after the day i had i thought i was going to go POSTAL.......
I was going to suggest the magnetic locks, however, the only place i've seen them is One Step Ahead online. Is there anywhere else to get them because BOY they are pricey!
Baby gates....get the ones that mount on the wall, and you can even stack them 2x high. THAT has kept my daredevil inside forever now.
My mom used those hook and eye latches that used to be on old screen doors? She used the ones with the tension springs on them, and we mounted them up at the top of the doors, so even IF Gage could figure out how to slide the tension spring back, there's no way he can reach up that high. We've got those EVERYWHERE.
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All our chairs are on the table....but he just pulls them down. He'll pile anything to reach whatever he wants...
My husband fixed this by putting short bungy cords around the chairs attached to the legs of the table. It REALLY perplexes my son to no end, but he can't get them out. Try it!
One Step Ahead also has that dishwasher latch thing, it looks like a belt......i've not tried it yet but its next on my list.
Another thing he's not been able to master is the door knob protectors. His hands aren't big enough to squeeze it on each side, so you may try that.
There are different outlet covers protectors. The ones that are flat with nothing on them and cover the entire plug piece. Not sure if you've used those or not.
I don't think they'll ever grow out of it. I think its a boy thing. I remember when my brother was 16 and he and his buddies used air pistols, shoved cardboard pieces down the back of their pants and were shooting each other in the ass! See what we have to look forward to?
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LOL Honestly, I have no advice. I just know I am growing old beyond my years because of my boys! Ack!!! Glad to hear I'm not alone, though. Your stories sound SO similar to mine, except my boys cause twice the amount of destruction in half the time!!! 
Wife to the love of my life Robert since 2/13/99!!!!! 
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