Post by pocooso on Jul 5, 2012 22:17:38 GMT -5
My son is so different from the girls. Just about everything he does is unsafe. The doctor told me that boys are 3 times more prone to accidents, and this has me scared all the time.
My 19-month son does everything he is not supposed to do, and our house is hard to childproof. He bites the glass tv stand; I put bumpers on the glass edges, but now he is ripping off the rubber bumpers and biting off tiny pieces. He pulls on vertical blinds. He stands on warming drawer handles and opens the oven; no room for oven latch. He grabs at knives as I try to load dishwasher. He pushes on window screens. He opens garbage can and tries to fish things out. He throws stuff. He pinches, scratches, hits, bites, gouges us; I even have bruises and scabs. He uses toys to strike other objects. He unplugs phones and lights and computers. He shakes the free-standing lamp. He tries to touch light bulbs. He climbs stairs; no way to gate it off because of the stair design. Yesterday, even though I came after him, I was too late. From about 2 steps away from the top, he fell, face forward, head-first. I think he first hit his hand or shoulder, but maybe hit the top of his head first, bounced off the step as though doing a gymnastic handspring, feet flew into the air, and as I lunged two steps up I caught him sailing through mid-air. He cried, but only because he was scared. I just can't get over this. Literally I have to watch him ALL THE TIME. No potty break. No blinking of the eyes. He stays up until MIDNIGHT every day. He won't go to sleep at a sane hour. There are no toys that he enjoys more than stairs, hair-yanking, or other mischievous deeds, like taking books off shelves and trying to shred pages. It's hard to hold his hand; he pulls away. I worry about him running out into the street or drowning in the toilet or in a pool somewhere. I worry about him poisoning himself, electricuting himself. How am I going to get through this? And no, I don't even have an anxiety disorder. I feel my fears are rational given his behavior. He doesn't pay attention to 'no.' He is persistent with trying to do everything that is forbidden. He pulls on the printer stand. He pulls on the electric piano. There is nothing that is safe from him. My only choice is to dump him in the Play Yard or in his play-gated pen.
At what age will my kid be safe on stairs?
My 19-month son does everything he is not supposed to do, and our house is hard to childproof. He bites the glass tv stand; I put bumpers on the glass edges, but now he is ripping off the rubber bumpers and biting off tiny pieces. He pulls on vertical blinds. He stands on warming drawer handles and opens the oven; no room for oven latch. He grabs at knives as I try to load dishwasher. He pushes on window screens. He opens garbage can and tries to fish things out. He throws stuff. He pinches, scratches, hits, bites, gouges us; I even have bruises and scabs. He uses toys to strike other objects. He unplugs phones and lights and computers. He shakes the free-standing lamp. He tries to touch light bulbs. He climbs stairs; no way to gate it off because of the stair design. Yesterday, even though I came after him, I was too late. From about 2 steps away from the top, he fell, face forward, head-first. I think he first hit his hand or shoulder, but maybe hit the top of his head first, bounced off the step as though doing a gymnastic handspring, feet flew into the air, and as I lunged two steps up I caught him sailing through mid-air. He cried, but only because he was scared. I just can't get over this. Literally I have to watch him ALL THE TIME. No potty break. No blinking of the eyes. He stays up until MIDNIGHT every day. He won't go to sleep at a sane hour. There are no toys that he enjoys more than stairs, hair-yanking, or other mischievous deeds, like taking books off shelves and trying to shred pages. It's hard to hold his hand; he pulls away. I worry about him running out into the street or drowning in the toilet or in a pool somewhere. I worry about him poisoning himself, electricuting himself. How am I going to get through this? And no, I don't even have an anxiety disorder. I feel my fears are rational given his behavior. He doesn't pay attention to 'no.' He is persistent with trying to do everything that is forbidden. He pulls on the printer stand. He pulls on the electric piano. There is nothing that is safe from him. My only choice is to dump him in the Play Yard or in his play-gated pen.
At what age will my kid be safe on stairs?
