My 2 yo became a wild man last night. Both DH and I had to work late, so Dh
dropped DS off at my sisters.He had a great time playing with his cousins
(7
& 8 yo)
The night started by him being wound up when he got home. Then at 8:30 we
put him in his crib and he climbed out twice, hurting himself both times.
We
dissassembeld the crib and put the mattress on teh floor, then he would
not
stay in the bed either, we tried closing the door, but I was worried he
would try to climb the book case or otherwise hurt himself...we tried
reading books to him, letting him play with flashlight, etc. to no avail.
Fianlyy we gave up at 10 30 and shut him in again with a toy and went to
bed
ourselves. He fell asleep shortly thereafter - it was 11 pm
Then at 4 am he mustve rolled over on his popping piano and it work him up
-
it plays songs and does lights and has loud popping noises. I wen tin and
calmed him down. At 4:30 am I got to bed myself. At 5 30 the dog started
whining. I got up and let him out. At 6 30 the other dogs started whining,
I
let him ou t of his crate....
By then it was a lost cause. Now I have this to look forward to all over
again ?
What do we do to keep our son safe and on a schedule ? We both MUST work
at
this point. I was runnign on sheer coffee and diet coke all day....
Any ideas would be great. I hate to have to baby proof every stinking
possibility, but we may need to remove the slider rocker (pinched
fingers?)
and the book case (falls over on a climbing child) same for the dresser,
put
a lock on his closet door, and remove his hobby horse (steel tube stand).
L.
K.C., 5-25-01
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