#child-proofing

[funnyfiasco]

When child-proofing goes hilariously wrong.

[messy-mommy]

Crib Concussion Protection via Lowe's and Joann Fabric

Five days ago, my baby was crawling. Now, shes STANDING, too! But thanks to Lowe's and JoAnn Fabric, I have crib rail covers to guard against concussions.

I was supposed to publish my #RockingMotherhood post today.

Then I walked into the nursery on Tuesday and saw this:

I thought I had more time to prepare for a chewed-up crib and a banged-up baby’s head.

*Sigh*

So during Baby Bird’s next nap, I scanned Etsy and the Babies R Us website for rail covers. Most looked like nice products, but none had the padding I wanted (and all would take too long…

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[messy-mommy]

Child Safety, Courtesy of Lowe's

My kid is moving more every day. Thanks to Lowe's, the baby's safe and the budget's saved.

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In a matter of days, Baby Bird went from inching along like the tortoise to hauling tail like the hare, so Mr. T and I had to scramble to baby-proof the house.

Needless to say (but I’ll say it anyway), scrambling to make a space safe is a surefire way to end up with a space that isn’t.

We put up baby gates, added outlet…

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[themomsandthecity]

Child-proofing? There's a room you might have forgotten

by Joanna Venditti posted in Mom Stories When my husband and I were preparing to become parents 8 years ago, we were organized and ready. Or at least we thought we were. We read the books, studied the articles, went to the classes, and soaked up every piece of advice that was given, even unsolicited.... Read more » Want to get the full story? Click on the headline above. And thanks for reading the BabyCenter Blog. http://bit.ly/2l8erBp

[bookriot]

Either decide the book is too mature for your child right now (a perfectly fine and sensible decision), or understand that you are making a deal with your child. “I am going to read you a book you’ll love. Some parts you will not understand entirely. Know that I am prepared to read these moments with you and discuss every one of them.” If you aren’t ready to do that, then it is your discomfort that is causing the problem, not the book or the child.

The Folly of Child-Proofing Harry Potter

[enchantedchalice]

Day 3 of 3 Things

Did you think I forgot yesterday?  I did not.  I updated my other blog and thought that that was enough blogging for that day.

Yesterday I picked up:

1. a very small screwdriver that had been on my dresser for, you guessed it, months.

2. the water bottle I used when I had my surgery in October.  I finally took it downstairs to be washed.

3. a cassette tape that I'd made in college... I don't know how long it's been since I've even had anything to play a tape on... but that thing has followed me around for, what, over a decade?  I was always amused by the title of each side.  One side was called "Stark Raving Mad" with songs that were fast, loud, whatever.  And the other side was called "On Lithium" which had calmer songs.  I can only wonder if I made that tape while taking Abnormal Psychology.

So, having nothing to play it on, I threw it away.  I wish I knew what songs were on there, but I've long since lost the case.

Today I picked up 2 bottles.  Let me back up - my problem is that we never really child-proofed this house when the baby was born.  We have cabinets full of stuff that will not hurt her, but she constantly opens the cabinets and strews things around.  Why didn't we child-proof? Because we're lazy and it's a pain.  We're also too lazy to constantly pick up after her, but there you go.  This is why I have the problem that I have.

Thus, our bathroom is completely strewn with stuff that we had stored away in cabinets, and my kitchen counter is full of stuff that used to be tucked away in drawers.

So, bottles.  Another problems is that I buy soap or lotion and decide that I can't stand the smell of it, so stop using it.  But I also have concerns about the environment, so it's not like I can just throw that very-recyclable plastic away, right?  But it's full of soap!  Or lotion!  I can't recycle it like that.  And yet... too lazy to dump it out in the trash (besides... gross) so instead I lug it around from place to place, and eventually my 17 month old daughter finds it hidden in the back of a cabinet and there you go.

I picked up an old (full) lotion bottle and 2 soap bottles and put them in the place I have designated upstairs for recyclables.  Later today I WILL bring them down, empty them, and throw them in the recycling bin outside.  That's my 3.... but I also took down and boxed up the little ornamental Christmas tree that I had up.  Unfortunately that's only partial credit because I just took it upstairs and put it on the floor.  Why?  Because there's a bunch of Christmas boxes out, this is new, and it has no home yet.

My brain literally freezes at having to find it a home, when all the Christmas boxes are already full, and anyway they have to be put back just so in order to even all fit in the closet, so... brain freeze/laziness/ugh.  I could have probably done it in the time it's taken me to write about it.

My house is basically clean.  It's just overwhelmed with clutter.