Comments on: More goldfish, please http://mommatimes.com/uncategorized/more-goldfish-please/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:46:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Misty http://mommatimes.com/uncategorized/more-goldfish-please/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Misty Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:16:30 +0000 http://mommatimes.com/?p=256#comment-270 Child proofing! You have to child proof there room, then you leave a couple of toys out that they can play with on there own. You move everything and anything up and away. If you have tall dressers, bookshelves, etc, there are anchors you can buy to bolt them to the wall so if your child gets creative and climb furniture, it won't fall on them. (Ask steve, he did a website for a friend of mine who has a site all about child safety). Jake pulled his tall dresser over on top of him because he opened the top two drawers, lucky for us the beds end table was in front of it, so it didn't really land on him, it kept it propped up. Scary day when you are 3 days home from c-section #2. Now I have long, wide dressers so they don't tip, but Jake has a tall bookshelf that needs an anchor (note to self ;). Does that help? Other thing I did, was I had an adjustable/non-permanant baby gate that I would put in the babies doorway so I could easily hear in. Basically, in my experience, when they wake up, they are disoriented, and so they go straight to the door and pound on it, so they don't spend much time in the mischief department, they still want mom when they wake up. Baby moniters help too, because you can hear if they are awake in there, and can get them. Okay, now I'm rambling, but hopefully that helps. Child proofing! You have to child proof there room, then you leave a couple of toys out that they can play with on there own. You move everything and anything up and away. If you have tall dressers, bookshelves, etc, there are anchors you can buy to bolt them to the wall so if your child gets creative and climb furniture, it won’t fall on them. (Ask steve, he did a website for a friend of mine who has a site all about child safety). Jake pulled his tall dresser over on top of him because he opened the top two drawers, lucky for us the beds end table was in front of it, so it didn’t really land on him, it kept it propped up. Scary day when you are 3 days home from c-section #2. Now I have long, wide dressers so they don’t tip, but Jake has a tall bookshelf that needs an anchor (note to self ;) . Does that help? Other thing I did, was I had an adjustable/non-permanant baby gate that I would put in the babies doorway so I could easily hear in. Basically, in my experience, when they wake up, they are disoriented, and so they go straight to the door and pound on it, so they don’t spend much time in the mischief department, they still want mom when they wake up. Baby moniters help too, because you can hear if they are awake in there, and can get them.

Okay, now I’m rambling, but hopefully that helps.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://mommatimes.com/uncategorized/more-goldfish-please/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Elizabeth Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:11:46 +0000 http://mommatimes.com/?p=256#comment-266 I don't mean to hijack his-sorry Erin, but Misty- how did you keep them from getting into touble if you weren't up yet. Max hasn't tried to escape yet but he just turned 2 and Isabella is outgrowing her pack-n-play for everyday use. I want to switch them soon, but I am afraid Max will get into things. I don’t mean to hijack his-sorry Erin, but Misty- how did you keep them from getting into touble if you weren’t up yet. Max hasn’t tried to escape yet but he just turned 2 and Isabella is outgrowing her pack-n-play for everyday use. I want to switch them soon, but I am afraid Max will get into things.

]]> By: Misty http://mommatimes.com/uncategorized/more-goldfish-please/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Misty Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:42 +0000 http://mommatimes.com/?p=256#comment-265 Riley never got out of his crib, but at 18 months it was only a matter of time, I caught him several times hanging on the edge. So we moved him to a twin, and then shut his door at night. He couldn't open the door so the stairs were never an issue. Of course now he can open them, but he knows how to go down steps. Carly and Jake were both in Twin beds at two (cuz each had a new baby to take the crib coming soon). Riley never got out of his crib, but at 18 months it was only a matter of time, I caught him several times hanging on the edge. So we moved him to a twin, and then shut his door at night. He couldn’t open the door so the stairs were never an issue. Of course now he can open them, but he knows how to go down steps. Carly and Jake were both in Twin beds at two (cuz each had a new baby to take the crib coming soon).

]]> By: Grace Housholder http://mommatimes.com/uncategorized/more-goldfish-please/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Grace Housholder Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:13:58 +0000 http://mommatimes.com/?p=256#comment-264 As far as getting out of the crib, I don't remember any of our three daughters doing that -- but I remember our son Paul did that and ... yes... it is a shock to go to the crib and not find your baby there! Paul also climbed up onto counters a lot and I don't remember our daughters doing that. In some families, boys are just more daring than their sisters... but every family is different, of course. As far as getting out of the crib, I don’t remember any of our three daughters doing that — but I remember our son Paul did that and … yes… it is a shock to go to the crib and not find your baby there! Paul also climbed up onto counters a lot and I don’t remember our daughters doing that. In some families, boys are just more daring than their sisters… but every family is different, of course.

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