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Safety of lo when under your feet whilst cooking! Tips pleas
I keep meaning to ask this but I was just wondering how you all manage cooking with a toddler under your feet, I just don't know what to do with zachariah as he refuses to go and play on his own and I'm petrified of him reaching up to the hobs/pans or pulling at the oven door! I am standing by the oven so it's not like I let him wander on his own but I am well aware it would take a split second for something to go wrong............ Thanks
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Not sure if thats what you were after as an answer though
SEriously though you can get some kind of glass thingy on an angle that you can put on your hob to keep lo's away
Julesy LOL thanks loadsa help haha, the only time oh cooks is when we have guests and he's showing off and he's blooming useless at entertaining zachariah whilst I get on with it.
Garden does work quite well but playpen or gate would be a disaster as he'd just scream the place down ( is that too much of a pushover reason?) ....... Hmmmmmmmm
Came to the realization that baby 2 is due pretty much just in time for zachariah being 2- I reeeeeeeally hope terrible twos doesn't happen in my house or I may well have to pack the whole thing in LOL
For the last week or so we have been having tantrums about almost everything, this morning i asked floyd if he would like breakfast and he chucked him self on the floor and screamed, after breakfast i asked if he would like to play with his cars and again on the floor rolling around screaming ??????????????? so have decided im not going to ask him anything from now on as i would rather have some peace lol he has also started grunting when he wants something and its a really ridiculous sound that drives me mad ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH
Haha Oh well such is life eh???
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I have in the past stood Brendan on a chair and put some luke warm water in the sink with spoons etc for him to play with and as Kia says it keeps him entertained for quite a while! I only do this when I am standing next to him chopping veg or something though. xx
Most of the time now, Gracie plays with Alfs n Charlie while I cook tea, but if she's in with me, it is a nightmare. She empties the tin cupboard (smashed a jar of coffee the other week) and takes the plastic plates oput of the cupboard and outs them in the sink. helpful, but not!
the other thing is give him a pot and pan and spoon etc and let him bacng and play on floor or highchair - the crayon thing is quite good at mo and some paper!!!
Is zachariah the only one that can't cope any length of time on his own? I know it might be sight related or maybe me pandering to his every need but I don't get a seconds peace from the moment he wakes up to the moment he goes to sleep, am actually really struggling with it ATM!
Liz that's so cute that bren is loving his little brother.
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If Ig ot off my slack backside and got a tall stairgate for the top fo the stairs I could probably manage cole in his room with the gate open and let him come in and out of the bathroom while i shower - I tend to bring him in, give him his toothbrush and just shower quickly and hope he doesn't pull the shower screen back too many times lol.
Cole's handy hint for other lo's to occupy themselves in the kitchen while mummy is washing up - take top off, put in washing machine,s hut door, open door, take top out, cry at mummy to put the top back on, repeat a further 2 times, take top off, whimper till mummy puts it back on, repeat, stand right between mummy and the cupboard so she can't reach the washing up bowl, steal the pan scrubber, shove mummy further out from the cupboard, fuss to be picked up to go on the side, trash the hob (no it wasn't on), whimper to go in the sink while mummy rinses bottles, pour water all over self, make big puddle on floor as water drains off when lifted down.
Cole also likes to empty the cupboards - he's a big fan of pulling out the washing liquid and fabric softener bottles nad trying to set off the washer, and he likes to empty out his plates and bowls. Drives me nuts picking them up again
My older girls, Erin 6 & Hayley 4 can sometimes listen and leave the kitchen but i hate cooking with Paige around.
I'm paranoid when i'm boiling potatoes or cooking pasta or rice and i make sure David has Paige in the lounge when i'm moving about the kitchen.
Shell