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little escape artist.
noah is becoming a right adventurer. he climbs up everything and into everything. on sunday he escaped out of the garden gate and was off down the steps! for those of you don't know i live in a top floor flat and the 50 concrete steps are quite steep down the side of the building. i realised he was gone only because zach came in to the house and said wheres noah? oh my god when i think about it it makes me sick. he was about half way down the steps and thought it was funny. i've always worried about falling down the steps but also what if he got down to the road? i'm so glad we've decided to move as i don't think my nerves could take much more of this.
i realised after i hadn't shut the gate properly so fortuntely he hasn't figured out how to open it or get over it otherwise i just wouldn't let him into the garden. i do feel very stupid though. i've always been so paranoid about all of it. we never open the windows to the front of the building - keep them locked in fact, we are so careful about everything but i think noah is going to be one of those children that never misses an opportunity to get into trouble.
i realised after i hadn't shut the gate properly so fortuntely he hasn't figured out how to open it or get over it otherwise i just wouldn't let him into the garden. i do feel very stupid though. i've always been so paranoid about all of it. we never open the windows to the front of the building - keep them locked in fact, we are so careful about everything but i think noah is going to be one of those children that never misses an opportunity to get into trouble.
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Hubby has made a fenced area in the garden out of pallets as a temporary measure so we could relax in the garden a bit more with him this summer. They are so bloomin fast aren't they?!! xx
fin can open doors, climbs everything and like you liz we have finally enclosed part of garden so safe for him to just go out back door to play it's so nice and he loves the fact he can go in and out whilst i'm doing bits and bobs!!!
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We can't really fence the garden off as it's communal and the "back" door is at the side and doesn't lead directly onto the garden but I'm quite lucky as we all have lo's similar ages so there's always one of us outside with them so I can leave him out for 5 minutes with one of the neighbours whilst I'm doing something without having to chase after him every 2 seconds.
i did that once becci - i got back from supermarket, i'd been gone about half an hour or so, and dave said to me wheres noah? i instantly panicked and said i left him here with you and dave said he's not here and i just went cold and was about to startlooking in the garden, in the playhouse etc. i suddenly remembered that i had put him down for a nap and he was sleeping peacefully in his cot completely oblivious! it was a horrible feeling though. shows how much my hubby pays attention to me!
All was well but I hate steps!
Max isn't too much of an excapologist thankfully!
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