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Crawling
Well, Bren is finally crawling in a kind of commando shuffle style but he can move around pretty quickly and it is a knightmare!! I had a playpen a friend gave me so I put him in that so I knew he would be safe and he just cied despite he had loads of fun toys to play with. So tiring having to move him away from things he is going to bump his head on all the time! Has anyone got any tips on how to stay sane?
I borrowed a couple of toys from another friend today that have push buttons and things that spin round when you press things and he seems to love that - but would still rather crawl off to chew on his daddies shoe or head for the fireplace! x
I borrowed a couple of toys from another friend today that have push buttons and things that spin round when you press things and he seems to love that - but would still rather crawl off to chew on his daddies shoe or head for the fireplace! x
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I'm sorry, no tips as have had the same prob for a coupla months now! I just put a fireguard round the hearth as the brass fender knobs were well dangerous and put loads of toys on the rug. She`still goes to the naughty places! But now she can self-sit so to speak, she's not crawling all the time as b4.
our house is such a nightmare sooo not child friendly at all so god knows what we'll do when he is actually moving well!!!
play pen would have been my first idea but obviously bren is thinking hang on this is rubbish... only thing i can think is just get stair gates for doors like kitchen etc... then fire surround and move things that are low and breakable... in a way he'll have to learn at some point! if you leave room then i suppose pop in play pen, walker door bouncer etc... just for bit!!! difficult one!!!
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no tips im afraid. but im not gonna move everything out of the way cos i think he will soon get over wanting things if we dont make a fuss out of it. im sure i will change my mind but hey nothing wrong with being positive!
thats kind of like when i said i would never use jars........ hmm
If she doesn't take to it, I think I'll end up having a nervous breakdown!! Lol
Bryn has started to crawl in the past week - he'd been rolling and commando shuffling for a while but now he gets up on all fours - saying that at the moment he can still get about quicker doing a shuffle... that will change soon enough.... the trouble I have is that Ophelia has loads of little toys and dolls with long hair which Bryn makes a beeline for - and however many times I tell Fee not to leave them about she still does!! :roll:
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Now that the tax refund has finally arrived, we are going to buy a fireguard and baby gates. I've got a blanket rolled up at the moment against the hearth so cole doesnt bang his head on the wood or get to the tiles..but he does like to pull the blanket around! We have just finished tidying up and we are working hard on putting stuff away when we are done with it!! Most stuff is out of the way but I'm not moving the table so he'll just have to learn to not bump into it! Little bugger keeps wiggling to the sofa and pulling on the throws every time my bakc is turned!!