Look at him , he is so big and such a boy . In less than 2 months we will be celebrating his first birthday.
I have a confession to make , for over 4 years i have been a mother and we have yet to baby proof. Ok maybe not completely true the place is safe for the kids, we have never put locks on cupboards or covers on switches …that sort of thing. We have never really needed to , Becca was not interested and as into everything as Eilidh was neither was she.
But the boy , oh my little troublesome man he loves cupboards and drawers and switches and just about anything he can get his hands on. He opens the kitchen cupboards and shuts them again (normally on his fingers) , he opens drawers he can only reach by standing on his toes and shuts them again (normally on his fingers) . Even rooms are not safe as he must shut and open those doors at every opportunity (strangely not on his fingers). I watched him swing from a chest of drawers this evening in desperation at a non opening drawer .
If he sees a switch or a wire he must play with them , phones/remote controls must be eaten and whacked of the floor. He loves to dump lego ,books and toys everywhere and it takes me at least 10 minutes to change a nappy and longer to get him dressed . He finds pennies everywhere resulting in me panicking trying to fish from his mouth He cruises and crawls everywhere but refuses to walk more than one step if i try to get him to walk to me he throws himself forward giggling – its a game you see. You say yes to him and he shakes his head NO , he loves peek a boo and plays it with any object he can find.
He is not an independent or easy child, everything is a fight and he spends a good part of most days screaming .
BUT
He does these cutest little faces , smiles and scrunches up his whole face and i just melt . When i pick him up he snuggles up against my chest and noone else makes him happy like i do . When he feeds his eyes roll back and he looks like the most contented little guy on this planet.
He is quick and funny , and loves to make me laugh (even if its trying to strangle me while he is in the sling… yes really) . He thinks baths are the best thing ever and likes to eat whatever you put in front of him (except Bananas) , he loves meat and would eat that and nothing else.
Despite it all i wouldn’t change him because he is mine and nothing can replace that.
What a sweetie! He sounds like a determined little person. Good luck keeping him safe
same thing at our house. bean never got into anything and sprout does anything he isn’t supposed to. but we still don’t have any locks on cabinets or anything- i just gate off the kitchen and shut the bathroom door… and try to watch him like a hawk.
good luck with your little trouble maker. he is a cutie!!
wow look at those chubby little legs… We had to baby proof everything because of Lore… ugh we still have too lol…