Oh Sophie, darling. My little hurricane. We call her our "Texas Tornado" for a host of reasons. Our latest challenge with her has been the baby proofing. She un proofed the baby proofing around the house. I have caught her going around the cabinets that were locked to get in to the ones that weren't locked because I thought nothing dangerous to a toddler was in them. She promptly scattered everything to the surrounding floor several times.
I found her covered in food coloring the other day. She has also somehow gained access to the cabinet that has pens and pencils in it. Let me tell you how much fun it is to scrub pencil off an entire hallway wall! She even discovered she is tall enough to open the candy drawer and just like lots of girls, chocolate is her favorite. Well it's a craving Dad has too so I keep mini chocolates in that drawer and Sophie went on SOME bender according to the wrappers I found. Not to forget that she is a dare devil. She climbs the baby gate. She climbs the baby gate to sneak into Mom's room and climb up to my vanity table where she applies eyeliner to her entire face and does her own little fashion show with my sunglasses. She does these things in the blink of an eye. I might be answering a question from an older kid or John P. Sometimes I am changing Emma's diaper and I promptly notice it's way too quiet. Quiet is dangerous with Sophie. It sends me scampering to find out where she is.
So we are having to upgrade to the better, stronger "proof" items. I went online to see what other options I had. It's been a good while since I bought "new" baby proofing stuff. I was using the items I saved from when I had Little John (he's 9 now). Boy have things changed! I was ecstatic to find I had so many other options and overwhelmed at the same time. Thank goodness for Amazon! I use their search feature to find what I need and rely on customer reviews to decide what and who to buy from. I chose this baby gate. It sits higher up and the bars are vertical so Sophie can't climb it! I love it so far! Sophie gives her smile of approval too!
This silly soul never ceases to make me giggle. As difficult as it has been to acclimate myself to her behavior I just know God has something special in mind for her! She melts my heart daily and I am grateful to be her Mom! Jonathan just came through the house and asked Little John to close the baby gate behind him since we have to have the house on "Death Con One". I can't argue. That's pretty accurate.
Here's a photo of the gate we purchased in case you want to get one....
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| Regalo Deluxe Easy Step Extra Tall Gate in Black |
You can even buy wall savers so the tension rods won't damage your walls! :-)
I also found some magnetic cabinet locks. These look super cool! I am hoping my darling husband will install them in the cabinets and drawers Sophie gravitates to this weekend so I can see if they work as awesome as they look like they will!
I also decided to try the upgraded option to the cabinet locks I was previously using. The older ones were made from mostly plastic. They worked fine but over time the plastic wore down and broke off as you tightened them to keep the cabinets secure so I was having to replace them often. The newer ones seem to be made from different material so we shall see how they hold up.
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I want to stress to you that I DO NOT get paid to give reviews. I bought these items myself. I don't get anything from promoting these items NOR Amazon. My review and opinion is genuine. Let's just hope they pass the Sophie test!! Cheers to one less headache for a Mom of SIX!
2 comments:
I remember my oldest son, some twenty+ years ago, made it his mission to figure out how to get around every bit of baby proofing we had done around the house. I hope all your new gadgets work out well for you.
They are working pretty well at this point! I am sure you know how hard it is to give anything your seal of approval when you have smart kids that tend to figure their way around things so only time will tell!!
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