I'm so nervous about my boys becoming mobile...

Re: I'm so nervous about my boys becoming mobile...

• luvmagoldn

  November 2008

  I hooked two Supergates together to make one big play area when they first started to crawl.  That lasted for a few months until they wanted more room to roam.  That's when we gated off the back of the house (sun room, family room and kitchen) then used pieces of the supergate to block the floor lamp and keep them from getting behind the sofa (there are A TON of wires back there for the TV). 

  We moved things off of low shelves and moved our coffee table out of the room entirely.  We ended up baby proofing as we needed to.  I put locks on the lower cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms.  Then later I put the door knob things on the door to the basement and bathroom when they could walk really well and started trying to open doors.  Doing it in stages worked for us - so far!

  

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• pea-kay member

  November 2008

  we fenced them in for a while with a superyard-type thing, but now we have a playroom. they are not allowed to roam free in the house. not babyproofed at all!
  

  
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• Mrs. Destructo member

  November 2008

  without a doubt, fence them in!!

  My guys have free reign of the living room and kitchen. We have a great room floor plan, so there is no way to fence off the kitchen from the living room. We don't have any shelves in those rooms, no artwork on the walls, and all outlets are either plugged with covers or blocked with big pieces of furniture. They still find quite a bit of trouble to get in to, but nothing dangerous (knock on wood).
  

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• cands

  November 2008

  Well, I have two girls, but I think the issues are the same regardless of gender at this point.  We have completely childproofed the living room, hall and dining room, with gates to get in and out of that area, and door knob things to keep them from getting through the basement or bathroom doors.  And we have completely childproofed their room. The rest of the house isn't childproofed (except for cabinet locks on the two cabinets with cleaning chemicals in them, despite the fact that the girls are never allowed anywhere near there.).  In the living room we blocked both lamps with other furniture, we have cleared the lower shelves of the entertainment unit, we have blocked the wires for the TV and DH's other electronic gadgets, etc.

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• jodynjames2005

  November 2008

  I actually love having them mobile. They can really entertain themselves now, and they are sooo much happier and there is very little fussing/crying now. What we've done is make the family room their area. It does have electronics they aren't allowed to touch, but everything else is ok. They are also allowed in the kitchen and eat in area. We don't have any gates up, but we bring them back if they try to go in other rooms. We use no if they try to touch things that we don't want them to touch, and both girls are learning it really well.

  The only babyproofing we've done is outlet plugs in the rooms the girls go in often. I don't want them to think they can touch everything, which is what happens if you entirely babyproof and/or gate them in. Then, you have babies/toddlers who go wild when you're at someone else's home, or out in public. This way, they learn that there are things they can and can't touch. I used the same approach with my other kids, and it worked well.

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