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For those of you with two...

jacksonandbradysmomjacksonandbradysmom
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Our newest DS is about to start crawling any day now. DS1  has a lot of toys with small parts that make me worry about a choking hazard for the little guy. I dont feel its fair to take away my sons entire collection of hot wheels for a whle but I also dont want to have to be a helicopter parent with DS2 all the time. What have all of you done when your 2nd one started to get mobile?

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  • pinkrampinkram
    I divide our family room into two areas, which luckily is easy with our furniture arrangement.  The family room is down a step, so it's also how I create a baby safe zone without using gates at both entrances. If DS1 wants to play with any toys with small parts, he knows he has to play in his area where DS2 isn't crawling.  It's not ideal, since I don't like making them play apart, but I figure it's only another 6 months or so that I don't have to worry as much about DS2 putting everything in his mouth.
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  • MammaBear81MammaBear81 member
    We put all of the toys with small parts away in a closet and the older ones can play with them when the baby is sleeping.  If it is something like a puzzle they can do it on the dining room table.  This also helped them to clean up after themselves, they needed to pack up one toy with small parts before taking out another.  There are plenty of other toys to play with the rest of the day.
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  • shopgirl78shopgirl78 member
    I have the big kids play with small toys in their room.  

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  • Smores730Smores730 member
    we put some stuff away and then other stuff she played with at the kitchen table or somewhere high.
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  • JoannaJesJoannaJes member
    Small toys went into his room. Other things, like Play Doh, are only gotten out when DD is sleeping.
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  • jacksonandbradysmomjacksonandbradysmom
    So, how did your LOs react to being limited to playing with their toys in certain areas/times? DS1 is already so displaced by the arrival of DS2. I just dont want more drama but I guess we have no choice for safety sake.
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  • MammaBear81MammaBear81 member

    imagejacksonandbradysmom:
    So, how did your LOs react to being limited to playing with their toys in certain areas/times? DS1 is already so displaced by the arrival of DS2. I just dont want more drama but I guess we have no choice for safety sake.

    It's really all about how you handle it. If you round up all of his toys one night and they are all gone in the morning, I'd expect a melt down.  If you have him help put his special toys away to play with at certain times it might go over better.  It's not about taking away toys, it's about having special one on one time with your older child.

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  • ANJ410ANJ410

    When my DD became mobile, I had no choice but to remove all the toys with small parts and put them in my son's room and not allow him to bring them into our family room anymore.

    One day when DD was about 6 or 7 months old she had been crawling around on the floor playing with one of my son's matchbox cars, which I didn't think was a big deal because she was just pushing it on the floor, but somehow one of the wheels fell off of one of the cars and she put it in her mouth. I didn't realize it until a few minutes later when I put her in her highchair to feed her and she started turning bright red and gasping for air after the first spoonful of puree.  I began banging on her back and she threw up the spoonful of puree and there was the car wheel in it.

    Better safe than sorry....

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  • LoveEeyoreLoveEeyore member

    The twins crawling was the first really rough patch for me.  DD#1 worshipped and coddled them until they started crawling and getting into her things.  She was barely 2 then so not many tiny parts, but no fewer prized treasures, for sure.  I actually used the superyard to block off a good portion of the family room.  I put a small tent in there and a small desk for her to color at and built with furniture a secret path for her to get in.  It helped HUGE with the ownership, and quite frankly, taught her to clean up the toys she didn't care to share.  After a couple months she started inviting the twins into her space and a couple months later the space dissolved b/c she didn't use it. 

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  • WhitePicketFenceWhitePicketFence member
    DD1 is only allowed to play with those toys at the dining room table or while DD2 is napping.
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  • meg1974meg1974 member

    We keep DD #1's toys with small parts in her room, and only allow DD #2 to crawl around by herself in the living room. DD1 has plenty of toys in the living room to play with, so she doesn't seem to mind.

    There are times when I have to teach DD1 that she can't give certain things to DD2. For instance, she can't color on the floor when DD2 is crawling around b/c she'll go right for the crayons. So, DD1 knows only to do that when DD2 is sleeping. 



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  • djdd4djdd4 member
    I had DD play with legos on her bed. So brother wouldnt touch her stuff.
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