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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
thechickencoop
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Baby safety
thechickencoop
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My wife spends half of the day on here criticizing other people so I figured this would be a good place to go to ask this question about her. I come home from work and on a regular basis and find the vacuum cleaner out and the cord strung out across the floor and left like that for days, she refuses to use a baby gate and we have two large sets of steps, and today I came home to find one of the pump up chemical lawn sprayers sitting in the middle of the kitchen floor (empty but it has had chemicals in it before). We have a 15 month old baby that gets into everything and whenever I say anything about her leaving what I think are dangerous out I get accused of being crazy and overly protective. Can I get the perspective of some of the other mothers in here?
ETA: DH doesn't have a s/n and he said 'I'm gonna post this on your bump boards and see what THEY have to say about all of this', so I told him to go ahead. And to defend myself, the sprayer had been used years ago with a deck cleaner and then thoroughly cleaned because I knew it would be in the shed for a while and I didn't know what it would be used for next. So yea, it was clean. And it was only there for about 15 minutes between me putting DS down for his nap and DH coming home from work, before I actually had a chance to use it for what I was doing today. Just...ya know...to clarify.
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Re: Baby safety
Haha...that made me laugh.
I can't judge because I just realized the other day that I probably coddle my LO a little much...so that being said I'd be siding with you.
ETA: Ah you are logged on in her name. LOL!!
And you guys need to work out toddler safety together. Does that sound dangerous? Yes. Is it my place to say how and when she cleans, nope. We came up with things that we are stringent about-like making sure when we open the blinds that all the cords are up and safe, checking behind each other to make sure stuff is unplugged, and keeping all the cleaning products high and/or behind safety locks. Maybe if you come up with something together it won't be a point of contention anymore?
So, I'm side-eying the lawn chemicals the hardest, especially if you're LO is into everything! My daughter would have her mouth all over the cap in a heartbeat! The vacuum, eh, if baby's not tripping over it, it's not the worst thing. We have a baby gate at the top of any steps, and will be putting it at the bottom when she starts to take an interest in climbing (thankfully not yet). I am certainly no saint, but I don't leave things plugged in, or chemicals lying around. I'm on your side!
Married DH 7/30/11
CSC arrived 5/7/12
CHC arrived 6/2/14
I like this suggestion!
DH and I don't agree about everything, but we watch our child's habits and know what we can and can't get away with. For us, DD started climbing steps at 8 months old before she could even walk, so a baby gate was crucial for us. If your LO isn't climbing the steps on his own, maybe it's not a huge deal yet.
Find what works for you and come to a reasonable agreement about what's best for baby. You don't have to be overprotective, but a little protective is good until they know what is and isn't safe.