Comments on: Toddler Sabotage

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:35:33 +0000

My son’s pacifiers where always going missing and then we had to buy more. Well, about a year after he stopped using them we where doing some furniture arranging and found out that the back of the recliner actually opened up at the bottom with velcro - low and behold it was stuffed full of pacifiers. Reminded me of a squirrel hiding nuts in a tree!

By: DrivingInAKilt

DrivingInAKilt — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:41:23 +0000

Why are important things being left in the reach of a toddler in the first place?

By: Celeste

Celeste — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:32:35 +0000

Oh I almost forgot, my 4 year old loves to watch the toilet paper unravel when he flushes it. I have to go check on him if he’s in the bathroom too long. He also likes to get his sister to do things so that she can get in trouble but not him. But I still punish him too because he made her do it.

By: Celeste

Celeste — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:27:56 +0000

We call our daughter “Elastigirl”, she’s 18 months. She wants to do everything her older brother does (4 years). She loves to throw things in the garbage, I caught her one time trying to put my purse in there. She also brings us our shoes all the time. Whenever we mention “shower” or “bath” she runs to the bathroom, opens the cupboard throws her toys in the tub and begins undressing. Oh and both of my kids love to hide things under the couch and under the beds.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:23:59 +0000

Roz, that is a good idea. Our oldest is too old for such a game, but our youngest will quickly grow into it. I’ll file it away in the back of my brain. (And lose it in there if we keep teething at 2 a.m. and I don’t get more sleep. Molars. Ugh.)

My aunt finally gave her son an old key chain filled with old keys. Way better than the plastic ones, and once he had his own in the toy box he was less likely to play with (and hide) Mom and Dad’s.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:41:56 +0000

Thanks to my almost 3 year old daughter, or perhaps her almost 2 year old brother, neither my husband or I have been able to find our watches now for over a month!

We’ve had some of the same problems with the alarm clocks, too.

By: Roz

Roz — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:21:33 +0000

Ben is creative and actually playing hide and seek without your knowledge. Introduce a basket of of goods he can seek and find. Such as an old purse of yours, old wallet of Daddy’s, sunglasses of different colors and shapes, o;d set of keys, some of his trucks and trains. Select a few items each day and tell him to hide them. Start with 3 or 4. Then turn the game to Mom hides them and Ben finds. Each day fill the basket or bag with selected items. (Take a photo or make a list of the items so your remember what you’re looking for) Ben will have fun with the hunt. You can change it up to all green items one day all items that start with “B” sound etc. He needs his creativity expanded. When he finds all the items he gets a treat such as ice cream before bed or two books read instead one before bed. Boys love to hunt and discover.

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:56:37 +0000

Kim–We’ve had the same problem with the alarm volume, although more typically he turns it all the way UP. Nothing like being awoken at 5:55 a.m. with BLARING MORNING RADIO SHOW going on!

Tobi–Yep…that would for sure have had me swearing too. : )

By: teri

teri — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:54:38 +0000

When my daughter (now 12) was 2 she loved, and I mean LOVED to put the end of the toilet paper in the toilet, flush it, watch it go down, and repeat the process until the roll was gone. (Thank goodness there were no MEGA rolls back then).

It is funny, but my son has never done anything like that. As soon as he was able to talk he could tell you where anything was, even the smallest toy he hadn’t played with for four days!

My best friend has a 3 year old that is a fan of flushing her Blackberry…..her cell company loves her…….FYI, sometimes if it is ONLY water…..electronics will still work after they dry.

I have another friend who had to stop buying economy size shampoo. When she found out it is better than finger paint on walls……it smells better too. That’s was her 3 year old’s comment when she was busted…. “smells soooooo good mommy!”

By: Athena

Athena — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:16:54 +0000

Our daughter is still too young, but I’m sure that one day she’ll reset the message on our answering machine.
And how is it that they know the correct random series of keystrokes on the keyboard to wipe out an entire report?
Emily ~ Your post is too funny. It’s like a surprise everytime you go down into the basement.