Child proofing for little hands
Our boys organizing our DVD collection | Photo by my mom
Well, there’s no denying it.
Our two boys are 13 months old and ON THE GO!
There’s so much to see, so much to explore, so much to get our hands on, in and around…
It’s funny that we can set out all their toys in one room — and they’ll have fun playing — but what really gets them going is anytime they have access to an area that was previously (or usually) off-limits.
An hour in dad’s office? Count us in!
Five minutes in mom and dad’s room to dig through their night stands? You got it!
Pushing buttons on the DVD player and stereo receiver? You better believe it!
And this is where our current struggle comes in.
How much do time, energy and money do you spend in trying to block access to everything vs simply growing a little patience and letting them explore?
Right now, our biggest frustration/annoyance/thorn in our side is they’ve discovered how to slide open the glass doors on our TV stand and love pushing as many buttons as they can. HDiddy has also figured out how to change the source inputs by pushing the buttons on the side of our flat screen TV.
We thought, “Well maybe if we give them a few days they’ll lose interest.”
So far – no dice.
Ultimately, we do really want to mount our TV on the wall or on a different stand of some sort so it’s less likely to tip over and land on someone by accident – but apparently none of the TV stand manufacturers see the need to put glass doors (or any doors) on their stands with mounts built-in – see here.
So we’re left with buying a new stand that has doors that swing towards the outside (so we can lock the doors together with their handles) and simply leaving the TV on top of the stand – or mounting it directly to the wall (which we’re not quite ready to do since we like to move our furniture around a lot).
Our other idea has been to buy several plastic component covers – but I give those 3 hours before our boys figure out how to take them off.
So there you have it… that’s our dilemma right now and what’s been keeping me up at night.
Talk about your #firstworldproblems!
But all in all — I wouldn’t trade these moments for anything.
So what about you? What’s keeping you up at night?
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