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I need some tips. BabyK is crawling fast, cruising, getting little fingers into everything, and putting everything in his mouth. He's very handy too and takes things apart easily. For instance, he's figured out how to circumvent the cabinet locks by taking knobs off the cabinets. (I keep tightening knobs.) I also had to take down all the toilet paper because he not only unspools the paper, but removes the spindle from the paper dispenser too.
The biggest obstacle lately has been faucets on the tub in the master bath. It's a big whirlpool bath so when he stands outside the tub, he's about eye-level to the cold-water tap. It's a lever-type tap and just way too tempting for him. He knows he's not supposed to but he cannot resist turning on the water every chance he gets. This morning, he went into the bathroom and shut the door behind him before turning on the water. . . I guess he thought I wouldn't know what he was doing in there. I've tried hiding the tap under towels, taping it down, telling him no. . . is there any devise I can use to "lock" the tap? I'm afraid he'll soon be able to reach the hot water tap or he'll be climbing on the edge of the tub and could fall in.
Any other tips? We've already removed poisons from the lower cabinets and drawers, locked lower cabinets, child-proofed the window blinds, covered the outlets, covered the spout in his bathtub, bolted bookcases to the wall, put a gate at the top of the stairs and have moveable gates throughout the house to restrict "little people traffic" (because Moxie is a little person too!). I shut doors to any room that we are not in -- I've become like Nicole Kidman in "The Others". All the lower cabinets, drawers, and shelves in the living room are reserved for his toys. He cannot access my office at all. I'm working on putting locks on the drawers, putting hooks on swinging doors, toilet locks, and replacing the door stops (yesterday, in the 30 seconds it took for him to follow me from his room to our kitchen, he somehow stopped in the foyer, took the rubber stopper off the door stop, and popped it in his mouth).
I don't want to live in an insane asylum where everything is bolted down and locked but I need to put some reasonable precautions in place. Any thoughts?
The biggest obstacle lately has been faucets on the tub in the master bath. It's a big whirlpool bath so when he stands outside the tub, he's about eye-level to the cold-water tap. It's a lever-type tap and just way too tempting for him. He knows he's not supposed to but he cannot resist turning on the water every chance he gets. This morning, he went into the bathroom and shut the door behind him before turning on the water. . . I guess he thought I wouldn't know what he was doing in there. I've tried hiding the tap under towels, taping it down, telling him no. . . is there any devise I can use to "lock" the tap? I'm afraid he'll soon be able to reach the hot water tap or he'll be climbing on the edge of the tub and could fall in.
Any other tips? We've already removed poisons from the lower cabinets and drawers, locked lower cabinets, child-proofed the window blinds, covered the outlets, covered the spout in his bathtub, bolted bookcases to the wall, put a gate at the top of the stairs and have moveable gates throughout the house to restrict "little people traffic" (because Moxie is a little person too!). I shut doors to any room that we are not in -- I've become like Nicole Kidman in "The Others". All the lower cabinets, drawers, and shelves in the living room are reserved for his toys. He cannot access my office at all. I'm working on putting locks on the drawers, putting hooks on swinging doors, toilet locks, and replacing the door stops (yesterday, in the 30 seconds it took for him to follow me from his room to our kitchen, he somehow stopped in the foyer, took the rubber stopper off the door stop, and popped it in his mouth).
I don't want to live in an insane asylum where everything is bolted down and locked but I need to put some reasonable precautions in place. Any thoughts?
It's short-lived. And you'll have good company. 
Cat mommy since 2002 
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