Electricity is fun
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Topic: Electricity is fun
Posted By: emeldee
Subject: Electricity is fun
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 9:54pm
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Being the safety conscious family that we are, we've got powerplug safety plugs in all of the sockets in the house (of which there aren't that many because the house was wired in the 70s before electricity was popular!). Unfortunately most of our sockets are about 20cm from the floor - perfect toddler height.
In any case, Andrew's latest trick is to pull the safety plugs out of the socket and bring them to us, saying 'Ta' with a big grin on his face. We've gone through all three available brands on the market and haven't found one that he can't pull out! Nick has now resorted to putting packing tape over the safety plugs, over the sockets. Since deciding that would slow him down, he's also put packing tape on the drawer handles so I can't pull them open (Andrew worked out the safety locks) and can't get blimmin teaspoons out of the drawers any more. AAARRRGGGHHH. I'm not sure what is more annoying - the sight of brown packing tape randomly strewn throughout the house or not having ready access to cutlery. I think I'll give in and leave the boys to the place. They win. ------------- |
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 9:59pm
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Ah it is also because the 1970s sockets are pretty big too right???
I can't get ours out. Hence the vacuuming not being done. Mmmhmmmm. 
Maybe you could let Andrew at the drawers (moving knives to somewhere out-of-reach) and let him learn the hard way about jamming fingers...? (That's how Han knows about "Fingers out!!!!") |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 10:49pm
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The sockets aren't too big - we had a few replaced and the little bugger could still get the plugs out of the new ones. It seems he has really good fine motor skills. YAY.
We've tried letting him learn about the drawers - he now knows how to open and shut them without getting hurt - it's more that I'm sick of the contents of the drawers (serving spoons, spatulas, tupperware etc) being licked and put back (ewww) or walked around the house and dropped on the floor where I can't see them because I can't see my feet at present. There isn't enough room anywhere else in the kitchen to put it all, so the tape seems to be it for now. I didn't have ANY of this with Sean as a tot - he wasn't interested in cupboards, drawers or electricity. It seems that this one takes after his dad, who quite frankly I'm amazed made it into adulthood. He tells a story about putting wires into power points when he was little because he liked the sparks.... ------------- |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 September 2006 at 11:07pm
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we've got that same tape on the fridge and the tv cabinet... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 September 2006 at 9:20am
I hear ya about the utensils strewn all over the house. I'm just lucky I don't have a preggo belly to contend with, but even then it drives me near insane finding pots in the lounge with an onion and potato in them. Or a half chewed potato under my bed. 
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Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 05 September 2006 at 11:40am
mmmm raw potato....that'll keep ya regular.  ------------- |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 05 September 2006 at 1:51pm
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What is it with kids and potatoes?! I'm forever finding Ella sitting in the pantry chewing on and stacking the potatoes ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 05 September 2006 at 3:31pm
lol jack has a 'tato' fetish as well can't taste that flash, especially with all the dirt on it ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 05 September 2006 at 7:41pm
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Eeeeew raw spud! Maya never discovered that one...
LOL at Andrew and the power points - it's kinda cute, and very clever, but I can understand why it's a bit frustrating for the adult members of the house! We have 70's power points,maybe even older (50's house) and there is only one in each room. I have so many double adaptors it's scary. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 07 September 2006 at 10:39am
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I hear you on the potato thing. I got a 10kg bag in the shopping yesterday and Andrew sat down with the bag while I was making dinner playing with the potatoes and the bag. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |