My 5yr old was my climber only thing was he would climb up on anything then try to fly like planes… I’m glad those days are over and my 2yr old keeps her feet on the ground… If they get an idea they just go for it… you can buy hooks to help hold like bookcases things like that on your wall…
I gave Ruthie Roo some yarn and blunt needles today to see if she would enjoy that lol she just came back over to mine and played with the yarn that was coming out of the skein… :lol:
My friends don’t approve of my “it works on my cat” mindset for parenting…squirt her in the face with a water bottle!
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What? :oo:
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but then again, he’s got a door with a lock in his music studio
Maybe you could put your knitting in his music studio? 
No, we have an agreement that it is his room and I don’t keep anything in there. I’ve probably been in the room three times in the last two months. It’s his space and I respect that.
I have my own space, too. Problem is, it’s the short end of an L shaped room, and there isn’t really a door. More of a six foot opening – we actually custom ordered a baby gate for the opening, as the other part of the L is the kid’s play room. That would work great if DD couldn’t climb the gate – I’d be able to work in my office/craft room while they were playing in the same space.
Think if I hobbled her it would be a problem?!? :roflhard:
:roflhard: Take the yarn that she ripped out of your scarf and wrap it around her ankles. That’ll show her!! :rofling:
:roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard: My cat trys to get outside everytime the door opens so we have to have a bottle of water to scare her by so she doesn’t get outside 
Dustina, your two sound like my two youngest! I could go on forever about the things my 3½ year old has done and could get into. After he started the fire in the living room in October, we started calling him “Dennis the Menace”… he means well, BUT SHEESH!!! LOL!!! DH and I said that we should rent Alex out to those factories that make child-proof items. If it takes him longer than 5 minutes to figure out how to work it {or take it apart!} without being shown at all, they’ve got themselves a winner for nearly every other kid on the planet!!! Another idea for us was to rent him out to nanny services to train their nannies. If they could survive 2 hours with him, they can get through anything! :roflhard: Lissa just turned 2 and is following in her big brother’s footsteps. Her favourite place to play is on the kitchen table or on the kitchen counters {gets up herself!}. The top of the fridge isn’t a safe place at my house either. Hooks on doors are simply a deterrent. They are very easy to unhook using the business end of a broom you know! :rollseyes:
Anyway… to keep them away from your knitting… you can’t really! They will figure out a way to get at it no matter what! All you can do is make it more difficult for them, and easier for you to recover. Lissa’s favourite pastime these days is knitting too… problem is she thinks knitting is taking the needles out of whatever I’m working on! Our bedroom door has a key lock on it, and that is where I’m supposed to keep my WIPs if I don’t want the kids to get at it. Lifelines truly ARE lifelines. Diversions are a wonderful tool too. DS and DD both love playing with Barbies, and certain DVDs and cartoon shows are also a great tactic. I also keep a ball or two of yucky yarn that I don’t like around, and will give either one of them a crochet hook or a pair of needles and let them play to their heart’s content with it. I’m just thankful that the rest of my brood are grown out of that… 'cept that they crochet and knit for real now, and that takes away from my stash! :rofling:
Put some vaseline or olive oil on the bars of the baby gates.
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My dh would get the biggest kick outta this thread–he’s all about trying to outsmart dd…