This morning my 22month old daughter escaped from her pack n play in the space of about 2 minutes - while I was getting her prune juice to bring to her.
She has always been good about reading books and playing in there while I take a shower in the morning. What do you do at this point? How do you get ready in the morning with a toddler on the loose? She is active. We have adheshire with glass shelves and a small TV in our bedroom and I am afraid to let her be loose in there while I take my shower. It is brass and glass and we can't find a harness or anything to secure it to the wall. Also have paperwork in there that she could really have fun making a mess of if she were to get her hands on....
Any ideas? What did you do at this point?
Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks!
Have you tried a pressure gate and gating her in her room? That's what we did when our daughter was big enough to get out of bed on her own but young enough that we didn't want her out wandering on her own. Just make sure that the things that you leave out in her room are appropriate for her to play with and are things that she can't hurt herself with (or use as a step ladder to climb over the gate). That might mean taking a few things out or putting them away in the closet where she can't get to them.
My mom did this with my younger brothers (youngest is 22 now), and for a couple of them she had to move the dresser into the closet and make sure the closet doors were closed or they would use the drawers as steps to climb to the top of the dresser.
Jennifer
i have a baby gate across there bedroom doorway. and there room is baby proof, with books and sum toys. i also put on a movie in there room while i jump in the shower. you also have to learn to be a fast washer in the shower.:) good luck to you
I usually take my shower at night while my son is asleep (he's 2 years old and very active). If I have to take one while he's awake, I put the baby gate up in front of his doorway and give him some toys to play with.
TS,
I have 5 boys and what I did with one of them was put them right in the bathroom with me when I showered. He could get over most any obstacle (baby gates, play pens, cribs, everything).
I took out anything from the lower cabinets that could harm him, and put my towels, washcloths etc there.I kept a lower drawer full of toys for just when I was showering, and he could only play with those toys when he was in the bathroom with me. We would also talk and I would sing songs to him. I could also keep peeking out from behind the shower curtain to make sure he was ok.
I know its a pain to have to do this, but its much better than worrying if they are ok, and also much easier than cleaning up some huge mess because they "escaped" and got into stuff.
Sounds just like my son! I use to put my now 6 year old in his highchair while I showered. I'd put him in front of the TV (I know, bad mom, I let my kids watch tv)he'd watch baby enstein or noggin on cable and play with a pile of toys. He couldn't get the belt off so he'd stay put.
I used a fisher price infant to toddler rocking chair to contain my daughter.
it has a pretty good seat belt and she couldnt get out.
I just kept it in the bathroom so I could take a shower.
I sometimes put her in the shower with me.
One thing you may want to consider doing is taking a shower before she gets up from bed; maybe even put a toddler gate across her doorway while you shower keeping her confined to a safe space. I've trained my 3 year old son that when wakes up in his bed in the morning, he asks me if he can come out of bed because he knows I may be 2 floors down doing laundry or in the bathroom. This has worked out great for me. It gets easier as they get older, so hang in there!:)
MC
I have a set of triplets that are now 6. I hate to say this but you are going to now have to get up earlier and get ready before she is up and out. lol I actually had to double up on the gates in their doorway, one on top of the other. They were in toddler beds at 20 months because of climbing out of their cribs.
Does your bathroom door open inward or outward? If in, the only thing I would suggest is locking her in the bathroom with you - if she can figure out the lock on the knob, put one of those door stoppers/locks up high. These things are plates that you lift and flip to lock the door - we have one on our basement because my son figured out our french door handles as soon as he could reach them.....plus it's good security at night.
K
my daughters high chair has a "seat belt" on it, so see if yours does and if you put the tray back on it there isn't really a way to unbuckle it on their own. a baby einstien dvd and her high chair gives me 20 min of time to get ready in the morning.
Hi,
I have mine nine months apart (wasn't planned) but I find it really helpful that when they are asleep during nap times or at night before I go to bed is when I take my showers or bath. Try it! you might find it easier for you......have a good day!
I've gone to taking my showers at night. I'm not crazy about it personally, but it does give me the time I need without worrying or feeling rushed to get in and out! It just works out the best for us.
My daughter is 22 months as well and I take a shower everyday with on the loose on my house, in the beginning she tried to get into things but she knows what she should and should not get into, and she is very active as well, I put a little rocking chair in my bathroom and she likes to come in there and play while Im showering, an idea would be get a little box of fun mommy things for her to play with like makeup brushes a little toothbrush for her, something that can occupy her. you can lock her in the bathroom with you or even wait till her nap to shower, I refused to let my daughter dictate when I shower, she does really well
good luck
Do you have a door between the bedroom and bathroom? If so, bring her in the bathroom with you, put some interesting toys on the floor, close the door, and hurry! I too, had this issue and there isn't any easy solution if there isn't another person to watch her at that time. If not, make one room 'safe' and put a baby gate in the doorframe. Best of luck to you... Mommies SHOULD be able to shower!
I bring my daughter into the bathroom with me. I make sure anything I do not want her to get into is either locked up or put up. I bring in some toys, close the door and shower. Often times she ends up playing with my clothes more then anything else.
bring her in the bathroom with you!
my daughter would het her shower with me, she would sit on the tub floor and play with her toys, while I showered.
Oh I remember the days!! When I had just one, I would bring her in the shower with me...that all ended when the other two arrived pretty close together. I used to get up earlier than my three to have my "me" time in the morning. I would get up early, shower, get ready for the day, read the paper, have some coffee and THEN get the troops up. It was much easier than trying to get ready for whatever the day brings with 3 toddlers under foot. Or on the other end of the day...you could take your shower after she goes to bed.
I always took the girls into the bathroom with me when they reached that point. It was easy to hear what they were doing and I knew they weren't getting into trouble. Of course, I always made sure that the bathroom was safe for them.