I am about ready to pull my hair out right now...well, that or roll around on the floor laughing hysterically. Remember how Griff is in the big boy bed now...yeah, it's going well ;) When we put G to bed at night, he does great. He goes right to sleep, stays put all night and is generally great about sleeping in his bed.
Naps are a completely different story. This kid needs a nap...really needs a nap. I really need a break from said kid. Kid refuses to nap in bed. Something has got to give.
Just in the past week, these are some of the things he has done while he was supposed to be napping.
1. Poop his underwear. Multiple times. Finally I wised up and put a diaper on for nap time. He poops that too.
2. Strip all the sheets and blankets off of his bed and hid them under the bed.
3. Emptied all the dressers drawers and left the drawers and clothes scattered all over the floor. Multiple times.
4. Found 2 of Jackson's chapter books (after I thought I had emptied the room of everything) and ripped them to shreds. Literally, one inch pieces of ripped up papers everywhere.
5. Broke the closet door off the track. The whole door was just leaning in on the closet. He's lucky it didn't fall the other way.
6. And of course, escaped a bazillions times. You know that Supernanny thing you do, where you put them back in over and over without talking or looking at them? Yeah, that doesn't work.
I decided, against my better judgement, that the answer to the problem was a baby gate. I know, I know. We all know that a gate would never work. I think I got desperate. Ryan brought the gate home last night and I tried it for the first time today. It took him 7 minutes to get out. That includes ransacking the closet, finding an old pair of sandals and putting them on, grabbing his cat, and hopping the gate.
Failure!
Then I had a brilliant idea. I decided to turn the door knob around and lock him in. So, I did that. But, he is such a stinker, he knows how to find random stuff to stick in the door and unlock it. So, I stripped down the room (for the second time people) so he couldn't find anything to use. I also put a child proof door knob cover over the knob. You can still stick stuff in and unlock it, but it would be much harder. That was the only reason for the cover, because as you remember, he learned how to open those things long ago.
Where do we stand now...he's been in his room for close to an hour. He is still awake. I can hear him dumping dresser doors, playing with the door stop, yelling, banging, and generally being annoying. He is getting mad, but he hasn't gotten out yet.
My hope is that as soon as he realizes he can't get out, he will just give up and go to sleep. I won't be surprised though if I hear him coming down the stairs in a few minutes. That kid is brilliant and I have a feeling he won't stop until he figures out how to get that door open.
Anyone care to place a bet?
Edited to Add: I feel like I should say, this is a kid who LOVES napping. He slept 2-3 hours every day in the crib until he learned to climb out. He has never fought nap time before. Really, like not once in his whole life.
Naps are a completely different story. This kid needs a nap...really needs a nap. I really need a break from said kid. Kid refuses to nap in bed. Something has got to give.
Just in the past week, these are some of the things he has done while he was supposed to be napping.
1. Poop his underwear. Multiple times. Finally I wised up and put a diaper on for nap time. He poops that too.
2. Strip all the sheets and blankets off of his bed and hid them under the bed.
3. Emptied all the dressers drawers and left the drawers and clothes scattered all over the floor. Multiple times.
4. Found 2 of Jackson's chapter books (after I thought I had emptied the room of everything) and ripped them to shreds. Literally, one inch pieces of ripped up papers everywhere.
5. Broke the closet door off the track. The whole door was just leaning in on the closet. He's lucky it didn't fall the other way.
6. And of course, escaped a bazillions times. You know that Supernanny thing you do, where you put them back in over and over without talking or looking at them? Yeah, that doesn't work.
I decided, against my better judgement, that the answer to the problem was a baby gate. I know, I know. We all know that a gate would never work. I think I got desperate. Ryan brought the gate home last night and I tried it for the first time today. It took him 7 minutes to get out. That includes ransacking the closet, finding an old pair of sandals and putting them on, grabbing his cat, and hopping the gate.
Failure!
Then I had a brilliant idea. I decided to turn the door knob around and lock him in. So, I did that. But, he is such a stinker, he knows how to find random stuff to stick in the door and unlock it. So, I stripped down the room (for the second time people) so he couldn't find anything to use. I also put a child proof door knob cover over the knob. You can still stick stuff in and unlock it, but it would be much harder. That was the only reason for the cover, because as you remember, he learned how to open those things long ago.
Where do we stand now...he's been in his room for close to an hour. He is still awake. I can hear him dumping dresser doors, playing with the door stop, yelling, banging, and generally being annoying. He is getting mad, but he hasn't gotten out yet.
My hope is that as soon as he realizes he can't get out, he will just give up and go to sleep. I won't be surprised though if I hear him coming down the stairs in a few minutes. That kid is brilliant and I have a feeling he won't stop until he figures out how to get that door open.
Anyone care to place a bet?
Edited to Add: I feel like I should say, this is a kid who LOVES napping. He slept 2-3 hours every day in the crib until he learned to climb out. He has never fought nap time before. Really, like not once in his whole life.
1 comment:
That is hilarious and he is cute!!!! I bet that he will be able to get out. Good luck :) I sent you a Xmas card but it was returned. Can you send me your address? I had the one in Eagle mountain too.
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