Is my toddler son being too prankster for his age. Anyone faced this.

[sarahhoping]

My 13 yr old son who has begun to wobbly walk is also behaving in ways that may harm him seriously. Like opening and closing sliding window panels, opening closing drawers, it might lead to serious injuries if his hand gets stuck. Right now it seems he has a natural fear of fluffy cotton. So we keep it near drawer handles to keep him away. Maybe he thinks its ghost . Sorry if I sound crazy but that's how it has become
And another serious issue is when excited he suddenly jerks his upper body backwards and falls flat back. Usually not an issue if he's on matress but he just did it near a well and ended up hitting his wall on head. Fortunately nothing happened.

[LittleRa]

Do you mean 13 months as opposed to 13 yrs

[UhtredRagnarson]

Usually not an issue if he's on matress but he just did it near a well and ended up hitting his wall on head.

I bet he doesn’t do it again in a hurry. This is how children learn Op. they do things until they find a reason not to. Hurting yourself is a reason not to and he won’t understand this until he actually feels it. Supervise him at all time stop make sure he isn’t going to lose his fingers but let him explore.

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[sarahhoping]

My bad. Sorry I wrote it as 13 yrs instead of 13 months. Sorry

[Aquamarine1029]

How high are these windows? Make sure he can't climb up and fall out.

[HirplesWithHaggis]

There are loads of cupboard/drawer/window/fridge locks on the market. Time to buy some.

[2021mumma]

We’ve locked every drawer, cupboard and room he shouldn’t go in it’s like fort know in my house. www.amazon.co.uk/Cabinet-cupboards-Cupboard-Children-proofing/dp/B07R3C3MBM/ref=asc_df_B07R3C3MBM/?hvlocphy=1007097&linkCode=df0&psc=1&hvnetw=g&hvadid=375430542171&hvdev=m&hvtargid=pla-813456400226&hvrand=15680596056635002416&adgrpid=76507803083&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[2021mumma]

*knox

[GreyhoundG1rl]

Too prankster?
You need to baby proof your house, if that's what you're getting at? Maybe it's not...

[sarahhoping]

That's how our kitchen cabinet looks like. Can't put locks there. Fortunately cotton fluff keeps him away 😂

[MrsTerryPratchett]

You need to baby proof. Haven't you? With locks rather than cotton...

[GreyhoundG1rl]

How long do you think you can baby proof your house with fluff?
I can't believe you're serious.

[weebarra]

You can get locks which fit inside the door.

[SoupDragon]

@sarahhoping

That's how our kitchen cabinet looks like. Can't put locks there. Fortunately cotton fluff keeps him away 😂

There's no reason you can't put child locks in those cabinets and drawers they're fairly standard, there are lots of different types of lock.

[WhatWouldPhyllisCraneDo]

This is a joke right?

[2bazookas]

You can get childproof locks for cupboards, drawers , sliding doors etc.

[KurtWilde]

You need to childproof your home.

[HadEnoughOfBears]

@sarahhoping

That's how our kitchen cabinet looks like. Can't put locks there. Fortunately cotton fluff keeps him away 😂

Of course you can put child locks on those.

[sarahhoping]

No I m not joking. Why would I ?
Yes I srsly need to baby proof the house to prevent any untowardly incident

[denverRegina]

Well there's a lot of threads with weird "untowardly" type wording at the mo.

But on the off chance, what "serious injuries" do you think will happen from him trapping his hand in a door?

[GreyhoundG1rl]

@sarahhoping

No I m not joking. Why would I ?
Yes I srsly need to baby proof the house to prevent any untowardly incident

Ridiculous thread.

[sarahhoping]

@GreyhoundG1rl why do u think so. Please let me know.

@denverRegina horrible things that I don't wish to imagine.

[Beeeeeeeeeeeeeep]

@GreyhoundG1rl

Too prankster?
You need to baby proof your house, if that's what you're getting at? Maybe it's not...

I think English isn't the OP's first language here

[MaizeBlouse]

I never baby proofed my home with door locks and the like for my 2 DSs (now 3.5 and 18mo). It was definitely more hard work to watch them like a hawk and explain about nit doing stuff. It feels useless at the beginning but they both quickly learnt. We don't have stairs though so of course I would have taken that precaution with a stair gate. Now I'm so glad we didn't baby proof and made them world proof as they're really careful where they need to be.

You're 13mo sounds normal. Babies that young are still learning how to safely use thier bodies. A few bumps will help them learn.

[User0ne]

Do you have space to rearrange your cupboards so that the dangerous stuff is out of reach?

In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter if they get the pans and chopping boards out 3 times a day and they do need to learn how to open and close drawers and cupboards safely