Could you leave your two year old alone?

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Obviously not overnight or when you go down the shops. But alone in a room for ten minutes when you finished off dinner or went for a poo?

Any time I've ever left mine, for less than five minutes, unsupervised she's used the opportunity to do something she shouldn't - like colour the cat in with a felt pen.

No I wouldn’t have left them in another room unless I was returning immediately.

Thanks all. I was asking out of interest because everyone else I know in real life seems to have very well behaved children who can be trusted alone for lengths of time. At the least, if I left her for 10 minutes I'd come back to her completely naked 😂

She'll hide things in the room that she knows she's not supposed to have and retrieve them as soon as I've gone. She's like Tommy from Rugrats with that screwdriver in his nappy. If I move anything out of reach she'll remember where it is, wait, and then try and retrieve it.

She's really, oddly, strong so can drag furniture and objects across the room to climb.

She climbs (see above!) but also bloody loves jumping. Her favourite hobby is jumping off of high objects.

If she suspects I'm not paying attention to her she'll put something (nearest choke hazard) in her mouth or pretend she's injured (fake limp, fake cry, fake squint etc) or claim that my husband or the cat has kicked her 😂

When we lifted up her toy teepee we found felt pens and a load of scribbles on the floor - it's the one place she knew she could get away with it

That's if she hasn't already followed me to wherever I am or sat on the floor crying "you've forgotten your baby".

She's hilarious but extremely hard work and I have to be always on. She's only 27 months though so hopefully it's a stage (and she doesn't really tantrum yet so I've got that going for us!)

DD1 - yes, no problem. She would probably have tidied up and rearranged the cushions in a more attractive way,

DD2 - nooooooooooooooo !

*Like colour the cat in with felt pen
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This makes me really grateful I do not have a cat. Because every other fucking thing in my house is covered in felt pen and I just know my kids would do this.

If I don't wake up the second my toddler does in the morning I spend the first hour of the day trying to sellotape books back together or am swiftly woken up by being poked in the eye by a hanger or a toothbrush or having water tipped on me. It's like the moment I look away even for a second he just zones in on the naughtiest, most destructive things he can possibly do. And is always shocked and outraged at my audacity for telling him off, like, how could I possibly be angry with him when he's such a cute adorable little cherub? Proper Jekyll and Hyde that one.

My eldest used to be the same.

I remember going for a poo in peace (with the door locked) only to hear DD at that age go into the kitchen, move a chair, climb on it and open the microwave. It's one that's designed to be easy to use too. I know she didn't manage to turn it on; I can't remember if I shouted, or had to leave the loo mid poo.

"you've forgotten your baby".

😂😂 sorry op. She sounds so funny, but yes tiring.

My ds was never a climber, easily distracted and easily tricked I definitely went to the bathroom and left him in the lounge with tv on. Needing the loo in a public place though was me sitting on the toilet, leaning forward with one hand trying to reach the door saying 'do not unlock the door! Do not unlock the door!!' While of course he stood there and tried to turn the lock and peer out.

Yes mine loves climbing and moving the furniture and jumping off everything. We are self isolating in a tiny flat and I have to be on my guard constantly to stop his disasters in the making from being realised. I try to look at the positives. He's strong, determined, curious, creative, tenacious and has an amazing memory and unflinching confidence in himself. My job is to make sure he makes it to adulthood, which would be much easier if he didn't so love sticking things in plug sockets.

That's what "the prison" as it was known in our house - or 'a playpen' as we probably should have called it - was for.
No, I wouldn't have left mine at 2 yrs old, without eyes on them.

Another who grew up in the 60s and always had a washing machinge and a vacuum. I think you might be confusing your history timeline there a bit.

Yes always left mine, my eldest always sticks very rigidly to the rules though, and will grass her sisters up if they don't.

DD would destroy things, DGS tries to destroy himself. And things. His best effort so far was microwaving DD's electric toothbrush. The first she knew of it was a shout of "FIRE! FIRE! GET SAM!"

Mine under 18 months now comes to find me. She is currently working out how to escape her playpen.

They are grown now, it as a 2 yr old, left alone dd would quietly play in her room/look at a book/play with her legos, no problem.
Ds, on the other hand, once used an unsupervised 45 seconds to eat a glass Christmas tree bulb.

Depends on the child. DC2 played alone with toy cars or Duplo really well (although he used to have a long walk first thing), dc1 was a fairly well behaved chiöd but hatwd being on her own so followed me talking non stop, dc3 was happy on his own but not safe as he was under the impression he was actually a chimpanzee and climbed everything he shouldn't have been able to climb and looking for him meant looking up...

I can leave him in the living room while I went to the toilet but I have through lounge and a downstairs bathroom so if I leave the door open I can see or at least hear him. Only for very short periods though as he is hyperactive.

Mine wouldn't cause carnage but they would follow me / call out for me.