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How do I stop dd from touching everything?

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Luaa · 15/04/2019 16:17

Dd2 is 4 and she is constantly touching things that aren't hers. She gets in to our bedroom and her sisters, goes through our drawers and takes things. Took some cream from my bedside table and rubbed it all over their bathroom, climbed up to the bathroom spray and sprayed it everywhere.

We have child locks on cupboards, but she can open them. We are considering putting a lock on the outside of our door, because I just cant think how else to keep her out of our things.

Any good suggestions to get her to stop messing with everything?

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MumUnderTheMoon · 16/04/2019 08:09

Do you go into her bedroom and touch her things? Tidying up etc. Maybe she thinks that she can go into your room because you go into hers. Most kids see things in a very black and white way.

TigerQuoll · 16/04/2019 13:27

Maybe she has sensory issues, give her some sensory items to play with eg sand table, water table, make slime, play dough?

Luaa · 16/04/2019 18:22

I actually don't go in to her room and tidy up unless she's with me and I say "let's tidy up".

But I do think the sensory thing is part of it, she is very curious and does do things to see what will happen. I know when she's older this curiosity will be useful for her, but now it's just a bit of a pain!

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