Who else is putting their christmas tree in the playpen?

[MamaHobgoblin]

DS will be almost 10 months. He's been crawling since 6, pulling himself up since 7 and is currently cruising along the sofa at 9. PFB pride His dad was walking by 10 months so we're preparing for the worst.

We've got the hexagonal Babydan, hardly ever deployed. I'd like to get some use out of it, so do I put the best toy DS has ever seen behind bars for the duration? And how miserable will it make the poor christmas tree look? DH thinks I'm mad (suspect DH of thinking we shouldn't bother with a tree this year, but sod that). Please let me tell him that this is not mad, it is perfectly sensible and everyone does it!

We use our Babydan to hide the oven and stop DS from turning the gas on! Otherwise I would put the tree in it too...

What an awesome idea! I have spent the last three Christmases on constant tree patrol, because Girldog likes to open presents and Boydog likes to...do what Boydogs do to all trees.
We put it up last night when little Ff (9mo) was in bed, and I was disappointed that her reaction this morning was somewhat muted because of a horrible cold. She didn't care about the tree, and certainly wasn't interested in climbing it . Looking forward to turning the lights on this afternoon though.

Small hijak - MamaHobgoblin, are you free tomorrow morning? First Tuesday of the month is when we meet up at the Waterfront, if you fancy it? (And if Ff is less snotty)

Great idea. My Dh thought of this one too, so this is what we're going to do too. It means we won't be wearing the Christmas tree.

If I had a playpen I would use it for the tree!
DS2 is nearly 10 months and would love to pull the tree over I'm sure.

Ingles - how come you still put the tree in the playpen if your youngest is 3 now? to stop them being tempted to open the presents? My 3 year old would probably climb in and open the presents if I did it as it would be more of a challnge