I'm so P'ed off I could cry.

[colditz]

3 year old ds1 got himself up this morning, and got into my makeup. He has used every single item oof my makeup, splurged it all over the bathroom, all over his bedroom, mixed in with a good blob of toothpaste (for extra viscosity, presumably) daubed lipstick, nailvarnish and mascara all over himself and his bed, my bronzer is thickly decorating the toilet rim....

I will laugh, one day, but not yet, because I am effing furious. And frustrated. There is nowhere in my house that he cannot get into if he tries. I caught him climbing over my 6 foot garden frnce because he "Wanted to see those boys, mummy!" Am I going to have to lock all my doors? He has a stairgate on his bedroomm, he opens it with more ease than I do.

I haven't punished him, I was so cross I didn't dare at the time, and of course it is too late now. He has been told off.

What can I do?

he knows he's been punished, go and do something to take both your minds of this he will forget about it and don't feel bad about doing it you will be saving all your future make up

That sounds very reasonable colditz.

I would be furious if this happened to me and think that you punishment for your ds is entirely justified and appropriate. Have you any points on a boots advantage card that you could use to get yourself a make-up treat? I save mine up so that when something rubbish happens I can have a little treat .

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My brother was a great escapologist and was often to be found walking round the garden in the middle of the night. In the end my mother put a security chain on his bedroom door, the sort you would use on a front door. It meant that he couldn't get out of his room until he was let out - which, being his older sister, was a wonderful thing to taunt him with of an early morning... "I'll only let you out if you are going to be good."

I sympathise.

We have just redecorated at GREAT expense the bedrooms in our house. we are really broke now and I am working extra shifts to pay for it

on Sinday ds2 ( 4 years and 3 months) took a crayon and scribbled allover the walls on the landing and in one of the bedrooms.

He KNEW it was wrong but was jealous of the attention his baby brother is getting (at least I think thats the problem)

i went MAD and shouted my head off. and sent him to bed. Im a bit sorry I went so amd now but I was unbelievebaly cross.......

sorry about your stuff - they really can be little buggers !

Oh colditz

Dont know what to say. DS is already an expert escapologist and is 15 months so im sur ei have all this to come.....

Someone mentioned insurance claim? Just to let you know, I had my bag nicked three years ago with my make-up in it. The shoulder bag was a canvas jobby worth a tenner, the make-up came to a couple of hundred pounds (!!) and the insurance paid up, though it must have looked odd on the claim form. Worth a try?

Colditz, it sounds like you handled it really well.

I've claimed for makeup too, after my handbag was stolen. They paid up with no questions asked. Might be worth a try Colditz

I think you've handled this very well.

Do you mean a security chain, like you have on front doors? Would that be dreadful?

I don't object to him getting up and scuttling arround, it's just...
He goes downstairs and mucks on the computer, draws on the walls, gets into my makeup, rootles in the fridge... All while I am asleep in the morning. If he couldn't get out of his room he would have to shout and wake me up, which at the minute he doesn't do

I get scared he is going to get out onto the street one day, and someone will turn up at my house with him, I will still be asleep and will look really neglectful, whereas I'm not (I don't think so anyway)

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Yep, security chain like you have on front doors.