Lots of little things

[DieAntword]

How do you stop a toddler systematically flushing all the toilet paper in the house while still allowing free access to the bathroom to use the toilet?

Should a toddler - who is being supervised - be allowed to decide of their own accord to get in the bath and run the taps to play with the water (naked and considering the hot weather)?

Tidy up mess as you go or in one big flourish before naptime?

When feeding a baby what level of misbehaviour warrants stopping to stop the toddler? What do you just decide to let slide?

Would you feel comfortable supervising a toddler in the garden by ear or are eyes required as well?

1. move the toliet paper out of reach except for a couple of squares
2. if you are happy with that yes, if it is inconvenient then no
3. no idea, I don’t have a baby as well
4. depends on the toddler and the length of time. We have a u shap d garden and I am happy to let my toddler (2) out of my sight and I will pop in the house and check on dinner but I would not leave her for long.

Toilet paper I moved it up high apart from the amount he needed. He got over it after the novelty wore off

Bath - no I probably wouldn’t allow that. But I guess it’s up to you. DS uses the bathroom unsupervised so he’s not allowed to touch the bath taps even when I’m there as I wouldn’t trust him not to do it when I’m not. Don’t want him to scald/drown himself.

Usually if I’m feeding with the baby it has to be something dangerous to make me actually stop. He would get told off though. Just not me coming over. I would deal with him once baby was fed.

I think it depends on your garden. Mine is fully fenced in and no hazards so I’d pop inside for a few min to put something in the oven or put baby down for a nap etc, but I wouldn’t leave him out there where I can’t see him for more than a few minutes. I wouldn’t really be able to hear him though inside the house, that might change my opinion.