To caution or to praise? My 2yr old DD just made breakfast for me.

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This morning, my DD (well, she turns 3 soon) put the bread in the toaster, set it, took her plate and mine from the respective drawers and cupboards (they weren't easily reachable so how she managed to do it without hurting herself or causing an accident .. I don't know!), took out butter knives, placed the toasts on out plates along with the butter and jam, and set them all up on the table.

I was fast asleep (my excuse : 32 wks pregnant and knackered!). Then she woke me up and annouced that breakfast was ready.

I am speechless. I'm proud that she did this all on her own and got it right but there's a whole load of safety issues to address.

What would you do? Caution her more than praise? Or other way round?

Ps - DD used to play with her toys while I was still asleep but now that I'm aware she's capable of doing all this, I will definitely make sure I'm awake while she is.

I think you need to thank her but caution her too and let her know that she must not do this again without you becuase she could hurt herself.

My 3yo dd recently went to the cupboard, stood on a chair to get on the worksurface, got a plaster out and put it on (she wasn't eally hurt, just wanted one and dh, who was in the other room, had said no). I was impressed but I am now going to move the rest of the medcine to where I'm SURE she can't get it. I'd put stuff where she can reach it for future and tell her about the toaster being v hot. Bless her, how sweet.

Blimey are you raising Matilda?

can she come and teach my 9 yr old please

I understand the saftey issue but am still bloody impressed

Thats so sweet. You must be proud of her. Agree with dustystar - but offer another option too, where she will be unlikely to hurt herself. If she wants to do you breakfast again, suggest she does cereal or fruit and yoghurt.
I remember DD1 attempting to do a cooked breakfast for me and DH (she was about 8 though). Half cooked bacon and an egg where the whites weren't actually white yet. DH was so chuffed - he ate every bit, (including mine when she wasn't looking) Yuck

Thats so sweet. You must be proud of her. Agree with dustystar - but offer another option too, where she will be unlikely to hurt herself. If she wants to do you breakfast again, suggest she does cereal or fruit and yoghurt.
I remember DD1 attempting to do a cooked breakfast for me and DH (she was about 8 though). Half cooked bacon and an egg where the whites weren't actually white yet. DH was so chuffed - he ate every bit, (including mine when she wasn't looking) Yuck

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Oh My GOd that is AMAZING

Praise her for her kindness, but warn her how dangerous it could be, and leave something like weetabix and cold milk she could 'make' without risking her safety.

Can't you keep the plates etc in a reachable cupboard? And anything that's dangerous try to put out of reachable distance.

I do quite a lot of kitchen rearranging to meet the children's growing abilities.

Your daughter sounds just adorable and you do want to encourage her.

LOL! It would be handy having a 'Matilda'. I bet its a novelty thing for her so I won't be counting on breakfasts in bed.
Not sure if I can relocate the toaster in a safer place but will definitely stress that she mustn't do this on her own again.
What if I unplugged the toaster when not in use? Then again, she'll only observe and in time, learn to plug it back on and that's a graver safety issue to handle!

Very sweet! Dd is very keen on 'helping' in the kitchen, so we have given her certain things she can do, and some absolutely forbidden things. Eg she loves making me a cup of tea in the morning, so we let her do it EXCEPT for boiling the water and pouring it. She does all the rest - getting the cup out, getting a teabag, putting the milk in, fishing out the teabag. But she knows the kettle and the oven are absolutely out of bounds.

Get a new toaster, the safest one possible

I think it's rather lovely, but agree tell you that you really like yogurt or cereal for breakfast.

Praise her, definitely - what an incredible kind and thoughtful dd you have .

Some dcs are far more careful naturally than others. My eldest dd would have been a liability at that age (still is at 13!) but youngest could have safely done all that at the same age.
Warn her of the dangers and maybe give her little jobs while you are watching her so that you can assess exactly how capable she is and tell her again of all the dangers. You could say "ooh, Mummy sometimes likes different things for brekkie so you could come and take my order like a waitress next time!!" could even get her a little apron etc (I'm getting carried away again, sorry!)
At least she didn't attempt to make you a coffee!!

My daughter makes coffee, in the Nespresso machine