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So I left my 16 month old in the cot screaming her head off for THREE MINUTES

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morningpaper · 25/01/2007 20:10

and - while SCREAMING - she climbed out of the cot, climbed across the bed, got down from the bed, opened the bedroom door and ran into my study, still screaming.

arse

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funnypeculiar · 25/01/2007 20:11

see that girl multi-task ... she'll go far...

funnypeculiar · 25/01/2007 20:11

see that girl multi-task ... she'll go far...

funnypeculiar · 25/01/2007 20:12

whilst I, clearly, can only multi-click...

colditz · 25/01/2007 20:12

LOL that is funny

PanicPants · 25/01/2007 20:13

lol, thought you were going to say someone phoned social services!

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morningpaper · 25/01/2007 20:15

Well WTF does Ferber say about THAT?

Should I CHAIN HER UP?

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Booboobedoo · 25/01/2007 20:17

One word: chickenwire.

charliecat · 25/01/2007 20:17

find a lid for that cot

VeniVidiVickiQV · 25/01/2007 20:18

Grobags

LoveMyGirls · 25/01/2007 20:20

chest of draws and a stairgate!

LoveMyGirls · 25/01/2007 20:20

chest of draws and a stairgate!

Hillary · 25/01/2007 20:22

electric fencing

beansprout · 25/01/2007 20:22

Hide in a cupboard?

funnypeculiar · 25/01/2007 20:23

cattle prod?

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morningpaper · 25/01/2007 20:24

I just GIVE up

Honestly

I just wanted to start my TALK ROUNDUP

I'd been lying down with her making soothing noises for about three days

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beansprout · 25/01/2007 20:27

I would seriously say - stairgate on the door, for the "it's no fun, you can't just come and find mummy" aspect and then rapid return for the "wtf are you doing out of your cot, you are only 16 months old" element. Or maybe that is just me as ds is 25 months and NO WAY could climb out of his cot. Famous last words.

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morningpaper · 25/01/2007 20:31

Trouble is that the cot bottom is still on the "high" setting because my back is too bad for me to lower her onto the bottom setting.

And she is a real climber - it's such a shock to me, her sister didn't even manage the STAIRS by herself until she was THREE, and this one has been up and down the stairs by herself for ages.

I CAN'T put a stairgate on the bedroom door, I am too soft

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beansprout · 25/01/2007 20:33

Could you see the stairgate as an extension of the cot?

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morningpaper · 25/01/2007 20:35

but it seems more like a CAGE

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belgianmama · 25/01/2007 20:36

If she can climb out, sure she can climb in as well. I made my ds climb in while I was preg as I could lift him due to my spd. So I'd suggest lower the bottom of the cot, make her climb in and then put her in a grobag (v. difficult to climb out of cots in one of those, my 2 never did)

beansprout · 25/01/2007 20:38

Aha, but cots ARE cages! If we can get past that one, then a stairgate to encourage her to stay where she is, is no bad thing. Once she really susses that there are more interesting things going on that being in her cot, surely it's all over. It would be a bit like the police saying "move away now please, there's nothing to see"

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morningpaper · 25/01/2007 20:39

^^^^^^^^^
THIS PERSON IS TOO SOFT

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colditz · 25/01/2007 20:42

don't tell me you're not tempted

NotAnOtter · 25/01/2007 20:42

chair by cot if necessary...
firm stern mother lessons needed..
lower cot bottom essential

Twiglett · 25/01/2007 20:43

ensure your entire house is childproofed

then put a lock on the inside of the door to your office (or wherever your computer is) .. and use it

soundproofing might also help