Baby Proofing 102

Who me? A troublemaker?

We baby proofed the house when Mason started crawling (at 13 mos), but it is proving to be child's play (pun intended) for our Mr. Mischief Matthew. He is into everything! I often put him in a room full of toys, yet he will go straight for the ONE thing he shouldn't be getting into. He is already pulling up and starting to cruise (at 8 mos) and has already had a few bruises on his face to prove it. He is one very determined little guy. We may have to borrow the nickname of 'honey-badger' from our good friend Ashley Rueckel. It doesn't matter how many times you pull him away from something (usually it's an electrical cord - he's OBSESSED with them), he goes right back to it and will figure out some way to get what he wants.

Another thing we are struggling with is sharing. Mason loves his little brother...  as long as he doesn't touch HIS stuff. This wasn't really a problem until Matthew started crawling. And getting into everything. Now I constantly hear 'MINE!' and 'BABY GOT MY TOY!'. We're trying to encourage Mason to share, but so far, not a lot of progress. Mason knows the 5 things that Matthew got for Christmas, so he will bring all of them to Matthew and take away any of 'his' toys. Those are the only things Matthew is allowed to play with.

We are now using the pack-n-play as a confinement play area. No cords he can get to!

In any room, he goes straight for the electrical cords. We're going to have to go back to the dark ages.

This was waiting for me after church one Sunday. Bumped his head pulling up in the nursery.

A favorite at playtime - pulling brother in the mini-wagon.

This is one of Matthew's toys that he is allowed to play with.

Cute picture of daddy and Mason riding the train at the zoo today. We're enjoying a beautiful warm January weekend!