Little Maggie has been such a trouble-maker lately. She has always been a book shredder (even board books!), but twice in the past week she ripped all of the flaps off of a couple of our lift-the-flap books. The books were seriously in tatters. And they are some of her favorite books! I spent at least an hour trying to paste and tape each one back together, something that I'm not sure was quite worth my time (each book was like a $12 book and both of my kids still read them--does that make it worth it?) I honestly don't think Jared even once ripped a book apart when he was a toddler, but this now makes like 2 dozen for Maggie.
Another rascally thing she has been doing lately is taking off her diaper first thing in the morning and during nap time, and then peeing all over her crib (and her favorite blanket and the clothes that she has removed...) I am so sick of having to change her sheets and clothes once and sometimes twice a day. She can take off onesies, so those don't help, and I have also tried putting her diapers on backwards and also taping them shut with clear packing tape. It is so lousy! Next attempt: duct tape, I think. I might go all the way around her diaper a couple of times or something. (BTW, a couple of people have suggested to me that this might mean she is ready for potty training. I don't think so. She is scared of the toilet and can't pull her own pants up yet. Also, I'm not ready for potty training either. Potty training her would mean I would have to transfer her out of her crib to a bed. I'm not ready for that yet.)
Anyway, this is just an update on the youngest disaster in my life. I still love her, though. :)
2 comments:
Sounds like she just likes to make trouble. I love it when parents tell me what my kids' actions mean. It always makes me laugh.
I thought about this because jones did it a few times, then stopped. Maybe try putting a pair of undies over her diaper? We bought the 2-3t size from the Gap for Ella, and they don't have as much "give" as your typical brand of fairy princess underwear (which we have since acquired a lot of because of the princesses, etc) they would be a tight fit over her diaper.
That would ultimately be cheaper than buying pull-ups. And then you are ready to potty train when she is :)
Oh my! Don't you just love the age 2?!?
I've been feeling the same way about Jason lately. We've nicknamed him Destructo-Dude. He likes to pull everything out and throw it around, unscrew the lids on whatever he can find in the bathroom and dump it all over, and hit, kick, punch, bite, and rip things, too! It's such a *joy*.
He hasn't tried the diaper thing though. I've heard of lots of parents having success with duct tape. It's too bad she can get the onesies off! Good luck!
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