Childproofing, what's that?! We don't child proof in our house as the way I see it, my kids will visit lots of houses that aren't child friendly & it's best that they understand what they can & can't touch rather than having everything hidden at home IYKWIM. This is just the way we do it. For example, I'm a big candle lover & didn't want to be without my candles for 10 years while I had babies in the house so I taught Zander from the minute he could reach the table that he was absolutely not allowed to touch candles. Now I've been showing him how to light them with my assistance & I trust 100% that he will never touch the lighter without an adult because he knows it's something that he needs "big hands" to help him with.

I'm with Cai on the logie award winning acting! Everything is over dramatised and that includes praise. Just the other night I spent the 10 minute drive home, from the restaurant we had just been at, telling Zander how proud I was with his behaviour & that I was soooo happy with him.

The thing that I do is to not remove them from the situation or even remove what they want, they have to get used to the thing they want being there & them not being able to have it. In our house we have a DVD stand that always attracts kids, my two not being an exception at all! At not quite one Juliette knows she is not to touch them, but it took a while to teach her. Whenever she went to touch I would say no or ah-ah, if she had one in her hand I would take it off her & explain that she was not to touch them & put it back. I left her in front of the DVDs & it continued on for a few minutes until she got bored with me saying no & taking them off her. She'd do it daily, then every few days until she eventually just gave up. It wasn't a quick process, but we stayed consistent & it worked.

For me it's not about discipline, it's about teaching that there are some things that people are not allowed to touch. Babies are not to touch DVDs but big brother is allowed to. Children are not to touch the sewing machine, but mummy is allowed to. Mummy isn't allowed to touch sharp knives (I'm clumsy LOL), but daddy is allowed to.