mbear, will give the playpen a go, but I can see Brendan just lifting the playpen up and Tristan crawling out lol.

Nik, I do that now, I was kinda hoping for an 'easier' or 'better' solution lol, but that's ok. We'll just keep doing what we are for now lol.

sorry for the useless sujestions i was unsure how much Brendan would understand
we have a thing like a walker but it doesnt move.. i think it is called an activity centre ( i hope you know what i am tallking about!!) that is where DD got put to stop the boys once she was more mobile/upright!
Not useless at all! It good to get even the smallest things out there, it's helping me with my thoughts too I know what you mean, I don't "believe" in walkers ect, we were advised against them for Brendan (from many specialists, but mostly the physio) so we just never got one.