Just looking for ideas on how to protect a newborn from an excitable toddler.
For now, our bedroom is safe but it won't be long before toddler can open the door (a higher lock is on the to do list), but it would be nice to not have to put DS in the bedroom in order to keep him safe.
At the moment, i can't even leave him in a rocker in he same room as mobile toddler cos she will poke him if he is asleep, squeeze him to make him squirm, ..... you get the idea. We are working on 'gentle' touches, but realistically i have to protect the newborn over teaching the toddler.
A carrier works, but i'm still recovering from the birth and it will be a few weeks before i am at full strength so i can't wear him full time. i have heard of people getting a playpen and putting the baby in the middle so the toddler can't reach.
i have thought about slinging him up from the ceiling so DD can't reach
What other creative ways have you used to protect baby from toddler?
We put DD2 (3 months old) in the bouncer and have worked really hard at teaching DD1 (18months) not to touch anywhere but her hands. So DD1 will sit beside the bouncer and hold hands with her. We also taught DD1 "ssshhh, Adele sleeping'...when bubs is asleep. Some how this works on most occasions.
Its hard because I have caught DD1 thinking of putting some toast in bubbas mouth
We had the base of an old cradle ($10 on eBay!) in the centre of the dining room table. Not so much for the toddler as for the very curious dog! Not sure if this would just inspire climbing though?!
DD1 was pretty gentle with her little sister, but whenever I had to leave the room for however long I put DD2 in her bouncer in a playpen. Otherwise, most of the time DD2 was clinging to me like a limpet so it wasn't too much of an issue.
The novelty will wear off. We put dd in a basinet to sleep during the day in the lounge so she's a little harder to reach. If I had to leave the room to do something and I couldn't keep an eye on them id call ds to come and help me. Our biggest issue was eye poking. We have taught him now that eyes are special and you can't touch them, so now he will just point and say "eye beshal!".
I didn't really put her up out of his reach (apart from the basinet, but it's an old style with slat sides like a cot, so he stil puts his arms thru and pays her on the head ^^. I didn't want him thinking that they weren't equal iykwim.
We used the swing a lot but DD was still big enough to push it if she wanted ot to poke DD2.
We had a bassinet that we used for DD2 to sleep in in the lounge (where all the noise was so she got used to it) and DD1 never seemed to try climbing that.
Outside or during 'play times' i put the porta cot up and DD1 never climbed in it.
For DD1 we put her in a smallish swing (like a bouncer) in the middle of the dining table to keep her out of reach of the dogs. We also used baby gates in some of the doorways. The other option would have been to put the car capsule up on the table out of reach.
GL! She'll learn soon enough. I've been using the ring sling for this bub.
My DD is a climber, so putting DS on the table or bench wouldn't work. I have a swing but as DD already pokes him when he is in the hammock, i don't think it would work by itself. Might work in the porter cot though
helle, eyeballs are pretty exciting here too- might work on teaching that they are 'special'
DH's suggestion was a velcro wall, and putting DD in a velcro suit
Sometimes she can be gentle, and i know she just wants to play. i think i have a bit of baby blues today which makes it a bit harder.
HotI. Hope you're getting plenty of care and support yourself
They do settle down with a bit of time. I had to laugh at the velcro suggestion. She'd probably love it.
gorgeous! Do you have anyone to come and take dd for a while? My midwife helped me by helping me see dds touching, pulling, yanking, smothering of the baby as normal! It still happens too, just now I don't have to stress so much (especially since ds is a giant and is almost as big as dd at ten months)
In answer to your question...my ds loved his rocker and seriously spent hours in there asleep in the lounge room...I just hid him behind the two couches (that sounds terrible! But what I mean is the vouches form a dead space in the corner of the room, so I'd put the rocker there...only if he was asleep though). For us it was out of sight out of mind.
My friend got a happy hang up hammock that hung from the ceiling in her lounge room.
Otherwise playpen for baby, or baby gates into a spare room near you.
Ds also spent a lot of time asleep on his change table, which was next to the kitchen (in the laundry).
I have the Happy Hangup hammock hanging on a stand and a toddler could reach it easily. Ceiling might work, but I don't know if I'd take the chance.
Hope you're feeling a bit brighter soon, hun. It sounds like someone taking DD to have fun somewhere else might be a good break for both of you. Is that possible?
urgh! i am running out of ideas. I put DS on the couch while i have dinner. DD is in her highchair. I get DD down, she runs around to the couch and pulls on his hair. I say 'No' as i am catching up to them, and so DD wacks him. it happens everytime he is in her reach. What do i do?
DD is going to Mum's tomorrow , which will give me a break, but i just don't know what to do. talking to DD is just not working.
Hun, I can take her for a couple of hrs wed after swimming if you like?
In the meantime I think maybe if she gets at him, tell her no & remove her from the room. EVERY time, she should hopefully get sick of it and treat him gently. Can you also use that doll, tell her gentle & cuddles, get DH to be a little rough and get her to tell him no etc?
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Ways to protect newborn from excitable toddler
. I didn't want him thinking that they weren't equal iykwim.
HotI. Hope you're getting plenty of care and support yourself
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