Hugs Mel. Olivia, Lily, Liam and Becca sound like they are all the same children. My kids are the same as yours. We have locks on everything too. I had locks on the kitchen cupboards since Lil was little but since Liam's been getting around, EVERYTHING has a lock on it, or the door to that room is closed (he can't open doors yet!), drawers, fridge, we have a barrier for the kitchen, plus locks on the cupboards in there. Lily will stand in front of the open fridge or cupboards if the locks aren't locked. She will pull things open and Liam joins in the fun too. I remember once whne I was pg she got into the fridge and pulled out the grapes, milk and vegemite. I was in the bathroom. She had it all everywhere! I have tried to teach them to just not go into places I don't want them to, to learn to be responsible but if I did that, all I'd be doing all day is saying- no, get out, go away, stop touching that...it's so so exhausting, and I just can't do it. So everything is locked. Today has been a good day for us though. She's had 3 pancakes, 1/2 vegemite sandwich, punnet of strawberries, and some milk and water. Oh and some 'parties' a little tube of mini M & M's as a treat. Lunch is yet to happen, they've been sleeping (yay!!) but it will be a ham cheese and avo sandwich and some diluted juice. Pasta for dinner, maybe yogurt/custard for dessert if they want (Liam is usually fine, he doesn't eat all of his food, ever! But Lil will eat more after dinner). Small snack at about 3.30ish I think, maybe more fruit and a muesli bar or something. I think that is soooo much food for a 2 3/4yr old!
Kris, glad to hear you're taking it easy today. We're having a pretty lazy day at home too. If you can call cleaning and doing mountains of washing and dishes a lazy day! DH has another night shift tonight, which I absolutely HATE! The kids never sleep well when he's on a night shift. Well they don't sleep great when he isn't (Lil will sleep through now, but Liam is a nightmare still) but it's worse when he's not home, Lil wakes 2-3 times crying for him and Liam wakes more than usual.
We have too many toys here too. I went through them last night and put some away that the kids aren't using and got rid of the junky stuff like the old colouring books and broken toys. I try to rotate the toys occaisionally so they have 'different' toys every so often. I also find when I set them out nicely only the shelves and in the toy box, then the kids will be more constructive with them.
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