When Wrigglebot first came home from hospital we made sure we didn’t have anything dangerous within his reach (we thought he may have been advanced and able to grab things and poke his eyes out rather than just lie there as all new babies do). He began rolling so we cleared everything non-furniture off the floor in the particular room where he happened to be. He began crawling so everything got moved up a level everywhere.  He began pulling himself up and standing so everything got moved even higher and he grew and grew so things kept getting moved up and doors were closed to certain rooms as he began walking. Quite frankly we are running out of room to move things out of his reach as he has become a climbing monster.

Some kids will just climb onto a couch, not our Wrigglebot. He has climbed up an adult sized ladder, I foolishly thought he wouldn’t get past the first rung but he managed to get all the way to the top. His latest thing is to push our dining room chairs over to the kitchen bench and climb onto the chair to see what is happening and to get closer to the food. He has almost climbed onto the bench from his vantage point. This is scary, knives and dishes often live on our bench and I worry about how far his curiosity will lead him. I cannot get rid of my bench or my chairs so the only option is supervision which is hard whilst breast feeding and trying to keep the bench clear. I guess I am just wondering whether child proofing ever ends and if it does what is that magic age? Maybe 4 or 5 I think, although Husband managed to cut his fingers with his knife just the other day so perhaps it never truly ends.

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