It's time to gate.
I had hoped to avoid these unattractive objects while my condo is on the market. However, when I tried to stop Sumo from pulling the TV down upon his head for the 50th time, I realized there was no way around it. Sumo is strong. Really strong. And I'm here with him alone. I mean - look - from time to time I may have to take a whiz or pour myself another large glass of wine. *ahem* So I need the place to be fairly safe.
So Round 1 of the gates are up.
This brings me to my point (wow - there is one)! Shopping for baby gates sucks an egg. So I went to Ye Olde Baby store yesterday and bought several different models. How the hell are you supposed to know what you need when you just want to section off certain areas of the room? And why are some of the gates they sell only 23 inches tall? What the hell - Sumo could easily scale that. Sumo can leap tall buildings in a single bound, y'all. And why do you have to buy some gates and then 500 different "extender" sets? Why can't it just be big enough? I think the people who make prisons should design baby gates - they'd be much better at it. And - um - is it abuse to just leave your kid in a crib with a tent over it all day and night? I won't tell if you won't . . .
Anyway, I bought some stuff and then realized I needed more stuff, so I've bought that, now, too. And yes, picture me, the Tranny Head, in her undewear, assembling gates in the middle of the night while Sumo sleeps. Hawt, right?
Damn gate manufacturers . . .
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In other news, I have to take Sumo to the doctor today. I'm 99% sure that he's getting molars, but he's pulling on his ears, so I want to run him in to the doc just in case it's an ear infection. I hope there's no infection - I'm not in the mood to have that pink crap projectile vomited in my general direction . . . though I finally figured out that if I put it in his food he's none the wiser.
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I hate gates. Hate them! I can't stand climbing over them. So instead of the gate, we got the whole corral system. I give it the thumbs up! (although it takes up the entire room.)
Hope Sumo doesn't have an ear infection. That would just really suck. Good luck and hope he feels better :)
Landon has been doing the same thing - tugging on his ears, jamming toys way back in his mouth, and screaming around 3am every morning when the tylenol has worn off (he's always been super sensitive to teething, moreso than the doctors say is actually possible). I hope it's molars for him and Sumo (although one nice thing about an ear infection is it usually stops hurting once they get on antibiotics, I have a feeling these molars are going to take their sweet time...)
We're in the market for baby gates as well and it is hard! The ones at the cheap stores are ugly and hard to position but the nicer looking ones are freaking expensive. Last night I just asked JP to nail a few boards across our dining room openings (it's the play room until we buy furniture in there). I was only half kidding...
Hope there's no ear infection!!!
Sumo lives in a gated community... too funny. We've had gates up for what seems like 2.5 years. UGH. I was so glad to take them down, once Adam mastered the stairs... alas they have been back up for the past 6 months. oh well!
I have had gates up in our house for so long, I don't even notice them anymore. Our house is one giant Toddler and Bulldog cage. *sigh*
Just say no to ear infections, Sumo. They aren't as fun as they sound.
I hope Sumo doesn't have a ear infection too. They suck. But if its just teeth there is a product called "Theething Tablets" They disolve under the tounge and worked great for us.
Good luck.
Hyland's teething tablets. They're all natural and worked great for us too. still do at times -- turns out Jonathan's first and second year molars are coming in at the same time.
Baby gates are a pain in the butt and I think they can be more dangerous than safe. Jonathan pulled one down on himself and I tripped over it. I finally just decided I would have to have eyes in the back of my head to make sure he didn't tumble down the stairs or something. That worked until -- he fell down the stairs. *sigh*
Babyproofing sucks. And those gate - suck.
Everytime I would try to scale one my toe or soemthing would get caught and I would almost kill myself.
I hope there is no ear infection. They suck the big one.
My dislike for gates is like my dislike for Dentists, I have fallen more then I care to say when trying to step over the gate. Some people think the happiest day is when you get rid of the diapers nope it is when you get rid of the gates
If it was up to me my house would just be a mess, I can't ever figure those things out! It's like the makers of baby things want you to feel like a failure as a parent so your guilt will drive you to buy more things!
Ugh. I have avoided the gates thus far but only because we can close doors to keep him out of most rooms. We bought a (fairly) baby proof entertainment center last summer when I was pregnant. All the cabinets on the bottom have doors that have good latches. I understand completely about the biting, kicking, head butting though.
I make Isaac and Gracie pretend they are gates to block Evie's passage. They might be getting tired of it...
Ear infections stink. I still get them (its a genetic defect I am just SO happy to have!!). They hurt. I hope Sumo doesn't have one.
This is where you need a best friend who also is a professional babyproofer. Yes, you heard me right and now you are super jealous, eh?? It is Niiiiiiice. Because before he started the business, my kids ran wild up and down stairs with chemicals and heavy stuff while sticking metal probes into electrical outlets. It was ugly.
Baby gates suck. I have a big ass gate due to a child that would climb it all. Want me to send it? It bolts into the damn walls (that part was for the Bulldog that liked to think he was a bullDOZER and knock crap over). I'll send it. I'll package that thing up, directions and all, and send it. A) I'm nice like that. B) It'll get it outta my house and C)....well, there isn't one.
:)
Baby gates are such a necessary evil. We tried going without them and locks on the kitchen cabinets, but we realized that our little one really has to have them. Or we do for our sanity. One of those.
Hope he doesn't have an ear infection. And molar teething sucks, so I'm sorry for that.
p.s. I tagged you for a meme.
Hate to tell you this, but he'll be climbing the gates in no time.
Never mind. Pretend I didn't say that.
I really hope there's no ear problem.
Oh, the joys of motherhood! It just so much easier to tie them up all day...hehe
oh I hate gates. Well, my sister-in-law actually had a really cool one. But you had to screw it into the wall, but it was really easy to open it...unlike so many other gates
Some thoughts:
1. I'm dreading the day Baby learns to crawl.
2. Do you think this is going to be a problem when I'm living in a 9x9 studio?
3. Your Evidence outline is the only reason I even passed the damn class. And yeah, the grade sucked. But at least I passed.
Micah would use the holes in the gate for toeholds and climb right over them, so we ended up putting a mesh gate up (which he could swing a leg over). That prompted us to put a gate on top of the mesh one. The Great Wall of Micah was a necessary evil in our house.
one more here hoping for no ear infection
we only had gates on the doorway and by the stairs, if someone wasn't in the room with my son aka Spiderman then into the playpen he went
this of course was 100 years ago
now there are far too many sucky choices
don't you wish habitrail for hamsters came in Sumo size!
Aahhhh, babyproofing. Ugh.
Hope Sumo is feeling okay. Even if it's just teeth that's no fun at all!
I've decided that the labyrinth of baby gates in our house will trap and kill any intruder long before he makes off with the family jewels. If you haven't lived around the 5 (every single one is different!) gates for the past several years, there's NO WAY you'll make it out alive! bwahahahaha
The great thing about molars is that it adds, like, a MILLION new eating options for Sumo! Bring on the chewy food!
Those stupid gates are one of the reasons I didn't buy a two-story house. I can't stand 'em. We do use one on occasion to keep G in the den and out of the kitchen but it still doesn't work really well. UGH!
You know I love you!!! Didn't mean to leave you out.
Also, I forgot all about you not reading me while gone. Kind of...
Plus why do they never make gates that close quietly? Ours always used to go bah-BANG! waking all sleeping infants within a 10 mile radius. God I'm glad those days are gone.
Hope Sumo is only teething!
Gates are the worst yet also the best thing ever.
Sumo is kicking your ass already? That can't be good.
He isn't called sumo for nothing!
Yeah, baby gates are worthless. We've had to cobble stuff togther to keep our genius caged. Um ... good luck with that.
You know I never had a gate. Not even one at the top of the stairs. I figured he'd get it sooner or later.
And, that picture. He's gonna kill you for that later.
we have one from IKEA at the top of the stairs (came with the house) and we use one of those First Years Hands Free gates (with the foot pedal) for any other areas....no way for a kid to scale it...and believe me, my monkey godson and son tried. Gavin is 4 and still can't get over the gate because it's just bars, like a prison. And in emergencies, Coop gets put in the pack-n-play to keep him from getting underfoot. And it was Gavin's time-out when he was about 15-18 months...whether he needed the timeout or I needed the timeout. :)
Oooh...and all that biting...ouch! You won't mind if I bring dog biscuits with me, right?
Try the corral thing - that's what I have too!
I don't get the "pink crap projectile vomited" your way. That's the bubble gum flavored stuff that made my kids excited to go to the dr. in the first place. Wish Sumo liked it, too. It got us through many, many ear infections. Amoxicillin suspension was a staple of life for my little twits. THANK GAWD that all stopped and no more ear infections. Or strep throat.
The gate won't hold him back for long! They grow like weeds, don't they?! Good luck :)
We had our gates for about a year and they sucked!! J bought the stupid pressure ones that do not work unless your door frame is perfectly square or sit there for an hour getting them to stay. Once she started climbing on them and pushing them out from the bottom we gave up. I was sick of tripping over them.
That adorable picture makes me think he's "Sumo-icula". Did Bunnicula have great leaping and scaling powers? I can't remember...
I hate gates, too. Never needed them with my daughters but my boy is all over the place!! So we bought a gate for home. And one for my MIL, since he is there 3 days out of the week. And now my parents need one since he's there 2 days out of the week. Dang gates.
Hope Sumo is just teething and nothing more!
HAWT, Tranny Head, fo' sure!
The Babe is in a biting phase too...sucks! We have one gate in the house but should probably have more!
I'll bet you were wearing your granny panties, huh? :)
We used to get our gates from vet supply places. I don't know if that's still a better option, but it was great when my kids were little.
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