My goal for this week is to make ours a gate-free household! Wow, this is difficult to even imagine. We have had gates at the bottom of the stairs and between our living room and kitchen since Princess first started walking, 5 years ago. Now that the Knight is approaching the ripe old age of 2 1/2 years old (and because he has now mastered the ability of scaling the gate) it is time to kiss those gates good-bye!
It has not been an easy morning....
My approach to this monumental task is to give the Knight a time-out in his room every time he climbs up the stairs.
We are up to 5 times outs and it is not even noon....
I don't know if he is testing me or if he is forgetting that he is not supposed to be climbing up there. I know that, at almost 2 1/2, he has the cognitive skills to know exactly what he is doing. He just looks so darned surprised when I catch him at the top of the stairs and give him a time out. He is so heartbroken.
I will let you know how the rest of the day goes...
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