House in Progress Diary

Her tummy ache might teach her!

Far from convenient, they do make baby safety locks for the fridge, like this one:
http://www.amazon.com/Fridge-Guard-Appliance-Child-131C/dp/B000H3SSOK

I have friends who used a bungie cord.
The baby safety lock looks better. LOL

LOVE that photo. Too funny!

I figured there wold have to be some kind of locks, similar to what you put on cabinets. Good luck!

My advice is to not let Grace talk to Atticus- he loves butter too! We put a new seal on our fridge door & he can't open ours, but we'll see how long that lasts!

I hope my mom has told you by now that she used to eat butter by the stick. Guess it runs in the family...on our side. Sorry!

Oh, those little teeth marks in the butter!

heehee..no really; 1st, put appropriate snacks down low; now teach her to ask permission 1st, then she may go get her snack.

I'm with Mary. Don't lock it up; make it work.

Our lil one (about the same age) has access to the refrigerator. Eggs (which she loves to help break) are up high but cheese sticks are low. We are working on not opening the door until she names what she wants (generally juice, yogurt or cheese), then we get it, then we CLOSE THE DOOR! (The last is our worst part.)

She gets in there too often but the lure and magic is wearing off now (about 2-3 mos later) and she's big into breaking into the band-aid stash and covering herself or trying to 'help' me cook on the stove. Because of that, we did finally put on stove knob covers.

Oh my word. This is too funny...and disturbing. My stomac is sick just looking at that picture. She seemed fine this morning and laughed when I asked her if she liked how that butter tastes.

So funny!....and brings back so many memories!

The culprit in our house seems to have survived to the ripe old age of 17 with no ill effects (he doesn't do these sort of things any more.)

I just wouldn't make a big deal about it, remind her she does have to ask and supervise her as closely as you can... I know, I know, - they are like elusive forest creatures at this age - there one minute, vanished in a puff of smoke the next. She will stop - hopefully before she learns to drive.

Just be glad it's human!! - both our dogs developed a real liking for butter and we couldn't leave it out for a second. I don't know how many lbs of butter had to be disposed of during their respective "puppyhoods" (both are biggish dogs - and have beautiful shiny coats!!!)

Thanks for the laugh.

Oh my gosh! Are those TEETH MARKS? Hilarious!

My brother-in-law used to eat butter by the stick as a kid, but he dipped it in the sugar bowl first!

Hey! At least she's eating!

Oh YUCK! Well, I used to drink CREAM out of the carton as a child...

Ok it's so funny now, the little teeth marks in the butter, but I know in 3-6 months I'm going to be thanking God you wrote this post because I'll be ordering myself some of those handy locks.

Where was the supervision? You cannot lock up everything. But having toddlers in the house means having eyes in the back of your head! Constantly!
Also, I never used locks on anything. However somehow (i wish i could remember how exactly) I got the message across that they better do as I say. And I was not a spanker/hitter; altho on a few occasions I did slap a hand.
I guess this time of your parenting career means NO TIME OUT for your supervision!
good luck.

Disgusting. . .ly cute.
Parents, take warning! It takes all of 3 seconds for a child to pick up a loaded butter dish. Tragedies such as this can be avoided by keeping all butter dishes safely locked away and out of a child's reach (it's reasonable, however, to keep a stick next to the bed at night in case of intruders). I only hope that we're talking real butter here and not margarine. In the case of Grace, a little butter pat on the hand beats a swat any day.

I find restrictions aren't good for children's well-being tbh. locks and cribs and whatnot... explaining why not and entertaining warnings with supervision works best with my 4 year old daughter. freedom to make her choices though - even if stubbornly wrong, is the best way imho.

like marty said, tummy ache will teach her... why not eat butter? well why not? it's still food so...kids are great because they are a perfect excuse to be one all over again :D

cheers,

Mmmm....makes me want some butter. Butter is delicious. The kid's got good taste.

I think "mother of 6" is a robot. I THINK she's a robot and I KNOW she's not very nice.

Sorry.

I couldn't resist.

super gross. my stomach turns at that picture.

she's probably just looking to get the shine back in her hair. hey, let a two year old experiment. she only ate half the stick - so she's not unreasonable. what an interesting life she is leading.

:)

My 2 year old figured out the fridge recently too...only he found the eggs and threw a couple of them like balls in the kitchen while I was "not supervising". Needless to say, it was a mess and we did invest in the appliance locks for the top. Makes life a little more annoying for us but because I can't watch his every move, it works for us.

OMG that's so funny! There are such things as refrigerator locks, but our kids still do things like eat all the sugar out of the sugar bowl etc (they're 6 and almost 8) so hmmm, hope she gets over the love of butter! LOL! Our son loved dirt....count yourselves lucky!

OMG. that's the funniest thing I've seen all day. She will absolutely treasure that hysterical picture when she's older.

If you're going to snack on butter, you'll need brown sugar. Does she know how to get into the pantry, too?

So funny - it made my day. :)

my god that's hilarious!

Keep in mind, and this won't exactly work for you but it should work for others, putting on the locks *before* they learn how to open the fridge works much better. It is a 'mind thing' or something, but once they know that they *could* open it but "can't* anymore they will progress quickly.