The littlest child (by one minute and 3/4 of an inch) is a climber extraordinaire. Little can hoist his thunderous leg up and over pretty much anything. He's Vegas Dance girl material, for sure. We have caught him on every push toy, the couch, the recliner, the train table and even standing IN his high chair. That little feat was accomplished in under three minutes by pushing a small piano to the Handy Manny workbench, to the high chair. His balance is AHHHMAZING. Little has been climbing onto pretty much anything stationary since before he mastered walking.
The hubs and I have moved things, rearranged furniture, banned perfectly good toys from the play room and he still manages to practice the high ropes at least daily. I'm thinking he would bring in a high dollar at a traveling circus. I mean , seriously, who wouldn't pay to see a Rollie Pollie, Cupie-Doll baby, climb the trapeze?? Crazy, shut-in people, maybe... but considering his cuteness, they might even scrape together the ticket money.
Our other option is less circus, more rodeo. We have been considering a goat stake in the playroom floor. Not to necessarily chain him, because that's totally inhumane and horrid treatment of children. Duh! We were thinking of using is as more of a tether. (Totally different, right?!!) You know, strap one of those cutesy monkey-leash back packs on him, affix the parent hold end to the tether, and Bam!! We have a much safer, yet not technically restrained, baby!! This is parenting genius, I tell you.
The only thing we need to decide is how to make the pole semipermanent and not damage the carpet. Oh, and I need to choose between the brown monkey leash and the blue spotted puppy leash... Decisions, decisions. Heck, maybe I'll splurge and buy both in case Big or Middle child needs a boundary, I mean safety, check.
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