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featuring Parenting Advice, Child
Care and Child Raising Advice. Sara
not only has children and grand
children, but also has a degree in
Psychology, a masters degree in
Family Counseling and was a family
specialist in Lousville, Ky for more
than 10 years.
featuring Parenting Advice, Child
Care and Child Raising Advice. Sara
not only has children and grand
children, but also has a degree in
Psychology, a masters degree in
Family Counseling and was a family
specialist in Lousville, Ky for more
than 10 years.
Dear Sara answers parenting and child raising
questions from readers, new columns are
posted on Mondays and Thursdays, this column
was published September 3, 2009
Dear Sara,
My 2 year old son Eric is getting to
be quite a little escape artist. If he
sees an opportunity he will take off.
He also likes to climb and will get up
before we do in the morning, pull a
chair up and get the cereal box out
and help himself. So far he hasn’t
been hurt but I am very concerned.
He seems to think of things that I
haven’t even considered. How can I
stay ahead of him?
Carrie
Dear Carrie,
Eric seems very active so you are right
to be concerned. Now is the time
your real parenting begins. When Eric
was a baby, your main jobs were to
protect and nurture and basically you
had complete control. Now that he
can think for himself and is able to get
around without your help, you need
to start setting limits. The problem
here is, although Eric is able to
understand he may not have the self
control to be able to behave the way
you would like.
At this point you can begin to set
limits and reward his good behavior
and give consequences for his
negative behavior but you also have
to make your home baby proof. Since
Eric is so active you might start by
putting the chain/slide locks at the top
of your exterior doors. This will
prevent Eric from going outside when
you aren’t looking. They also make
child proof locks for kitchen cabinets.
You can install them in the kitchen and
bathrooms. Apparently you will have
to put them on the upper cabinets
also. If you don’t mind him eating
cereal before you get up, you could
leave it out where Eric won’t have to
climb to get it.
You need to be especially concerned
about locking up medication. Kids
especially like baby aspirin, chewable
vitamins and cough syrup and will
overdose on them. Sometimes even
picky eaters will eat colorful pills. Your
caution in this area could save you a
trip to the ER to have Eric’s stomach
pumped or worse.
Child safety caps don’t always keep a
child out of medication so lock it up.
Just in case, the poison control center
number is (800)222-1222. Keep it
beside the telephone in case you
need it.
Be careful when you have guests and
warn them not to leave their meds
out where Eric can find them.
Don’t leave your meds on the counter
where Eric can find them . He may
want to mimic what he sees you doing.
If Eric is taking meds and you give it
to him in the middle of the night, be
sure you turn on the light so that you
can make sure you are giving him the
correct medication and dosage.
Keep medication in the original
container. You don’t want to be
guessing if you have to call poison
control.
Here is one last item for you to think
about. Since Eric likes to climb, if you
have a heavy bookcase, you might
want to bolt it to the wall so that Eric
can’t pull it over on himself.
Even with all these cautions, Eric may
think of something else. Since he has
no idea of danger you will have to be
very vigilant. Keeping him safe will be
a real challenge. Good luck.
Sara
questions from readers, new columns are
posted on Mondays and Thursdays, this column
was published September 3, 2009
Dear Sara,
My 2 year old son Eric is getting to
be quite a little escape artist. If he
sees an opportunity he will take off.
He also likes to climb and will get up
before we do in the morning, pull a
chair up and get the cereal box out
and help himself. So far he hasn’t
been hurt but I am very concerned.
He seems to think of things that I
haven’t even considered. How can I
stay ahead of him?
Carrie
Dear Carrie,
Eric seems very active so you are right
to be concerned. Now is the time
your real parenting begins. When Eric
was a baby, your main jobs were to
protect and nurture and basically you
had complete control. Now that he
can think for himself and is able to get
around without your help, you need
to start setting limits. The problem
here is, although Eric is able to
understand he may not have the self
control to be able to behave the way
you would like.
At this point you can begin to set
limits and reward his good behavior
and give consequences for his
negative behavior but you also have
to make your home baby proof. Since
Eric is so active you might start by
putting the chain/slide locks at the top
of your exterior doors. This will
prevent Eric from going outside when
you aren’t looking. They also make
child proof locks for kitchen cabinets.
You can install them in the kitchen and
bathrooms. Apparently you will have
to put them on the upper cabinets
also. If you don’t mind him eating
cereal before you get up, you could
leave it out where Eric won’t have to
climb to get it.
You need to be especially concerned
about locking up medication. Kids
especially like baby aspirin, chewable
vitamins and cough syrup and will
overdose on them. Sometimes even
picky eaters will eat colorful pills. Your
caution in this area could save you a
trip to the ER to have Eric’s stomach
pumped or worse.
Child safety caps don’t always keep a
child out of medication so lock it up.
Just in case, the poison control center
number is (800)222-1222. Keep it
beside the telephone in case you
need it.
Be careful when you have guests and
warn them not to leave their meds
out where Eric can find them.
Don’t leave your meds on the counter
where Eric can find them . He may
want to mimic what he sees you doing.
If Eric is taking meds and you give it
to him in the middle of the night, be
sure you turn on the light so that you
can make sure you are giving him the
correct medication and dosage.
Keep medication in the original
container. You don’t want to be
guessing if you have to call poison
control.
Here is one last item for you to think
about. Since Eric likes to climb, if you
have a heavy bookcase, you might
want to bolt it to the wall so that Eric
can’t pull it over on himself.
Even with all these cautions, Eric may
think of something else. Since he has
no idea of danger you will have to be
very vigilant. Keeping him safe will be
a real challenge. Good luck.
Sara