Another Gate Bites The Dust!
January 11th 2007 20:21
Yep another safety gate for our little monkey monster has been taken down. He can climb over them all and open them up anyway but something has held Daz and I from taking them down. Maybe they are there for our own mental safety, who knows.
The other week we took the one off of Callum's bedroom, it hadn't been closed in a long time and we thought that taking it down would maybe make Callum feel like a big grown up boy and maybe, just maybe he'd start acting a bit better. It seemed to work... a little. At least he doesn't have the gate to use in one of his I'm a teenager and I can slam things moods. By the way he's only three and a half years old, but those old teenage sayings of "It's not fair!", "I don't like you." and "I'm running away from home." are well rehearsed lines of his.
So today I decided to take the gate off the bathroom. I know I'm going to spend most of the night being awake worried that the little monkey monster will make his way into the bathroom to participate in one of his favourite sports of "How quickly can I flood the bathroom." but I think we need (well me, not Daz) to realise that he is growing up and that we (yes me again) need to learn to try and trust him more.
Taking all these gates down has made me realise though how much and how quickly Callum has grown up. When he isn't in a tantrumming, sulking three and a half years old mood you can actually sit and reason with him about things. He will listen to what you say and he wants to know the answer to everything, even including the question of "Mummy, where did I come from?" (he thinks he came from a toy shop, bless him.). Questions are always being asked and he is even starting to tell me the answers before I give them. I'm amazed at his thirst for knowledge at times and realise this is all part of the growing up stage.
He'll start school this September which while exciting is also nerve wracking. Will he settle in? How will he handle being there for a whole day? Will he sit still long enough in class and listen as he does have a short attention spam?
The truth of the fact is that he is no longer my little baby boy but my growing up big boy who thinks girls are silly and that his best friend at playschool Sean is the best thing since sliced bread.
Where did the past years go?
The other week we took the one off of Callum's bedroom, it hadn't been closed in a long time and we thought that taking it down would maybe make Callum feel like a big grown up boy and maybe, just maybe he'd start acting a bit better. It seemed to work... a little. At least he doesn't have the gate to use in one of his I'm a teenager and I can slam things moods. By the way he's only three and a half years old, but those old teenage sayings of "It's not fair!", "I don't like you." and "I'm running away from home." are well rehearsed lines of his.
So today I decided to take the gate off the bathroom. I know I'm going to spend most of the night being awake worried that the little monkey monster will make his way into the bathroom to participate in one of his favourite sports of "How quickly can I flood the bathroom." but I think we need (well me, not Daz) to realise that he is growing up and that we (yes me again) need to learn to try and trust him more.
Taking all these gates down has made me realise though how much and how quickly Callum has grown up. When he isn't in a tantrumming, sulking three and a half years old mood you can actually sit and reason with him about things. He will listen to what you say and he wants to know the answer to everything, even including the question of "Mummy, where did I come from?" (he thinks he came from a toy shop, bless him.). Questions are always being asked and he is even starting to tell me the answers before I give them. I'm amazed at his thirst for knowledge at times and realise this is all part of the growing up stage.
He'll start school this September which while exciting is also nerve wracking. Will he settle in? How will he handle being there for a whole day? Will he sit still long enough in class and listen as he does have a short attention spam?
The truth of the fact is that he is no longer my little baby boy but my growing up big boy who thinks girls are silly and that his best friend at playschool Sean is the best thing since sliced bread.
Where did the past years go?
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Comment by katyzzz
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You're so right, the years just fly, enjoy that little 'monster boy', he sounds so cute.
Love your Logo, kids are great, aren't they?....in between being more than you can handle.
katyzzz
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Comment by Sarah White
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That little monkey monster is sure a cutey but he has his monkey side too. He has had hubby and I in stitches this weekend.
Have you kids of your own?
Sarah.
xxx
Comment by Sarah White
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LOL!! I've heard that too about those gates. Also that they are great for keeping your christmas tree safe from little monkeys.
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Comment by Sarah White
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Callum just wants to climb underneath it. LOL!