Mama’s Little Helper February 1, 2011

Abby is getting more and more curious by the day about things that go on. And, it only takes her once to catch onto things Around 20 months she figured out how to close doors behind her so now everywhere she goes, she tries to close the door. I’m afraid that she will lock herself in once she figures out how to lock them ……Today she got her little skirt caught in the door when she closed it and got very upset about that. If she hadn’t been so tired it would have been okay but her tiredness definitely made it that much worse. So far she hasn’t pinched her fingers or anything and I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
She still likes to take all the pots and pans out of the cupboards and stack them up and carry them around the house. I finally got a childproof lock for the doors as it was always a clatter and bang and seemed especially loud when I was trying to put the baby to sleep. The one good thing that came from it was when she got sick a while ago while playing with the pans and through up in the pan instead of on the floor! And….I also don’t need to wash them before I use them now Now if I can just wean her off of the rubbermaid dishes
She loves to help me clean, or what she thinks is helping….LOL. Which in essence is making it take twice as long. She tries to get to the brush and clean the toilet whenever she has a chance and I forget to keep the door closed. And if for some reason I do forget to close the door and she can’t get to the brush locked under the sink she would just as soon wash her hands in the stool :0 And she did give one of her stuffed animals a bath but I was lucky enough to catch her in the act so I could rescue it and give it a real bath in the washing machine!
She loves helping put the clothes into the dryer. It takes a bit longer but she has so much fun doing it! I giver her the pieces one at a time and she throws them in and then closes the door She also loves helping when I’m putting the clothes on hangers, handing me a hanger and saying “there you go” and then “thank-you”. If I’m not careful though she runs off with the clothes on hangers, undoing all my work. Especially when I have stacks of baby pants or folded underwear and socks!
She has a little backpack that she just loves to wear! It’s part of a leash type thing that grandma got us when little brother joined the family. We used it several times as a leash but she usually does pretty good when I need to take them both places that I haven’t used it in a while. She will wear it all day sometimes and has spent hours just closing the clasp and asking me to open it and over again and again. I think she definitely has an affinity for puzzles and how things fit together.

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