Incredibly “busy” 2 and 4 year old.. can hardly keep up with them.

[Anonymous]

Is your older one egging on the little one or modeling certain behavior?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your older one egging on the little one or modeling certain behavior?

It's both. Older one models for sure, but not necessarily eggs one, but little one copies brother. My little one is a huge climber though, which my first was not, so it's another layer that he is physically able to do a lot that most kids aren't. He is verbally behind but physically incredibly advanced. Super tough combo at this age (1 month from 2).

[Anonymous]

I want to throw money at the problem and get the bounce house, springless trampoline and the little kid zipline. I feel they legitimately need SUPER physical activities. We have all the vehicles, bikes, scooters (which is a huge fuss about helmets) ride ons, soccer nets, golf, tball, sand box, water table, water slide, sensory table, art easel... I think we need to pull out the big guns for my sanity.

My only concerns are.. will they be engaged in an activity we want them to be like a tramp? Is there the possibility for a MAJOR injury because they are so wild they are the kids that will be in the ER with a head or back injury from a trampoline or bounce house?

[Anonymous]

I am just tired. I want to leave and go somewhere and get away from this. I need a break from my own kids. I have work I need to get done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to throw money at the problem and get the bounce house, springless trampoline and the little kid zipline. I feel they legitimately need SUPER physical activities. We have all the vehicles, bikes, scooters (which is a huge fuss about helmets) ride ons, soccer nets, golf, tball, sand box, water table, water slide, sensory table, art easel... I think we need to pull out the big guns for my sanity.

My only concerns are.. will they be engaged in an activity we want them to be like a tramp? Is there the possibility for a MAJOR injury because they are so wild they are the kids that will be in the ER with a head or back injury from a trampoline or bounce house?

Do you think you have too much stuff? Maybe try more of a Montessori approach?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to throw money at the problem and get the bounce house, springless trampoline and the little kid zipline. I feel they legitimately need SUPER physical activities. We have all the vehicles, bikes, scooters (which is a huge fuss about helmets) ride ons, soccer nets, golf, tball, sand box, water table, water slide, sensory table, art easel... I think we need to pull out the big guns for my sanity.

My only concerns are.. will they be engaged in an activity we want them to be like a tramp? Is there the possibility for a MAJOR injury because they are so wild they are the kids that will be in the ER with a head or back injury from a trampoline or bounce house?

Do you think you have too much stuff? Maybe try more of a Montessori approach?

What is the approach exactly?
Well I think when we have it out it is all too much, which is why we currently do a lockdown strategy and pull 1-2 activities out at a time, otherwise there is zero focus and a huge mess.

[Anonymous]

You lost me at "professionally baby proofed", lol!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You lost me at "professionally baby proofed", lol!

Yah.. you don't have "those kids" then. Trust me, you need to know ALL the products when there are zero safe places. Unless you have every TV bolted, dresser, a door has a lock for inside/outside the room, any chemicals are locked, every window that is reachable is locked, every toilet is locked, every faucet is locked.. ever thought a kid could open a second story window by climbing up to do to and fall out? it happens. You don't have those kids.

[Anonymous]

Last 8 minutes.
Set up fingerpaint in yard, 20 feet from front door and nicer white limestone porch.
Kids jump feet first to foot paint and run towards white limestone and stomp all over it.
Run to the water table, we have hose going, 3 year old sprays all of us, kids stripped down to underwear diaper. Little one takes diaper off himself with crap running down his leg. Big mess.8 minutes of activity. Soaked, paint all over them, and now bored. 8 minutes. Now imagine the day and what that is like with these kinds of kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last 8 minutes.
Set up fingerpaint in yard, 20 feet from front door and nicer white limestone porch.
Kids jump feet first to foot paint and run towards white limestone and stomp all over it.
Run to the water table, we have hose going, 3 year old sprays all of us, kids stripped down to underwear diaper. Little one takes diaper off himself with crap running down his leg. Big mess.8 minutes of activity. Soaked, paint all over them, and now bored. 8 minutes. Now imagine the day and what that is like with these kinds of kids.

This sounds intense. Sorry. My only advice would be to make them clean everything up, that should buy you another 8 minutes.

[Anonymous]

I say this kindly, but have you tried relaxing a bit with the baby proofing and making sure everything is super tidy? You mention extra-high baby gates, drop clothes for art projects, etc., and that seems like a bit much, quite frankly. They might be super rambunctious just because there is so much to defy. Why not let them be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You lost me at "professionally baby proofed", lol!

Yah.. you don't have "those kids" then. Trust me, you need to know ALL the products when there are zero safe places. Unless you have every TV bolted, dresser, a door has a lock for inside/outside the room, any chemicals are locked, every window that is reachable is locked, every toilet is locked, every faucet is locked.. ever thought a kid could open a second story window by climbing up to do to and fall out? it happens. You don't have those kids.

Have you reached out to early intervention? It sounds like you might need some professional help with more than just baby proofing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to throw money at the problem and get the bounce house, springless trampoline and the little kid zipline. I feel they legitimately need SUPER physical activities. We have all the vehicles, bikes, scooters (which is a huge fuss about helmets) ride ons, soccer nets, golf, tball, sand box, water table, water slide, sensory table, art easel... I think we need to pull out the big guns for my sanity.

My only concerns are.. will they be engaged in an activity we want them to be like a tramp? Is there the possibility for a MAJOR injury because they are so wild they are the kids that will be in the ER with a head or back injury from a trampoline or bounce house?

PLEASE don't get your kids a trampoline or bounce house. They WILL hurt themselves based on your description of how they act.

[Anonymous]

I am not diagnosing your children, but you should look into resources for parents of young children with ADHD, because even if your children are neurotypical and don’t have ADHD, you still need to find out how to deal with children with tons of energy, short attention spans, poor impulse control, and lots of risk taking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I say this kindly, but have you tried relaxing a bit with the baby proofing and making sure everything is super tidy? You mention extra-high baby gates, drop clothes for art projects, etc., and that seems like a bit much, quite frankly. They might be super rambunctious just because there is so much to defy. Why not let them be?

Because it’s my job to protect them from getting hurt. They have had 4 ER trips from preschool or in the care of a sitter. Super high energy kids with broken bones, stitches, all the things. I don’t think you can understand if you don’t have kids like this. I do all of those things and they still get hurt constantly. Our house is not tidy at all.