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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another incident that happened...
my almost 2 year old was HANGING from our chandelier. HANGING. He pushed high rolling high chair over to climb onto the dining table that has no chairs around it so they don't climb on it.  It is a huge chandelier bolted, on of those big iron ones in a circle with 30+ lights but what would have happened if I didn't grab him in 2 seconds flat because I was in the kitchen prepping their lunch and in the 20 second it takes to smear peanut butter on bread this happens. Normal sized table and 9' ceilings.. who would have thought this is even possible? What do we do? Remove chandelier? live in a bare home with no furniture or light fixtures for years? It is so crazy. I am so in over my head with these two. [/quote]

Whoa.  This is crazy-town!!!  I think a 2 year old doesn't know better about a lot of things but this seems extreme.  Is the 4 year old modeling such extreme behavior?  What are the consequences?  Okay, weird idea but I think you do need a padded room of sorts.  If you have it--maybe a bedroom-- that has no chandelier or anything dangerous to climb.  Just a couple of books and mangnatiles, maybe a floor bed and one hour a day in this room for your sanity.  [/quote]

Yah, seriously crazy-town. It is insane. I actually never really imagined my life with two boys. I imagined some crazy, but not this. I am so overtired and done. We already have a lot of our furniture in the garage b/c who knew it could be a dangerous thing? 4 year old is 10/10 out of energy.

Consequences we have tried them all... always turns into major drama. I actually have index cards with verbatim what to say printed out from parenting experts. My kid reverse psychologies everything.

We do have that room that all furniture has been cleared out for this exact reason but they literally hang on the gate screaming bloody murder the whole time or stacking nugget to jump over. We have 2 nuggets in there, play mat and a closet with everything inside and a basket of books and bigger trucks.  We have a locked down closet where they get anywhere from 1-3 stations at a time. (for instance, trains is one bucket, legos is one, cars is one, puzzles is one) just to make sure things don't get out of control otherwise every single bin and toy is thrown on the floor in a huge pile that they jump in. 
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