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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I my mother and grandmother never baby proofed their house and I Did not baby proof mine.  We were taught how to behave.  It is easy to understand why they don't want to spend time at your house and your brats.  Good for them.[/quote]

Give me a break! [/quote]
+1.  My ILs have a big garden with an electric fence.  Grandpa always, every day, forgets to turn off the electric fence.  When my kids were toddlers some adult was always screaming "Stop her/him!  The electric fence is on!"  OMG.  Then the kids would be back inside, and I guess he'd turn it back on.  Then they'd go outside and the screaming would begin anew.  ha ha

And btw, it's harder to control your kids when you are not in your own space.  You are changing someone's diaper and before you know it, the other is running toward the electric fence.  Or toddling towards the open dishwasher where the knives are pointed FACE-UP.

And don't give me or anyone else any crap about misbehaving kids, top PP.  There is a particular age where they are harder to control.  Or are you like OP's ILs and already too old to remember how hard it is?

They don't have to do a full-on baby proofing.  How about getting the F'ng electric fence turned off, the table cloths off or put away the antiques on top of the table cloths, and maybe put the butcher's knives away? Minimal.[/quote]

OP here.  THANK YOU PP.  My inlaws do the same thing with the knives pointing up.  There is no teaching an 18 month old (when we last visited) to "behave".

Thanks for all the brilliant advice.  I am just going to let my husband deal with it from here on out.  I do love them dearly, but I really, really need a vacation.  [/quote]

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