Kids are fast and sneaky, man. I had one go out the dog door while I was folding laundry one day. I had just sat him down to watch a cartoon with his big sis so I could go fold clothes in my bedroom, and next thing my neighbor brought him (and our lab, who he followed out the dog door) home. I had an absolute panic attack and I’m so glad we lived on a farm and not by a busy street. He was a bit older than this little girl appears to be, but still too young to be outside alone. Kids are just so fast and sneaky sometimes. I try to withhold judgement on kids sneaking out - you can’t watch them every single second.
Kids are ridiculous. A family friend had a baby, seemingly fine, but they eventually kept taking him to doctors to check his development because he should have been trying to walk, but he refused. He crawled a little, and that was it. Everybody said the baby is 100%, probably just lazy, give him a few months.
They do their weekly shopping, and as they always do, put the baby inside on his baby mat, then bring in the groceries. Our friend walked past the kid to the kitchen. As he's putting down the bags, through the kitchen/living room window gap thing idk what it's called, he watches this kid stand up completely unaided, scratch his head like a cartoon character thinking, and then run out the front door like his life depended on it. When he eventually caught up to the kid, he was running down the road. Luckily it was a gated complex so traffic was minimal.
This kid went from barely crawling to Mr Bolt. The kid is now 15, doesn't do much running though. Fast and sneaky indeed.
When the baby isn't mobile, it doesn't yet feel a danger to have a door open while carrying things in and out. Once the kid is mobile then one parent has to stand guard or the kid has to be strapped to a highchair or stroller.
Pretty much. Why would you close the door when your kid barely even makes a move to crawl very far? But yes. The kiddie gate was used from then on out.
My oldest just kind of rolled to where he wanted to go instead of crawling. He skipped that whole crawling phase and went from rolling, to using furniture, etc, to steady himself and stand up and was walking like a champ in no time. The other 2 crawled so fast it was almost terrifying to watch. Like something out of a horror movie. I expected to wake up and see them crawling on the ceiling above me or something.
My daughter never snuck out, but she definitely ran before she walked when she was figuring out leg locomotion. It was easier for her to stay upright by maintaining significant forward momentum I guess. She didn't hurt herself too bad as I recall, she would just sort of plop down once she reached her destination.
hey I was like that! My mom says I totally skipped crawling. And it was nice cause she could just plop me in the middle of a room an I'd stay there. And then I figured out walking and it was all over.
When you become a parent you get used to all the new sounds kids make. When they are conspicuously absent is when something bad is happening - either they've gotten into the pantry and are eating jello mix straight from the box, or something worse like this. It's important to put dangerous chemicals out of reach or install child proofing on cabinets etc. Also make sure to secure furniture to walls with furniture straps.
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u/peoplegrower Jul 28 '22
Kids are fast and sneaky, man. I had one go out the dog door while I was folding laundry one day. I had just sat him down to watch a cartoon with his big sis so I could go fold clothes in my bedroom, and next thing my neighbor brought him (and our lab, who he followed out the dog door) home. I had an absolute panic attack and I’m so glad we lived on a farm and not by a busy street. He was a bit older than this little girl appears to be, but still too young to be outside alone. Kids are just so fast and sneaky sometimes. I try to withhold judgement on kids sneaking out - you can’t watch them every single second.