Will my home ever be clean?

Damian
My definition of messy has had to evolve since Damian’s birth, less I go utterly insane. As long as the floors are swept and mopped, the carpets vacuumed and there is nothing smaller then a golf ball within baby reach (Damian has a big mouth. Gee, I wonder where he gets that from?) it is clean. Those pans on the floor there? Totally a decorator feature, Damian using his mad interior design skills.

Seriously though, I need a way to keep that storage drawer shut, it doesn’t matter how much weight I put it in, it slides easily (which I suppose is supposed to be a good thing.) I put a 20 pound rock in front of it and he pushed it out of the way, which is utterly amazing since he weighs as much as the rock. Damian is as stubborn as an ox donchaknow (gee, no clue where that comes from either!) I am thinking of using a wooden door wedge, since playing under the oven isn’t the safest option for my toddling terrorizing ten-month-old.

Also my keys have gone missing. Damian recently learned that he can pull up a few of the central air vents (Windigo is not down them) so I fear the worst. I can reach up to my elbow into them and haven’t felt them, so hopefully they are not keeping the furnace company.

5 Comments

  1. Posted Monday, March 30, 2009 at 5:15 pm | Permalink

    Hang in there mom it might seem like ruff ride but usual children bring joy.
    As I look back at some of the things both of my boys done and it usually brings a smile to ones self.

    I wish I was better house keeper but as I get older I do just fine.

    He must be walking my youngest walk at 9 months and real never crawl much.
    Which he never real devolved his fine motor skill which children learn by picking up things off the floor and sticking them in there mouth.
    Well he has terrible hand writing but so does a lot doctors.

    enjoy and the coffee is on.

  2. Heather
    Posted Monday, March 30, 2009 at 5:52 pm | Permalink

    You can get a pretty wide assortment of child safety locks for all sorts of things. My parents actually found a stick-on one for the fridge door, because Sophia kept going in, taking food she wasn’t allowed to have, then leaving the door wide open. It had a clasp and a strap, the clasp was too tricky for her to open anyway, and was kept above toddler height.

    Any sign of the missing puss yet?

  3. Posted Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 6:49 am | Permalink

    That is a good idea (as long as it is not grossly overpriced like most baby stuff.) No Windigo yet, when he shows up there will be a most jubilant blog.

  4. AZ
    Posted Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 1:20 am | Permalink

    No, your house will not be clean, but it will be a happy home. My children are 11 and 9, and the mess is even worse, as it now includes dirty fish tanks, hamster cages and hermit crab environments, iPods, batons, and Legos and Nerf guns.

  5. Posted Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 7:47 am | Permalink

    Im seconding the child locks. My favorite ive found are a discovery i made while working at Tutor Time. It was a magnetic lock that made it so the cabinet (or drawer) wouldnt even open unles the magnet (which we kept high up on the fridge) was passed over the lock. Super handy and nice looking. And pretty child proof. A flock of babies couldnt figure them out. And trust me, they WANTED to. :P