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"Resident Insanity Expert" Forum Board? No- KeyBoard!  |
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My blue-eyed babies    Courage isn't the absense of fear but the willingness to act in the face of fear. |
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"this mommy runs on Starbucks coffee!" No one can stop me now!!!! |
I'm so sorry amy. You are my prayers tonight. Kayleys been dealing with allegeries this week. You are so miss Bamy.
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"Moderator Proud father/grandfather" SFV JUNKIE!!!  |
Holy escape artists Batman....
I just knew it was going to be you when I read this title. Hang in there.....positive thoughts going out to you that this blows over rather quickly and eventful. hmmmm, wonder if you can get a proximity leg band on that kid     |
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"Not your average Jane" Setting New Standards  |
I recognized you from the title, too, Amy!
I'm so sorry about this latest adventure/nightmare. I am so relieved that everything turned out ok (no one hurt). I'm really sorry you have to deal with this again. It will be ok. I'll send some positive thoughts your way. I think the proximity leg band is a good idea. lol |
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I am so sorry for your frustrations! There has got to be something you can do minus the extreme security measures. Besides posting here and getting advice maybe there is another source you can go to. I know the hospital where my son was born there is a child and parent educator. I still call here every now and again to get advice. My son is six. Maybe there is someone like that in your community you can call. I feel your frustration and I hope you can find a solution that works for you and your escape artist lol.
"If wishes were horses, than beggers like us would ride" |
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Lively & Zealous Parent |
Oh Amy I'm so sorry, hopefully they will realize that you have done everything you can to try and keep the little man safe and that you can't have him at your side 24/7. My prayers are with you!
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"Who me......?" At A loss for Words - NOT!  |
How terrifying. I'm so sorry it happened. I'm glad nothing terrible has happened to him and he was found. Hoping the best for you.
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Board Beacon Parent |
At first I thought you were describing a dream.
My oldest hated to go to bed and would throw himself out of the crib and plummet to the floor. At first I padded the floor with pillows but that just encouraged him more. I took the crib down and he didn't feel as trapped. My middle son loves to eat. He managed to break a few fridge locks. One time he even toppled the whole refrigerator over late at night. Thank goodness he didn't get hurt but the mess was something else. I remember laying in bed and hearing a big bang. Kids are capable of just about anything when they are determined. |
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"Submarine Board Parent (surfacing occasionally)" Forum Board? No- KeyBoard!  |
Shi*t, Ames, what to say here? Sometimes love isn't always the answer, or enough as you say; but seriously, who you gonna hand them off to? Somebody else in your family? I'll pause here to let you laugh hysterically.....all done? Good. Seriously, you appear to have some very intelligent and seemingly diabolically clever loin fruit (<--- stole that from 4strong) there. Who's gonna know them the best and what they want and need? You. Period. I'm not forgetting how very serious this is and how mentally exhausted you probably are. But still.
But you still need an idea or a plan to keep the inmates from escaping from Stalag Amy's House I guess. In your shoes (or out of them) I'd think about taking screw gun and going around and screwing down all the screens so they CAN'T be popped out. And then install dead bolts on all the outside doors, the kind where you need a key to open them from either side, keep the doors locked at all times and keep the keyring with you at all times. Or instead of the that kind of deadbolt system perhaps a set up where the doorbell gets triggered everytime the door gets opened, like the have in stores. I did some Googling and came up with this site where someone did an article about escape artist kids. Google "escaping toddlers" and you'll get a flood of info. Maybe some people have been in your shoes and come up with good solutions.
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"Moderator Proud father/grandfather" SFV JUNKIE!!! |
Absolutely agree with binarian. No one could possibly do a better job than you.
You probably will want to check into those type of locks etc. You can also find pretty inexpensive wireless alarm systems for windows and doors. |
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SFV JUNKIE!!! |
 .wow... I really could not say more. I ALSO recognized this post as you from the "title".  And I was honestly thinkin...come on now!! Gotta be some way to keep that kid in the house...but after reading all you've done...I'd be at a loss too! but yeah.....What binarian says...."Ditto".  I'm a man of many mysteries and sides....SO many I'm practically round!! |
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"Fighting Optimist" Lively & Zealous Parent  |
Amy, wow, that's so scary, but please don't beat yourself up. We all went thru this. I used to even take my kids in the bathroom with me because having two toddlers was just heck sometimes. I remember once when I was taking a shower, had the kids in the bathroom with me, my daughter decides to vacate. I am drying off when I realize i don't hear her anywhere. She of course had taken off all her clothes and was running down the sidewalk about to get to the road, and I am stark naked when I see it happening. LMAO. There are rails for windows you can get at any hardware store and then a high up chain lock on the doors. I also took to keeping the alarm on even when I was at home, and then put sensors on the upstairs window.
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"Life is full of second chances...." At A loss for Words - NOT!  |
Bamy, you need to send Ryan to some kind of magician school....You obviously have an escape artist on your hands.....
 http://www.myspace.com/nottawd "to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting..." --e.e. cummings |
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Lively & Zealous Parent |
Amy don't you dare doubt yourself as a mother, you are an amazing one and the best place for those kids is with you. Sh*t happens because we can't have them in our sight EVERY second, (gotta shower/pee/sleep sometime) but you have done everything you can to keep the little man safe. I agree with Bin about putting in a deadbolt with a key and screwing down all the windows, couldn't hurt!
You will get through this, I remember thinking when I fist starting comeing back here that were super mom and had such a good grip on the whole parenting thing, you have taught me alot! Things will get better |
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Board Beacon Parent |
No, don't give up. I know you are strong enough to get through this.
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"Not your average Jane" Setting New Standards |
I'm sure Houdini put his poor mum through the same ****, Amy.
And his poor mum didn't have a loving crew at SFV to vent to. And look how successful he became when he grew up! I'll bet if you could talk to David Blaine's mum, you could hear some great stories of how he turned her hair gray. "David! Get out of the bathtub! Stop holding your breath!" lol Hang in there.  |
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"Who me......?" At A loss for Words - NOT! |
Bin makes a very good point (as well as the other posts) I am not certain, but his range of comfort with his environment is very large. Most kids his age would stay within a proximity of mom... making sure she's watching by drawing your attention. Could he have a development issue? any signs of stranger anxiety?
I agree with Michail... don't give up. No one can love your son more than his own mother. |
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"Thankful for today" Parent on Board  |
OMG I am so sorry. You are in my prayers tonight! Everything is going to be ok. Try to take a breath if you can. Your son has some spunk in him, but he is ok and you are too.
HANG IN THERE!~!!  |
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"Cabana King" At A loss for Words - NOT!  |
Amy...nice to see you drop in but sorry you're going through this again....you'll get through it...
Perhaps it's time for some serious measures there...like.  "Madness takes it toll....Please have exact change." |
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"Submarine Board Parent (surfacing occasionally)" Forum Board? No- KeyBoard! |
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"Submarine Board Parent (surfacing occasionally)" Forum Board? No- KeyBoard! |
Proximity alarm, good idea. What's the distance from your front door to the street?
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"Faith is sooo yummy!" At A loss for Words - NOT!  |
Hey Amy -
I have an alarm thing that my mom used to wear after her stroke. It alerted anyone if she tried to get out of her wheelchair - dementia made her forget she was unable to stand/walk. Since we paid for it, I kept it. But I have no use for it. It is a rectangular box about twice the size of a credit card. There is a round magnet on a string attached to it. When the magnet is moved the alarm sounds. It would be perfect to mount on the door until you can afford something made specifically for that. I'd be happy to send it to you as it only takes up space here. PM me with your address and I'll pop it right in the mail to you. If you think you can, or you think you cant - you are right. |
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"Cabana King" At A loss for Words - NOT! |
And we could round it out with these... |