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Parent Moments: A Christmas Disaster
I have twin two year old boys and we have those weights. I am surprised I never thought of them falling off and hitting them in the head! They never even went near the stockings thank goodness! We have a seven year old daughter and she has never touched them but I can totally see how that could happen! Next year hopefully they will be big enough to really understand our warnings about what can happen and the danger involved! We'll have to watch carefully. I appreciate the story. With two two year old boys the way we decorate our house and our lives have changed. I came into our living room yesterday (after going into another room to grab something quickly) and found one of them perched on one leg standing on top of several plastic bins throwing blocks across the room while his twin cheered him on!
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I believe as a parent you always question a decision you make when it comes to your children. I believe at the time she thought she made the right decision. Thank goodness it was not a major injury. Things like that can put a knot in your stomach.I probably would have taken the child to the hospital just as a precaution. It is difficult at times to think thru when something happens to a precious thing like a child. Also, they need to show the child how beautiful and safe the globes can be.
Lee kaminsky
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Last year I was disappointed when my 4rr old daughter was acting like she didn't even like what Santa brought her and she had abolutely no interest in unwrapping any gifts then she threw up all over me, herself, the couch, the floor and just missed the gifts. At least I knew why she wasn't "into" her gifts!
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We put our stocking for our children on the bottom of their beds. In the morning they are allowed to open them before they come out of their rooms. This gives mom and dad time to set up the camera to catch the look of surprise when they come into the livingroom and see what is under the tree. The trick is use a baby monitor to hear when they get up.
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My youngest son is a 5 senses explorer. He looks at it from all angles, touches all surfaces, bangs it against something to hear what it sounds like, smells it, and then he tastes it. The tasting part is what scares me. We have tried to lock up and put up things we think can hurt him, but we can't think of everything. Poison control is on our speed dial. My inquisitive child has eaten soap, crayons, water color paint chips, and an assortment of other things. So far, nothing he has ingested has done anything but give him an upset stomach. I just wish Poison Control didn't recognize my number. The calls usually go, "What did he eat this time?" I tell them, and then I hear laughter and, "Oh sorry, your son will be fine."
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We go to my parents house for Christmas. with 11 stockings to be filled, (grown-ups get stockings too) we overlap the name labeled stockings on the carpeted floor in front of the living room fire place.
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I learned early on to hang Christmas stockings on my boy's door to their bedroom. All it took was a stocking full of melted chocolate after hanging by a warm fire on Christmas Eve. What a mess!
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When we were decorating for Christmas this year, we pulled out our heavy stocking hangers. I looked at them and immediately thought, "These things are a head injury waiting to happen." I knew my older daughter would try to pull on her stocking, and it would come crashing down. So we skipped hanging stockings this year, and next year we'll screw hooks into the mantle to keep it safe.
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We hang our stockings till christmas night. Once Santa has filled them the stockings are laid ontop of the pile of gifts. That way in the middle of the night there are no falling stockings from the weight, and the are easy to access. Plus, we dont rehang them after they are emptied. They stay under the tree with the opened gifts.
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You would think after 4 boys already I might have learned by number 5 but it happened happened anyway. Last christmas our then 23mo.old ate a glitter covered ornament. Actually crunched it up and swallowed it. After confirming with doctor that he would be just fine and to watch for symptoms. Luckily, no symptoms came. But the next day when I changed his diaper I saw what we now call "christmas poop". The glitter from the ornament made his poop sparkle. Anyway, it was pretty funny at our house!! And now we buy plastic and now 2yr old points at ornaments and says they are "ackie"
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