Regular readers will know I try to link up to #wickedwednesdays run by fab Brummy Mummy of Two. And, as Toddler H’s tantrums started when she was 11 months, it’s something I manage to do?most weeks…
This week my #wickedwednesday post fills me with dread: Toddler H has discovered the battery compartment on remote controls…. and can open them. She discovered this once before we went on holiday and I hoped she’d forgotten and that was that. But no, we got back last night and just 15 minutes ago, sat beside me, tired and refusing a nap, she picked up the remote, turned it over and opened it up. Just. Like. That.
I, of course took a photo and grabbed it off her in one fail swoop.
Tears and screams followed as you can see…
H is so dexterous, so determined and so full of tantrums if I take the remote off her. I’ve read so many horror stories of children eating batteries, I’ve worked in a field that revolves around poisoning and safety!
Goodness knows where we can now keep the remote controls, or maybe we’ll try good old Sellotape. Why do I have recollections of grandparents remote controls covered in tape? Did remotes just break easier, or was it because they too were scared WE would eat the batteries? I can’t remember, but I’m more than happy to try anything.
Lynne x
10 Comments
Kim Carberry
June 1, 2016 at 4:58 pmhehehe! I used to have really strong tape on my TV remotes…My eldest was obsessed with getting the batteries out.
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Confessions of a New Mummy
June 1, 2016 at 7:59 pmShe looks determined! This is one of the things that has always worried me, especially those small round ones x
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Merlinda Little (Glimmer of Hope)
June 2, 2016 at 2:25 pmThis is also the reason that all the remote in my house has a broken cover! My son loves opening them before when he is younger. #WickedWednesdays
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Karen
June 2, 2016 at 9:20 pmI remember the tape well! I always fiddle with the remote cover. Battery scares though, need to rethink! #wickedwednesday
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Sharon Powell
June 3, 2016 at 9:13 pmHaha I remember the sellotape too X #wickedwednesdays
Madeline
June 4, 2016 at 7:34 amOh dear! I think you may well need to reach for the tape! x #wickedwednesdays
Amanda
June 6, 2016 at 10:51 amOh don’t those little fingers get up to mischievous things! Found out my 13 month old can unscrew the light bulb out of a bedside lamp the other day! I’ve sellotaped our remote controls for now but think I’ll be moving onto duct tape soon! #wickedwednesdays
newmummy
June 6, 2016 at 4:31 pmOh gosh that’s crazy! They just figure things out so quickly don’t they?
mary croft
June 10, 2016 at 6:41 pmO my goodness! My little boy is 10 months and has started his throwing phase! He is completely obessed with the controllers and however much i move them he has to have them – the tantrums have started! He throws them now and the batteries literally fall out! I’m living in a cycle of, move controller, baby screams and grabs it, throws it, batteries fall out, I put batteries back in.. etc. I’m starting to question whether I can live without the remotes during his waking hours.
Good read!
newmummy
June 10, 2016 at 7:35 pmThat’s exactly the same as we had at that age. We put them in a tub behind the sofa as she’d pull cushions off to find them. They are little monkeys aren’t they!