Stair Gates 01 Nov 07
Surely a notable milestone in a child’s development is when, as a parent, you finally acknowledge that’s time to fit stair gates. Your little bundle of joy is no longer content with just being on the ground. No, now he (or she) wants to start climbing and anything & everything that was previously out of reach (CDs, telephones, ornaments etc) is now fair game (and certainly much more interesting that those toys on the floor that you spent your hard-earned money on).
For Ben, with his new found climbing skills, the prospect of chasing our cat (Bailey) up the stairs to a previously ‘safe’ hideaway was just too tempting. The fact that cat was long gone by the time Ben made it past the first couple of stairs didn’t seem to dampen his enthusiasm at all.
And so I found myself spending a Saturday afternoon fitting (read ‘fighting with’) a gate at the bottom of our stairs.
Posted by Nev in Life , Parenting with tags baby, ben, parenting, stair gate
