Things toddlers do

cofy

The other day my 2 year old son hid my car keys, after 2 hours searching I eventually found them - in the soap dispenser of the washing machine. Where is the most unusual place your child has hidden your keys??

gsxr1

mine ran a fork down the screen of my big tv.

:mad::mad:


And key behind the radiator. took a week to figure it out

flutterflye

Oh god.

We'd be here all day if we were all to list everything they have done!

The most recent is- my daughter got muck from the houseplant, mixed it with milk and water, and spilled it all over my shoes.

And last week, she covered the cat in shampoo, and even though I rinsed most of it off, she still must have ingested some.
So I had to stay up all night to monitor the cat.

Damn kids! :rolleyes:

Justask

Oh Please keep this thread going....Brilliant thread

My son was alot younger, around 4. Driving on a fri...got stuck in traffic and bus lane was empty (o ok PC peeps i know ) Turned the corner and was greeted by Garda :eek:

Garda....why are you in the bus lane?

Me... Oh im so sorry but my little boy is bursting for the loo.

And from behind we heard "Mum why did u say that? you told me never to lie that is a bold thing to do"

The little sh&t :eek:

I know its not a key lost story but a toddler one

mattjack

Justask wrote: »

Oh Please keep this thread going....Brilliant thread

My son was alot younger, around 4. Driving on a fri...got stuck in traffic and bus lane was empty (o ok PC peeps i know ) Turned the corner and was greeted by Garda :eek:

Garda....why are you in the bus lane?

Me... Oh im so sorry but my little boy is bursting for the loo.

And from behind we heard "Mum why did u say that? you told me never to lie that is a bold thing to do"

The little sh&t :eek:

I know its not a key lost story but a toddler one

Priceless

flutterflye

Justask wrote: »

"Mum why did u say that? you told me never to lie that is a bold thing to do":D

Oh my god!
The little fecker!

What did the guard say/do?!


My phone broke (actually my daughter broke that!), so when I got a new phone, I copied all the numbers from my husband's sim to my phone.

He doesn't like my dad, so my dad was down as "*flutterflye's* Sh1t Dad", and I never changed it.

My phone rang one day, and my son came running in with it to me.

So I answered it and my son who had just learnt to read said
"mommy, why does it say "*flutterflye's* Sh1t Dad"!

Nearly died!

Justask

flutterflye wrote: »

Oh my god!
The little fecker!

What did the guard say/do?!


My phone broke (actually my daughter broke that!), so when I got a new phone, I copied all the numbers from my husband's sim to my phone.

He doesn't like my dad, so my dad was down as "*flutterflye's* Sh1t Dad", and I never changed it.

My phone rang one day, and my son came running in with it to me.

So I answered it and my son who had just learnt to read said
"mommy, why does it say "*flutterflye's* Sh1t Dad"!

Nearly died!

Told be to go on my way But he did have a giggle to!

I just love tots, they crack me up

littlebug

When my son was a bit under two (I think) he locked my husband and daughter in the shed :eek: I was at work and my husband didn't have a phone in there with him. There's a very small window which my daughter would have fitted nicely through but she wouldn't because there were cobwebs :rolleyes: She mightn't have been able to open the door anyway. Major contortion by my not small husband to get out that window I still can't actually picture how he managed it!

Crea

Keys - behind the radiotor in the hall. It took 2 days to find them and I live out the country. I've since put a huge keyring on it so they won't fit anymore.

When firstborn was 1 we visited the outlaws in England. He proceeded to to pick up every spec off the floor and say "dirt". Neurotic mammay - moi?

metrovelvet

....I dont even know where to start....

Ayla

Our daughter (who was about 1 at the time) put our keys in the potato sack. Only reason I thought to look there was b/c she had discovered the sack earlier that day & had spent some of the afternoon taking the spuds out & hiding them everywhere else

cryano

When my son was abot 1.5 I was putting away a load of his clothes in the attic. He had never seen this hole in the bathroom celing with a ladder so he was naturally cursiously hanging around at the bottom shouting DADDY every 20 seconds or so.

After a few min of him shouting up and me shouting back to him, I'd finish sorting the crap and went down to the attic hatch to wave down to him. When I popped my head out of the hatch I was very suprised to see him about 4 inches away from my face, with a big happy head saying "HI DADDY!". He was barely able to walk buth had managed to climb all the way up an 8 foot ladder while no one was looking! He was sooo chuffed with himself!

angeldaisy

I thought I'd escaped all the hiding stuff - my little man never bothered... until the other day, when I went looking for my car keys - no where to be seen. my son is now 6 and we were heading for school. luckily my husband was at home and he drove him in his car. turned the house upside down for them - no joy. about to get really p**d off turned round in a strop and there they were attached to the dogs lead. he thought it was hilarious and declared he'd just forgotten he'd put them there

Justask

cryano wrote: »

When my son was abot 1.5 I was putting away a load of his clothes in the attic. He had never seen this hole in the bathroom celing with a ladder so he was naturally cursiously hanging around at the bottom shouting DADDY every 20 seconds or so.

After a few min of him shouting up and me shouting back to him, I'd finish sorting the crap and went down to the attic hatch to wave down to him. When I popped my head out of the hatch I was very suprised to see him about 4 inches away from my face, with a big happy head saying "HI DADDY!". He was barely able to walk buth had managed to climb all the way up an 8 foot ladder while no one was looking! He was sooo chuffed with himself!

Oh I just love this...I can just picture his little mind working, sitting at the end or the ladder and sorting it all out in his head how he was goin to go about it!

Classic

Justask

angeldaisy wrote: »

I thought I'd escaped all the hiding stuff - my little man never bothered... until the other day, when I went looking for my car keys - no where to be seen. my son is now 6 and we were heading for school. luckily my husband was at home and he drove him in his car. turned the house upside down for them - no joy. about to get really p**d off turned round in a strop and there they were attached to the dogs lead. he thought it was hilarious and declared he'd just forgotten he'd put them there

Tut MUM where else would they be other then the lead....:pac:

Gas

Justask

metrovelvet wrote: »

....I dont even know where to start....

But you have to try....its a new board rule :D

Quality

Found the keys in the drawer of the fridge one time. My tot is big trouble!

Loves to strip, pulls down his trousers in mass and shouts out really loud "my PANTS"

Also decided to play the organ in the middle of mass too.

He likes to strip and draw all over himself in marker. He likes to strip a lot and I spend most of the day putting his clothes and shoes back on

And if he gets out the back to the dog run. He will walk in the dog sh1t and I swear it's on purpose!!

He is a character

xxtattyberxx

when my son was 2 he was watching tellytubbies doing his little dance in front of the tv, which was in the corner on a small stand. He got over excited twirling lost his fotting and puched the tv of the stand, big bang, big smash bye bye tv.
To add salt to the wound that eve I had just finished painting my nails, walked away for 2 sec came back and he'd decided to paint the outside of my white runners bright orange. was just one of those days

eliza64

When my daughter was about three we went to Glendalough. She wanted to use the toilet, she ran in ahead of me and went into the disabled toilet and shut the door behind her, it had a yale type lock on it. I was terrified there were no windows and she would not have been able to turn the lock.
My husband ran to ask if there was a key at the chip van nearby, thank God they had one, when I opened the door she was just finishing on the toilet none the wiser. No wonder my hair is gray.

foxy06

One of mine used to take his seatbelt off in the car. Was always shouting at him about it and one day I screamed (driving at the time) 'put that back on or I'll slap you!'. Met a checkpoint and the guard asked me why no insurance disc. Told him I had only bought the car hadn't got new disc yet so went rooting in the glove compartment for the policy no. and in the meantime my 3 year old ratted on me to the guard about how I was saying I was going to slap him!

Have an 18 month old now and he has broken 2 of my kitchen chairs, spilled a tin of paint all over my new wooden floors, can climb out of his cot, climbs on the table and flings the fruit from the bowl across the room.....the list is endless

greengirl31

When my little girl was about 18 mths we were staying in my mums. She had done up one of our bedroom for the kids when they come to stay so it was all pink and fluffy but there was a tiny piece of the wall paper lifting ...
Well you know what happened next .... She started calling me so I went up. Mammy look !!! (so pleased with herself) She was standing up in her cot with half the wall paper from the wall thrown around her in the cot !!! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry :-)
She could see that I wasn't happy and when I asked her who did it she told me it was Teddy !!

Tazio

Happened to a good friend of mine:

Himself and his wife finished the Christmas shopping and packed all the groceries into their car.

His wife decides to go back into shopping center to look at clothes.... so my friend takes his son back in too and decides to get a 6 pack of beer in supermarket as the family were staying in for the weekend. My friend had spent all his cash on the x-mas shop so asked his wife for a euro20 note.

He walks into supermarket, picks up a 6-pack and proceeds to counter.

He's standing between two ladies with huge shopping trolleys full of food.

The small lad turns to his dad in the queue and says out loud "Dad? Are you going to spend all the money Mum gave you on the beer?"

Dirty looks all around; he said wanted to die.

careca11

like most 2 year olds , my son loves to get his hands on anything not tied down ,

my wife found here wedding ring and Engagment ring in the bin ,
my phone, car keys , wallet, ipod all in the toilet (all I could do was laugh really),

my freind has more pressing problem's , their child has a habit of taking of her dirty nappy and rubbing the shyte on the wall :eek:

cofy

xxtattyberxx wrote: »

when my son was 2 he was watching tellytubbies doing his little dance in front of the tv, which was in the corner on a small stand. He got over excited twirling lost his fotting and puched the tv of the stand, big bang, big smash bye bye tv.
To add salt to the wound that eve I had just finished painting my nails, walked away for 2 sec came back and he'd decided to paint the outside of my white runners bright orange. was just one of those days

My daughter decided to paint our bedroom walls with nail varnish, luckly she picked a colour that did not clash!!

cofy

foxy06 wrote: »

One of mine used to take his seatbelt off in the car. Was always shouting at him about it and one day I screamed (driving at the time) 'put that back on or I'll slap you!'. Met a checkpoint and the guard asked me why no insurance disc. Told him I had only bought the car hadn't got new disc yet so went rooting in the glove compartment for the policy no. and in the meantime my 3 year old ratted on me to the guard about how I was saying I was going to slap him!

Have an 18 month old now and he has broken 2 of my kitchen chairs, spilled a tin of paint all over my new wooden floors, can climb out of his cot, climbs on the table and flings the fruit from the bowl across the room.....the list is endless

Your children sound like such a bundle of fun and they are keeping you on your toes.

implausible

At Sea Sessions at the weekend, went to put on my new wellies and ended up hopping round the place roaring - three of my twelve months old's wooden blocks in them. Sole of my foot is still sore.

Took it as a sign that I may be too old for this sh@t

ziggy23

My 20 month old son loves throwing things down the stairs and in the bath. Was letting the water out of his bath a few weeks ago and discovered my phone it had been in the bath with him all along I didnt even notice it was missing!! Had to buy a new one which I don't put down now!!

cynder

cofy wrote: »

The other day my 2 year old son hid my car keys, after 2 hours searching I eventually found them - in the soap dispenser of the washing machine. Where is the most unusual place your child has hidden your keys??

Your lucky people are not jumping down your throat calling you a bad parent for leaving you car keys within reach, if the child had got out of the house and opened up the car and started it, you never know what could happen.

Didn't a 7 year old take his mothers keys and start the car and went for a drive to his dads house A 20 MILE DRIVE. he could have killed someone or himself.

http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/22/boy-7-drives-car/

January

Grindlewald, please don't drag other topics into this discussion.

Das Kitty

A couple of months ago my little "angel" was teething badly and was a crank-a-saur. He had taken to handing us things and if we didn't take them he'd get mad as hell. He was also at that delightful "slapping everyone" stage.

So on a Sunday evening ahead of a hectic week's work I was lying on the sofa enjoying a foot rub when over James came with a plastic train in his hand to give to me. I took it and then handed it back to him and took my eyes off him.

Next thing I know the train is hitting me in the eye. He caught me right at the corner of my eye. I screamed for probably the first time ever as an adult. It was grand going to bed, a bit swollen and red but when I woke up I had an enormous shiner.

Had to go through 2 weeks at work with people staring but afraid to ask what had happened. Ugh!

RedXIV

I don't want my baby to grow up toodlers sound hard

Das Kitty

RedXIV wrote: »

I don't want my baby to grow up toodlers sound hard

Mine is way easier now he's a toddler. He's great fun and a cool little dude. Every stage has its own challenges but in my experience, it's getting better and better.

stovelid

Fired car keys out the letterbox so they were sitting invitingly outside the door (the door faces nearly directly onto the pavement outside) very close to the car for hours.

I've found stuff in the bin too.

Numerous stuff like sunglasses, CDs and even a single trainer have just disappeared so I reckon they're either hidden somewhere or may have went into the bin.

Took out the sky card (and hid it) and tried to bash a credit card into the empty card slot on the sky box before.

On a nicer note, he's sneaked fruit and biscuits in my bag that I've discovered when I get into work.

implausible

Das Kitty wrote: »

Mine is way easier now he's a toddler. He's great fun and a cool little dude. Every stage has its own challenges but in my experience, it's getting better and better.

Ouch! That looks bloody sore. My wee buck is dreadful for beating everything with his blocks - he makes no distinction between the floor, me or a table.

Maple

My niece likes to flush the toilet, when I'm sitting on it.

touts

Lost a set of keys and about 3 months later spotted them down a drain at the bottom of a down pipe at the edge of the patio. He must have sat there for ages putting each individual key through the tiny slots in the grill.

Another time I was doing some gardening and he was "helping me". When I'm not looking he picks up a hand spade that had a long handle for leverage. Spots a "birdie" swings around hits me in the side of the head with the edge of the spade and I topple out of the flower bed and lie stunned on the grass as he stands over me and says "You Finished? Daddy! Daddy! You Finished?"

All about Eve

My 20 month old hides cutlery and other bits and bobs in my subwoofer speaker. she also takes off her socks and feeds them to our dog, and cracks up laughing.

Cottontail

Das Kitty wrote: »

Mine is way easier now he's a toddler. He's great fun and a cool little dude. Every stage has its own challenges but in my experience, it's getting better and better.

I agree. It can be difficult alright (my little man has recently taken to climbing in a big way and throwing tantrums) but it's so great in other ways and he's much more fun now then he was when he was a baby. He's really trying to talk now, and he loves dancing and having books read to him etc... and I'm more likely to get a night's sleep!!

January

Das Kitty wrote: »

Had to go through 2 weeks at work with people staring but afraid to ask what had happened. Ugh!

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/5027/165163.JPG

Addison done that to me a few months ago too when I was changing her nappy (I change her on my knee) she kicked me in the face because she was having a tantrum...

Dades

One set of house keys and an ATM card are still missing since last month.

Car keys disappeared recently after packing mum and two younglings into the car. After a long and sweaty search of the house and surrounds (with an increasingly noisy car) they were plucked out of the coat pocket of youngling number one who was just "minding them" in her car seat.

thesimpsons

years ago before we renovated old house, there were some nicely spaced gaps between the floor boards. I was dying sick once day so bundled myself up on couch with son playing around me. I knew he couldn't get out of the room and that everyone was safe ........... I didn't count on him getting my credit cards and notes out of wallet and "posting" them through the floorboards :eek:. I'd forgotten about it till I read the previous posts.

cofy

grindelwald wrote: »

Your lucky people are not jumping down your throat calling you a bad parent for leaving you car keys within reach, if the child had got out of the house and opened up the car and started it, you never know what could happen.

Didn't a 7 year old take his mothers keys and start the car and went for a drive to his dads house A 20 MILE DRIVE. he could have killed someone or himself.

http://www.parentdish.com/2011/06/22/boy-7-drives-car/

I couldn't agree with you more - I have in the past followed him just to see what he was capable of and it was frightening.

cofy

thesimpsons wrote: »

years ago before we renovated old house, there were some nicely spaced gaps between the floor boards. I was dying sick once day so bundled myself up on couch with son playing around me. I knew he couldn't get out of the room and that everyone was safe ........... I didn't count on him getting my credit cards and notes out of wallet and "posting" them through the floorboards :eek:. I'd forgotten about it till I read the previous posts.

Glad you found them - this was the exact reason I started this thread.

cofy

thesimpsons wrote: »

years ago before we renovated old house, there were some nicely spaced gaps between the floor boards. I was dying sick once day so bundled myself up on couch with son playing around me. I knew he couldn't get out of the room and that everyone was safe ........... I didn't count on him getting my credit cards and notes out of wallet and "posting" them through the floorboards :eek:. I'd forgotten about it till I read the previous posts.

This is the exact reason I started this thread. But I have the added benefit of knowing I am not alone and also I get a laugh at night before going to bed!!!

cofy

Dades wrote: »

One set of house keys and an ATM card are still missing since last month.

Car keys disappeared recently after packing mum and two younglings into the car. After a long and sweaty search of the house and surrounds (with an increasingly noisy car) they were plucked out of the coat pocket of youngling number one who was just "minding them" in her car seat.

Have you checked your sky box and your dvd or even in between!! you may find your card there. Alternatively go down on your knees at the same level as what your child can see and check that way. I know its a bit extreme but thats how I found my keys.

cynder

my cards were posted through the letter box, garden gate and in the computer hard drive. My fella got his plastic golf club and tried to poke the fire with it, dropped melted globs over the floor, before i was able to get it off him. knifes have to be kept out of reach as do scissors.

Its very hard to toddler proof a house. at lease when things go missing you have to go down on your hands and knees to see what they see and what they can reach. it will give you some idea where they could put the missing object.

Dublin141

I think toddlers are the most imaginative people on the planet. Every single time I can't find something, it ends up being in the most random (and unreachable) place.

When my eldest was a toddler, he was crazy about Thomas the Tank engine. For a good year, he would get up in the middle of the night, jump his cot, and crack eggs on the kitchen floor and mix it up with flour and sugar and all sorts of crap to reenact the "crashes" he'd see on TTTE. I'm never letting my twins watch it. When we were pottytraining him, he got up in the middle of the night, wandered into the kitchen with his eyes half-closed and peed on top of a laptop in front of us, then got back into bed.

When my daughter was still in her cot, she would wake up early and poo, take off her nappy, smear the poo all over her cot... and eat it.

I still have the nightmares. :eek: Although, that's probably nothing compared to the embarrassing stuff she says. The lies might be the worst though!

About two months ago, one of the twins locked the entire family into a bedroom. After much begging and pleading, he tried to open it... and couldn't. Scariest half hour of my life! The twins are terrible because they work together to cause mischief. They love throwing things out windows, and using up an entire tube of toothpaste to clean their hair. There are no safe places in my home anymore, they can literally make their way up to any surface.

The baby seems to be following in their footsteps. My OH turned his back to wash a cup, and she had made it up two flights of stairs and was happily playing with her older brother's toys. First time ever up a stair too.

Whenever I ask, "Who did that?", they all point at a random child and shout "S/He did!" at the exact same time. :rolleyes:

The one annoying thing they all did, apart from hiding keys and phones, was pulling buttons off laptops. Dunno why, but they all seem to really enjoy that.

Most of the time, I don't know whether to give out or be proud of the things they come up with. I'm genuinely surprised/baffled on a daily basis.

Ayla

Dublin141 - my god, you made me appreciate how easy a time we've had it with our two kids. Geez, I think I'd be bald my now if I had to deal with all you have! :eek::D

Claramonties

Absolutely brilliant stories!

My son is 21 months, headbutted me (luckily nose not broken) and thought it was hillarious, likes to pinch your bum while getting dressed, lauches anything across the sitting room and actually has good accuracy! We have barracaded the tv off as DVD player etc was randomly turned off, now he just throws teddies at it! I give him my car keys as he loves imitating us, so he gets into his car and pretends to drive. We thought it was cute to let him in the drivers side last week until we discovered a flat battery at 8am! Doh!

it is such an amazing age! They have incredible imaginations, nothing beats it!

cynder

Claramonties wrote: »

it is such an amazing age! They have incredible imaginations, nothing beats it!

Thats for sure...

cofy

Claramonties wrote: »

Absolutely brilliant stories!

My son is 21 months, headbutted me (luckily nose not broken) and thought it was hillarious, likes to pinch your bum while getting dressed, lauches anything across the sitting room and actually has good accuracy! We have barracaded the tv off as DVD player etc was randomly turned off, now he just throws teddies at it! I give him my car keys as he loves imitating us, so he gets into his car and pretends to drive. We thought it was cute to let him in the drivers side last week until we discovered a flat battery at 8am! Doh!

it is such an amazing age! They have incredible imaginations, nothing beats it!

Watch what they are capable of - Tommy at 18 months was able to get keys of car, get into the car, and put the right key in the ignition!!!