Sep 15 2008
Where there’s a will there’s a way
When my two year old learned how to open doors, I bought all these door locks to keep her from getting into the bedrooms. I mistakenly thought these were good. My baby proved me wrong. Within a couple of days, she had figured out the locks for the handles that are long and straight. She had learned how to pop apart the locks for the round handles by the next week. Frustrated, I started locking the doors from the inside and locking us out of our rooms. We would use butter knifes to break in when we needed to. That has not lasted long either. She learned quickly how to break in herself. I put a lock on the silverware drawer thinking this would help. Nope not at all, my daughter got one of her toy spatulas from her toy-box and boldly popped the door open. She then continued on her merry way, got the bear she wanted off her sister’s bed and came out shutting the door behind her re-locking it.
I can foresee many things in our future. The arguments from such a willful child, however, she will get far in life because she won’t let many obstacles stop her. I thought my 10 and 12 year old girls were going to give me the most gray hairs. This one is really going to be my handful. Oh, may God give me strength in the coming years for the Teens are coming near for all my dears.
