When your toddler becomes mobile, prepare to make some lifestyle changes. I have a habit of dropping my keys by the door. This makes it easy to find them unless the toddler gets a hold of them.
Apparently she grabbed my keys, walked with them, and dropped them off in the kitchen cabinets. I looked everywhere for those keys. I am use to her taking things out of the cabinets, not putting stuff in them. After an hour of looking I had given up.
Well, the little one opens the cabinet, and I spot my keys. I’m so relieved since I had no idea where to look next. This just brings to mind the importance of a second set of keys for the house. A set of keys not necessarily for when you lock yourself out of your car but when you can’t find your primary pair of keys.
I used to have a beeper on my keys that I could activate by phoning it. My toddler just loved keys and I couldn’t keep him away from them, but finding them was a problem. I got lots of toddler tips from the Happy Child Guide as well as a lot of confidence when dealing with problem behaviors. It helped us tremendously