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Erin-
Could you install a ceiling fan and get rid of the other ones? Most cool pretty well on the high setting and then you could at least not have to worry about the cord and plug issues. Andrea twin girls-Madison & Jordan 3 yrs. old |
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100 degrees, that's enough to make anyone nuts. Is an air-conditioner out of
the question? "Kender" wrote in message news:6VRVa.19701$Ho3.3797@sccrnsc03... Thanks so much for all your ideas and support. I've decided to give Evan back his books but no library books. I put some toys in there last night. Thanks Dorothy. Of course he doesn't need to earn them. I just got in a power struggle and didn't realize it. I put the girls dollhouse and accessories (he loves it, they are bored with it) and a fire truck and some puzzles. I need to work out a new situation for the fan. I'm not sure how. It was 100 degrees yesterday and his room has no good positioning for fans. Maybe we can build a shelf. I wish I could move his bed away from the windows but his room is really small, about 7 feet by 20 feet! It used to be an old sleeping porch back in 1913. The garbage bags may be needed on his windows but Evan's on the second floor! Bed knobs are staying off. I think I'll pass on the bullet or brandy suggestion. This all started when he was moved out of his crib in February. He has just gotten braver and more daring each day. It really got bad in May when he was potty trained and allowed to leave his room to use the bathroom. My girls were never like this! Maybe a ripped book or two but that was the extent of it. We had a doorknob cover on the inside of their room room but Evan figured out how to take his off right away, hence the lock on the outside. I think I will use this from time to time but I will try to not make it a habit. It's reassuring that some of you contain your kids too, just in different ways. Evan would definitely figure out a superyard. He's a climber. When he does fall asleep I can get two hours out of him. He already goes to bed at 7:30 so I can't imagine moving up his bedtime. Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions. Keep them coming if you have any more and I will update you on how the toys go. Too bad Janet is in France. Her kids always seem to be into the same things as mine. I guess you're there too Ellen! -- Erin Morgan and Megan 2/15/97 Evan 5/14/00 "Kender" wrote in message news:wFGVa.15870$YN5.13898@sccrnsc01... HELP! My three year old is a terror at nap and bedtime. He used to be such a sweet child and now, holy cow. He's destroying his room. The only thing he has in there are windows, a bed, a bookcase, a dresser and two fans, as it is very hot here in the Pacific NW. In regards to the window: He has completely ripped his roller shades to bits. I think there's more duct tape on them then there is plastic left. He has ripped out the screen on one. (The screens are on the inside, old house!) He has broken his curtain rod several times. He has drawn on the molding around the windows by scratching with the metal prongs from the plug of his fan. Bookcase: He has pulled it over (small bookcase only 3 feet high). Don't worry it's now screwed to the wall. He has ripped ALL the pages out of 2 board books. One was a library book, sigh. He rips all books somewhat therefore no more books, just empty shelves screwed to the wall. Bed: He has round knobs on the 4 corners of his bed firmly glued in place, yet he has removed three of said knobs. He drew on the footboard of his bed with the above mentioned plug prongs. Dresser: For some reason the only problems we've had is him changing his clothes during nap. No real problem there. Fans: He keeps unplugging them and turning them off. They are plugged into an extension cord because the outlet is far away from the window (window fan). We had wrapped electrical tape around the plugs to keep them in the extension cord but as you can see from the drawings mentioned above he just unwrapped it. Remarkably there is a closet filled with stuff including my clothes and storage that he hasn't been in (to the best of my knowledge). I guess I should lock it as he's running out of damage to do. Also he keeps coming out of his room, at least 20 or more times every nap and bedtime. Tonight I finally put a lock on the outside of his door, but it made me feel really crappy. I don't like locking him in especially since he's so destructive. I take away privileges when he does something destructive to his room. I take away dessert after dinner, storytime before bed, or his fireman sheets that he likes come off the bed. I am running out of ideas since it's not working. Any suggestions welcome for either the destructive behavior or how to get him to stay in his room. I am considering putting toys in his room so he will have something else to focus on at quiet/nap time, but I am afraid of the damage he will be able to cause to/with them. I also feel this is a privilege he needs to earn. We have told him when he stops wrecking his room he can have toys up there but maybe it's too much to ask. Maybe the toys will keep him from wrecking things? He does actually take naps about three days a week and goes to bed after about an hour but it's definitely getting longer. Last night it was three hours before he fell asleep. Tonight we're at 1.5 hours. Thanks. -- Erin Morgan and Megan 2/15/97 Evan 5/14/00 |
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We have a window air conditioner downstairs in the kitchen. There's no way
one window air conditioner can cool the entire upstairs (we can't afford a whole house air conditioner or more then one window one) so we just all have window fans and regular fans. 2 per room! It's crazy. In the past we have rarely used the window air conditioner. This is the hottest summer we've had. Usually we average 11 days over 90 degrees for the entire summer but so far we are on day 14 over 90 and it's not even August! It's cooling down to 97 today! -- Erin Morgan and Megan 2/15/97 Evan 5/14/00 "dejablues" wrote in message ... 100 degrees, that's enough to make anyone nuts. Is an air-conditioner out of the question? "Kender" wrote in message news:6VRVa.19701$Ho3.3797@sccrnsc03... Thanks so much for all your ideas and support. I've decided to give Evan back his books but no library books. I put some toys in there last night. Thanks Dorothy. Of course he doesn't need to earn them. I just got in a power struggle and didn't realize it. I put the girls dollhouse and accessories (he loves it, they are bored with it) and a fire truck and some puzzles. I need to work out a new situation for the fan. I'm not sure how. It was 100 degrees yesterday and his room has no good positioning for fans. Maybe we can build a shelf. I wish I could move his bed away from the windows but his room is really small, about 7 feet by 20 feet! It used to be an old sleeping porch back in 1913. The garbage bags may be needed on his windows but Evan's on the second floor! Bed knobs are staying off. I think I'll pass on the bullet or brandy suggestion. This all started when he was moved out of his crib in February. He has just gotten braver and more daring each day. It really got bad in May when he was potty trained and allowed to leave his room to use the bathroom. My girls were never like this! Maybe a ripped book or two but that was the extent of it. We had a doorknob cover on the inside of their room room but Evan figured out how to take his off right away, hence the lock on the outside. I think I will use this from time to time but I will try to not make it a habit. It's reassuring that some of you contain your kids too, just in different ways. Evan would definitely figure out a superyard. He's a climber. When he does fall asleep I can get two hours out of him. He already goes to bed at 7:30 so I can't imagine moving up his bedtime. Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions. Keep them coming if you have any more and I will update you on how the toys go. Too bad Janet is in France. Her kids always seem to be into the same things as mine. I guess you're there too Ellen! -- Erin Morgan and Megan 2/15/97 Evan 5/14/00 "Kender" wrote in message news:wFGVa.15870$YN5.13898@sccrnsc01... HELP! My three year old is a terror at nap and bedtime. He used to be such a sweet child and now, holy cow. He's destroying his room. The only thing he has in there are windows, a bed, a bookcase, a dresser and two fans, as it is very hot here in the Pacific NW. In regards to the window: He has completely ripped his roller shades to bits. I think there's more duct tape on them then there is plastic left. He has ripped out the screen on one. (The screens are on the inside, old house!) He has broken his curtain rod several times. He has drawn on the molding around the windows by scratching with the metal prongs from the plug of his fan. Bookcase: He has pulled it over (small bookcase only 3 feet high). Don't worry it's now screwed to the wall. He has ripped ALL the pages out of 2 board books. One was a library book, sigh. He rips all books somewhat therefore no more books, just empty shelves screwed to the wall. Bed: He has round knobs on the 4 corners of his bed firmly glued in place, yet he has removed three of said knobs. He drew on the footboard of his bed with the above mentioned plug prongs. Dresser: For some reason the only problems we've had is him changing his clothes during nap. No real problem there. Fans: He keeps unplugging them and turning them off. They are plugged into an extension cord because the outlet is far away from the window (window fan). We had wrapped electrical tape around the plugs to keep them in the extension cord but as you can see from the drawings mentioned above he just unwrapped it. Remarkably there is a closet filled with stuff including my clothes and storage that he hasn't been in (to the best of my knowledge). I guess I should lock it as he's running out of damage to do. Also he keeps coming out of his room, at least 20 or more times every nap and bedtime. Tonight I finally put a lock on the outside of his door, but it made me feel really crappy. I don't like locking him in especially since he's so destructive. I take away privileges when he does something destructive to his room. I take away dessert after dinner, storytime before bed, or his fireman sheets that he likes come off the bed. I am running out of ideas since it's not working. Any suggestions welcome for either the destructive behavior or how to get him to stay in his room. I am considering putting toys in his room so he will have something else to focus on at quiet/nap time, but I am afraid of the damage he will be able to cause to/with them. I also feel this is a privilege he needs to earn. We have told him when he stops wrecking his room he can have toys up there but maybe it's too much to ask. Maybe the toys will keep him from wrecking things? He does actually take naps about three days a week and goes to bed after about an hour but it's definitely getting longer. Last night it was three hours before he fell asleep. Tonight we're at 1.5 hours. Thanks. -- Erin Morgan and Megan 2/15/97 Evan 5/14/00 |
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We have a window AC in the upstairs, none downstairs. Downstairs has been
mostly bearable (a week or so of 95+ degree weather, plus it gets pretty humid here), but our house is a Cape and the upstairs bedrooms are like an attic...it would be just impossible to sleep here. We run a window fan upstairs during the day (DH got this huge industrial window fan from work, I swear it is like a wind tunnel ..no one is here anyway, we both work and kids are at Camp Grandma for the summer) but we need the AC to sleep. I'm sorry you are suffering out there! :-( "Kender" wrote in message newsUYVa.23229$YN5.21297@sccrnsc01... We have a window air conditioner downstairs in the kitchen. There's no way one window air conditioner can cool the entire upstairs (we can't afford a whole house air conditioner or more then one window one) so we just all have window fans and regular fans. 2 per room! It's crazy. In the past we have rarely used the window air conditioner. This is the hottest summer we've had. Usually we average 11 days over 90 degrees for the entire summer but so far we are on day 14 over 90 and it's not even August! It's cooling down to 97 today! -- Erin Morgan and Megan 2/15/97 Evan 5/14/00 "dejablues" wrote in message ... 100 degrees, that's enough to make anyone nuts. Is an air-conditioner out of the question? "Kender" wrote in message news:6VRVa.19701$Ho3.3797@sccrnsc03... Thanks so much for all your ideas and support. I've decided to give Evan back his books but no library books. I put some toys in there last night. Thanks Dorothy. Of course he doesn't need to earn them. I just got in a power struggle and didn't realize it. I put the girls dollhouse and accessories (he loves it, they are bored with it) and a fire truck and some puzzles. I need to work out a new situation for the fan. I'm not sure how. It was 100 degrees yesterday and his room has no good positioning for fans. Maybe we can build a shelf. I wish I could move his bed away from the windows but his room is really small, about 7 feet by 20 feet! It used to be an old sleeping porch back in 1913. The garbage bags may be needed on his windows but Evan's on the second floor! Bed knobs are staying off. I think I'll pass on the bullet or brandy suggestion. This all started when he was moved out of his crib in February. He has just gotten braver and more daring each day. It really got bad in May when he was potty trained and allowed to leave his room to use the bathroom. My girls were never like this! Maybe a ripped book or two but that was the extent of it. We had a doorknob cover on the inside of their room room but Evan figured out how to take his off right away, hence the lock on the outside. I think I will use this from time to time but I will try to not make it a habit. It's reassuring that some of you contain your kids too, just in different ways. Evan would definitely figure out a superyard. He's a climber. When he does fall asleep I can get two hours out of him. He already goes to bed at 7:30 so I can't imagine moving up his bedtime. Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions. Keep them coming if you have any more and I will update you on how the toys go. Too bad Janet is in France. Her kids always seem to be into the same things as mine. I guess you're there too Ellen! -- Erin Morgan and Megan 2/15/97 Evan 5/14/00 "Kender" wrote in message news:wFGVa.15870$YN5.13898@sccrnsc01... HELP! My three year old is a terror at nap and bedtime. He used to be such a sweet child and now, holy cow. He's destroying his room. The only thing he has in there are windows, a bed, a bookcase, a dresser and two fans, as it is very hot here in the Pacific NW. In regards to the window: He has completely ripped his roller shades to bits. I think there's more duct tape on them then there is plastic left. He has ripped out the screen on one. (The screens are on the inside, old house!) He has broken his curtain rod several times. He has drawn on the molding around the windows by scratching with the metal prongs from the plug of his fan. Bookcase: He has pulled it over (small bookcase only 3 feet high). Don't worry it's now screwed to the wall. He has ripped ALL the pages out of 2 board books. One was a library book, sigh. He rips all books somewhat therefore no more books, just empty shelves screwed to the wall. Bed: He has round knobs on the 4 corners of his bed firmly glued in place, yet he has removed three of said knobs. He drew on the footboard of his bed with the above mentioned plug prongs. Dresser: For some reason the only problems we've had is him changing his clothes during nap. No real problem there. Fans: He keeps unplugging them and turning them off. They are plugged into an extension cord because the outlet is far away from the window (window fan). We had wrapped electrical tape around the plugs to keep them in the extension cord but as you can see from the drawings mentioned above he just unwrapped it. Remarkably there is a closet filled with stuff including my clothes and storage that he hasn't been in (to the best of my knowledge). I guess I should lock it as he's running out of damage to do. Also he keeps coming out of his room, at least 20 or more times every nap and bedtime. Tonight I finally put a lock on the outside of his door, but it made me feel really crappy. I don't like locking him in especially since he's so destructive. I take away privileges when he does something destructive to his room. I take away dessert after dinner, storytime before bed, or his fireman sheets that he likes come off the bed. I am running out of ideas since it's not working. Any suggestions welcome for either the destructive behavior or how to get him to stay in his room. I am considering putting toys in his room so he will have something else to focus on at quiet/nap time, but I am afraid of the damage he will be able to cause to/with them. I also feel this is a privilege he needs to earn. We have told him when he stops wrecking his room he can have toys up there but maybe it's too much to ask. Maybe the toys will keep him from wrecking things? He does actually take naps about three days a week and goes to bed after about an hour but it's definitely getting longer. Last night it was three hours before he fell asleep. Tonight we're at 1.5 hours. Thanks. -- Erin Morgan and Megan 2/15/97 Evan 5/14/00 |
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Hot weather strategies was Bedtime destruction-Xpost
"Rosalie B." wrote in message news Then early in the morning, pull the shades on the sunny side of the house and close the windows on that side. Close other windows upstairs of rooms not in use, Open windows on north side and on the side shaded by another building. Draw all blinds except the windows that are open. Keep running the attic fan. The upstairs will warm up, but the downstairs will stay fairly cool, especially in the family room where we also have a ceiling fan. Yeah, the original AC was ice in front of a fan, so you could put the frozen bottles in front of a fan for a makeshift AC. |
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"toypup" wrote in message
news:nL%Va.23553$uu5.3139@sccrnsc04... "Rosalie B." wrote in message news Then early in the morning, pull the shades on the sunny side of the house and close the windows on that side. Close other windows upstairs of rooms not in use, Open windows on north side and on the side shaded by another building. Draw all blinds except the windows that are open. Keep running the attic fan. The upstairs will warm up, but the downstairs will stay fairly cool, especially in the family room where we also have a ceiling fan. Yeah, the original AC was ice in front of a fan, so you could put the frozen bottles in front of a fan for a makeshift AC. Great suggestion. I will put some large soda bottles in the freezer tonight and try it! Thanks, Erin |
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Hot weather strategies was Bedtime destruction-Xpost
In article , Rosalie says...
Actually, if you HAD TO, you could all sleep in one A/C room. There's nothing wrong with having the kids sleep on the floor for a couple of nights. grandma Rosalie I was waiting for it - I knew Rosalie was too practical to leave this option out. :-) This is the nighttime hot weather strategy in my house, and in the homes of many families I know. Banty |
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Kender wrote:
It's funny but I feel bad putting the window AC in our room and letting the kids suffer. Who do I choose? In a similar situation last summer we chose to all sleep in the living room :-) Our window AC was downstairs. The upstairs was bearable only when it cooled down at night. During the weeks when it was hot day and night we couldn't stand it. -- Nikki Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2) |
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In article 6VRVa.19701$Ho3.3797@sccrnsc03,
"Kender" wrote: I need to work out a new situation for the fan. I'm not sure how. It was 100 degrees yesterday and his room has no good positioning for fans. A ceiling fan? You can get them with a light fitting built in to the centre, and if your area is hot and sticky, moving air is really the best way to cool down. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "...children should continue to be breastfed... for up to two years of age or beyond." -- Innocenti Declaration, Florence, 1 August 1990 |
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:56:50 GMT, "Kender" wrote:
This all started when he was moved out of his crib in February. He has just gotten braver and more daring each day. I wonder if it's not something with kids born around that same time? My youngest turned 3 on 4/15 and is Ms. Destructo. She's the youngest of 4 and none of the older kids caused as much damage as she has! I really think this is the age where they're just super-inquisitive and exploring the world like they couldn't before. While I spend a very big part of my day just with Kate, keeping her busy, she tires me out with her antics, so I need a break here and there. This is the time when she'll decide to do one of her tricks. The other week, I had to send an email. In the 5 minutes that I was in the office doing that -- and she was supposed to be watching cartoons -- she coated the dog in sunblock. The other night, I was in the living room, DH was in the office, and I thought she was with him. No, she was in the kitchen, pouring a bottle of water on the floor to make her own "pool." She's a climber, too, and can pretty much get at anything that I put up out of her reach (which is everything these days). Kate seems to be at that age where she really doesn't need a nap, but if she doesn't have one, she gets *very* cranky by about 6 p.m. Most days, I try to keep her up and in a good mood by playing outside for a couple of hours before dinner. Some days, though, she just conks out and that's where the trouble is here. She'll fall asleep around 6, can't be woken up, and then when she does wake, she's up until the wee hours (like last night, when she finally fell asleep at 2 a.m.) I'm sorry I don't have any advice for you. I just keep repeating "It's only a phase" and try to live through each day. Tracy ====================================== We child proofed our home 3 years ago and they're still getting in! ====================================== |
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