[blparent] outlets

[trishs]

I thought the little guy might be pulling out the inserts.  I 
wasn't thinking of actual covers.
 Now's the time to introduce "no if you haven't already.  I know 
that this little person knows not what he does, but they do know 
something of cause an effect, (plug out light off, plug in light 
on, and "no" plus play pen.  It's for extreme situations when, as 
I said, redirecting can become tedious and frustrating.  There's 
no way of explaining that it's dangerous, and we don't want them 
hurt, so,  mommy said "no" works for me.  Not because it's bad 
behavior, but because it's dangerous, and we know it, and we need 
them to know it.

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:30:40 -0400
>Subject: Re: [blparent] outlets

>Hi,
>Using Outlet covers coupled with the word no is a very effective 
way to
>discourage your 14 month old from playing with the outlets.  You 
can't give
>them a time out because they're too young to understand what it's 
for...IE I
>played with the outlets so I have to go in my playpen for awhile 
because I'm
>not supposed to do that.  The baby's just curious at this age, 
trying things
>to see what happens.  When he pulls the plug something happens, 
the
>television or the light goes off, and that's facinating to a 
little child
>who's just exploring his world.  I think redirecting is an 
appropriate way
>to discourage this behaviour since it's not actually bad 
behaviour just
>caused by curiosity.  If he's doing it in 1 year then I might 
think
>differently, but this method worked for Colyn when he was going 
through his
>unplugging stage.  Now he doesn't even bother with the outlets 
anymore.

>hth

>Tammy
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "trishs" <slosser at metrocast.net
>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 8:48 AM
>Subject: Re: [blparent] outlets


>> Hi, Eva and list.  14-month-olds probably won't understand the
>> word "no" for a while.  Redirecting can become tedious and
>> frustrating.  There has to be a consequence for the dangerous
>> action of touching an outlet.  I might place the baby in a play
>> pen with a simple phrase of explanation after each attempt at
>> touching the outlet.  Discipline starts early, and you don't 
want
>> to wait until they're 15-years-old to start.  My other concern 
is
>> that your baby might be one of the ones who has to learn the 
hard
>> way, and that, unfortunately is to get bit by a socket.  My 
point
>> is a parent imposed consequence, as apposed to the inevitable
>> socket consequence.

>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Eva Adams" <eadams15 at gmail.com
>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org
>>>Date sent: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:19:40 -0500
>>>Subject: [blparent] outlets

>>>I was just wondering if anyone had some tips on how to stop my 14
>> month daughter from unpluging things from the electrical 
outlets.
>> She first was taking her night light out of the socket, so we 
are
>> replacing that with one of the touch lights that we can hang up
>> out of her reach.  We figured out how to handle that problem, 
but
>> today she has started unpluging the TV.  I know we could put
>> furniture in front of the outlets, but that is not an option for
>> every oulet we have things plugged into.  Any help would be
>> apreciated.

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