[blparent] Kids losing your things for you

[David Andrews]

As they say -- been there -- done that. Our son 
-- I think he was two or so, picked up the car 
keys my wife had laid down, and put them somewhere.  She couldn't find them.

I ended up taking the day off, and searching the 
house on my hands and knees. I found them behind 
his crib, on the floor -- took four hours -- it was a big house.

Luckily, when they are young, most things are short-lived stages which pass.

Dave

At 04:07 AM 11/29/2017, you wrote:
>Dear fellow parents! I have come across a major 
>problem and I don’t know. My oldest is three 
>and she is the sweetest most adorable and 
>kindest kid! One of things I love about her if 
>she is so cute and generous with a one-year-old 
>sister. There is one thing that she does that is 
>driving me up the wall and I don’t know how to 
>deal with it. She could send my things and loses 
>them. The most recent example of this which is 
>still a problem, and she took my purse off my 
>bed got into it and know my state ID and key 
>card to my condo clubhouse is missing. I hope 
>and assume they are somewhere in my home. But as 
>you all know, one of the problems with missing 
>things as a blind person is if it’s not under 
>your hand you don’t know where it is. What do 
>I do about this problem? I have tried childproof 
>locks on things and that is helpful to a certain 
>extent. I have also tried talking to about it to 
>her and telling her what her problem is. But 
>when you’re three don’t always grasp 
>long-term consequences and cause-and-effect. For 
>example, I am hosting my family‘s parties for 
>Christmas this Sunday at my clubhouse. If I had 
>discovered this missing key card next Sunday 
>afternoon would’ve been a huge problem. 
>Fortunately, I have a friend in our complex and 
>she’s going to lend me her club card. I really 
>need to find a way to get a handle on this 
>problem because is driving me up the wall! Any 
>ideas would be greatly appreciated. There are 
>some things in my life but Maria has just 
>learned from an early age because I’ve been 
>really firm about it that she doesn’t get to 
>play with. For example she doesn’t play with 
>my braille note or victor stream. And I think 
>she realized after dropping my iPhone in the 
>bathtub that’s off-limits to. But I can’t do 
>it for everything in my life! I have told her 
>over and over again that I need her to ask. And 
>there are some things in my life I let her play 
>with and enjoy and other things the answer is no 
>OK, I think I’m starting to ramble. Hopefully 
>you all get the point and some advice or 
>commiseration would be more than welcome! When 
>you guys had three-year-olds did they do this 
>kind of thing? Kids really are amazing! She’s 
>got plenty of toys! But apparently as human 
>beings from an early age we love the charm of 
>the off-limits. Tara Sent from my iPhone