Monkey See, Monkey Do
There’s a rule in this house: the bathroom door is always locked. It’s for Buzz’s own safety, since there’s any number of drawers he could open, q-tips to dispense, paper to unroll, toilet water to splash, cabinets with medicine to get into, bathtubs to hide in. Not that I know any of this from experience.
OK, fine, I know it ALL from experience.
Everyone is aware of this rule. In fact, Jedi even has a special “key” on hand to come and go as needed.
The problem with this plan is that Buzz is aware of the key, too, which is really nothing more than a quarter. It’s flat edge rests perfectly in the thin groove of the lock. If given the chance, he can, and will, still get inside without problem.
I was busy cooking dinner while J ran to the store for a few quick essentials. I heard Buzz making noise, playing, and thought he was keeping himself kindly occupied with his sister. I should have known better. Buzz is never just kindly occupied with his sister.
It seems he hijacked the key when I wasn’t looking. J returns home to find Buzz in the bathroom, a quadruple blade razor in hand. Attempting, and failing, to shave his legs like Mommy.
There may have been blood. And loss of skin.
My boy’s first shaving accident.
We’re going to need a better lock.
I'm Crystal. A 30-something mom to 3 young kids living in the Midwest USA. When I'm not chasing my children, I'm a freelance writer and web designer. I like to tell stories from our days and share what we enjoy...
14 Responses
on August 17 2010
It’s always scariest when they’re quiet. Ouch!
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on August 17 2010
Oh, yikes! We’ve had to start locking the door, too. What about those child locks, like the plastic ones that go on the knobs. Our oldest can open some of them, while our youngest cannot!
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on August 18th, 2010
@Krystyn, If there’s a way to open them, he’ll figure it out.
on August 17 2010
OMG! That sounds scary! My daughter is a complete nut for getting into the bathroom. I ended up buying many many floating shelves from Ikea and hung them up above the door. They contain all the dangerous stuff. She still rips the toilet paper apart. And last night she ate a hunk out of the bar of soap.
I would love to find a lockable medicine cabinet…which doesn’t seem to exist anymore.
Kids are ridiculous.
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on August 18th, 2010
@Marilyn (A Lot of Loves), My daughter used to love to grab the soap and then she’d lick it like a lollipop before I could snatch it away from her. Kinda hard to threaten to wash her mouth out with soap later if she likes it.
on August 17 2010
Frightening! I used to rail at my husband because he was always leaving his razor laying around–luckily nothing ever happened, but I did catch my kids running around with it sometimes.
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on August 17 2010
Wow C! Scary moment, but when they are that quiet, things are always too good to be true.
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on August 17 2010
Sounds like a close shave with danger. Ir is scary when they are quiet but I still remember thinking when mine was a tot–”well maybe he is just coloring…why ruin a good thing.” or “I’ll go when he screams.” Some may judge but we have made it together 14 years without one trip to the emergency room.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane…
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on August 18th, 2010
@Katybeth, I had a movie on for him and everything, I swear I thought he was playing.
We’ve never had to go to the ER either, though with the way we’re going… heh.
on August 18 2010
I have had two incidences where my heart went to my throat out of fear of self-mutilation. Once when my middle guy was 2. He was in this phase where he liked to be chased. When my back was turned in the kitchen he grabbed the knife off the counter. I turned around and saw him there but if I made a move, he’d be off and running! Then, just yesterday, the youngest who is six and in love with Star Wars, took the knife off the counter and was wielding it like a light saber. I swear, those took years off my life.
One note – I do find it interesting that he was trying to shave his legs and imitate mom rather than shaving his face and neck like dad. Imagine the possibilities on that disaster.
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on August 18th, 2010
@Cathy, Buzz LOVES to run off with the super sharp, pointy scissors. And when I say run, I really mean RUN, whether I’m chasing him or not. Luckily, and thankfully, he has yet to fall. But it makes my heart stop every time.
Dad usually shaves in the very early morning, before he heads off to work, and the boys aren’t awake yet. Thus, he’s seen me shave more often. I know, I’m glad it wasn’t his face.
on August 22 2010
I’m glad he’s okay! And now I tell you this had me laughing. We need a lock. My child knows nothing of shaved legs but homegirl has discovered the makeup I never even wear. Gah!
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on August 23 2010
Yeouch! How scary for you!
We can’t lock our bathroom door. Our apartment has settled just enough that the door won’t even latch anymore. Right now we have a safety gate across the doorway to keep Shane out, but he’s been trying to climb over it. I think we’re going to have to pick up one of those hook and eye latches and install it up out of his reach.
He’s fascinated with the bathroom, and wreaks havoc whenever he can get in there. The toilet paper gets unwound across the room, he’s emptied an entire pump bottle of hand soap into the sink, and once I caught him cheerfully stirring the toilet water with my hairbrush. He’s lucky he’s cute, that’s all I’m saying.
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on August 23rd, 2010
@Crystal @ Semi-Crunchy Mama, I’ve had a few hairbrushes stirred in toilet water myself. They never seem quite as clean afterwards, do they?