My DS (19 months) is deliberatly naughty. I mean he knows he isn't allowed to do something ie go into the pantry and pull all of the stuff out and make towers out of them on the kitchen floor. Yet he does it all the time. He would rather play with stuff that he is not allowed to touch then toys. In fact he hardly plays with toys at all.

I have tried everything and can't get him to stop.

He is really smart (he was pushing himself up onto his hands and looking me in the face at four HOURS old). There is no point in kitchen cupboard locks or gates as he has worked out how to undo all the ones we have tried to put on. Even ones that are adult proof would take him like 4 attempts and then he could undo them. If I put things up high he finds something to make steps out of (last thing was he got his toy organiser boxes emptied them and used them as steps to climb onto the kitchen bench, he got a plastic container off the dish drainer and was about to climb onto that to get to the keys in the container ontop of the fridge. he managed to do this while I was on the loo!!)

Anyone have any tips on things that can be used to keep doors shut without him being able to work it out? Any products out there?

My whole day is spent watching him and running around after him and I feel so bad for my girls as it seems like mummy has no time for them because as soon as I sit down to read them a book or do some crafting he is off again.

Any help please I'm pulling my hair out.

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My oldest had those supposedly child proof things on the door knobs figured out by age 3 so I can't help you there. At that age just try redirection and distraction. My girls at that age found great joy in pulling books off of bookshelves so his behavior is not unusual.

I soooo know what you mean!!! My DD is 17 months, and is exactly the same way!!! She is constantly getting into everything, I definately know that if it is quite that something is going on. I can't let her out of my sight for fear of what she might do. I feel horrible for my 4 yr. old DS. He has to hide out in his room and play so she won't destroy his toys. She adores her big brother, but is mean to him and loves to tear up whatever he is working on. I can't get her to be nice and play. I have tried all options!!! If you find out a method to the madness let me know, because I definately feel your pain!

I have magnetic tot locks on my cabinets. You need the magnet to unlock the door. There is a lever on the locks that you can flip over later if you don't want to keep them locked. My kitchen was renovated 1 1/2 years ago so I hesitated for awhile before letting my husband do it. However, my youngest broke me. I couldn't take it anymore. I had him install them on all the lower cabinets & drawers. She still tries to do it sometimes (she was 2 in Nov). It is a sanity saver.

Safety 1st Tot-Lok Cabinet & Drawer Magnetic Lock

We purchased ours at Lowes.

I brought some of these but DH says they won't work on our cabinets?????? I might get him to look at it again and find away.
I just don't know how to distract him, he doesn't want to play with toys, he is only interested in craft when his big DD is doing it and then that ends in a huge fight, he doesn't watch dvd's or tvs. He only sits still to read a book for about 2 minutes.

I think one of the things that is most frustrating is that I have been to the child health nurse down here (in Aust you don't go to paeditrition unless your gp refers you for a medical reason). about asking for information on parents groups for gifted children and she gave me the blow off, even after I told her that I have been stopped in the street once by a paeditrtion who had been observing Cal and wanted to know his age. When I told him he then went on wanting to know his development stages which I told and he told me to get him tested at 2years because he was off the scale.
I could have chalked that up to one guys opinion but when I was visiting a friend who had just had a baby, the paeditrition came in and after examining her and her baby he sat on the floor and played with Cal who was 8mths at that time and same thing. He did a couple of 'tests' on him and told me to do the same thing as the other guy. Cal is 19mths now so I went to the child health nurse to find out about testing and a support group for parents because if I could just talk to another parent in the same boat then I would be a lot better. She gave me the brush off 'oh here is another parent that thinks her child is smart' even after I told her about the two paeditritions. Also down here they don't test until they are 3 and the support groups won't allow you into their website unless the testing has been done.

Sorry for the long ramble but I just don't know what to do and I want to help him but nothing I do seems to interest him.

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