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... to keep my temper with my little nephew (3) 
I tried really, really hard. He's been here for about 40 hours, and awake for only 18 of those.
He has:
* flushed toys down the loo
* floated the soaps and bath things in the bath
* turned on the taps and left them running (I tightened them as much as I could)
* taken 2 hours to eat his breakfast - and spattered it all over the floor too
* redecorated my white chair with tomato sauce
* opened the (locked) back door and took himself outside
* taken my guinea pig out of the cage and dropped her on the ground
* broken a tree ornament
* stamped on a bag of chocolates
* taken my butter out of the fridge and put it in the bin
* left the fridge door open 3 times. Ditto freezer (looking for ice cream)
* swung down the banisters
* swung off my curtain
* kicked his drink across the floor - twice
* banged my glass kitchen doors repeatedly - and put sticky handprints all over the glass (I've left them open, left them shut ... he is just fascinated with banging glass doors)
All while I am only in the next room trying to make food, or fetch a drink, or answer the door. I don't leave him unattended or anything. He is really quick, quiet & sneaky ... you literally cannot take your eyes off him.
I am at my wit's end with him ... he is SO naughty. I would never smack him, but he is immune to shouting and threats of no sweeties. Nothing seems to work. I have now resorted to sticking him in front of the electric babysitter so I can wash up without him killing himself.
update: while I was typing this, he's sneaked back out the (locked) back door again
Where's that Calpol?
I tried really, really hard. He's been here for about 40 hours, and awake for only 18 of those.
He has:
* flushed toys down the loo
* floated the soaps and bath things in the bath
* turned on the taps and left them running (I tightened them as much as I could)
* taken 2 hours to eat his breakfast - and spattered it all over the floor too
* redecorated my white chair with tomato sauce
* opened the (locked) back door and took himself outside
* taken my guinea pig out of the cage and dropped her on the ground
* broken a tree ornament
* stamped on a bag of chocolates
* taken my butter out of the fridge and put it in the bin
* left the fridge door open 3 times. Ditto freezer (looking for ice cream)
* swung down the banisters
* swung off my curtain
* kicked his drink across the floor - twice
* banged my glass kitchen doors repeatedly - and put sticky handprints all over the glass (I've left them open, left them shut ... he is just fascinated with banging glass doors)
All while I am only in the next room trying to make food, or fetch a drink, or answer the door. I don't leave him unattended or anything. He is really quick, quiet & sneaky ... you literally cannot take your eyes off him.
I am at my wit's end with him ... he is SO naughty. I would never smack him, but he is immune to shouting and threats of no sweeties. Nothing seems to work. I have now resorted to sticking him in front of the electric babysitter so I can wash up without him killing himself.
update: while I was typing this, he's sneaked back out the (locked) back door again
Where's that Calpol?
We've got seven puppies here at the mo and they're not half as much trouble.
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