Grandparents Raising Children Support Group
This community is dedicated to grandparents who are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. In cases where the parents are not willing or able to provide adequate care for their children, grandparents may take on the role of primary caregivers. Join the support group to find support, share your experience, and get advice from other members.
Does anyone have GC who is going through this stage? My gs is 11 mths he is crawling and standing up holding onto furniture. We bought our house 3 yrs ago and it wasn't in mind of an infant or toddler. We have tile floors in family room, hallways, kitchen and bathroom on the 1st floor and his bedroom, living & dinning room hardwood floors. All with concrete under it all. We have a big rug in the family room with a layer of a quilt and I can still hear his head hit the floor hard. We have an ottoman blocking the entrance to the kitchen to keep him out where hard tile is. I bought him a cute helmet from UK online for $55 because I want him to be able to explore without falling and hurting his head because he is unstable right now. Now he knows how to take the helmet off
Even in the family room area he finds ways to loose his balance and get bumps and scratches from toy, etc in the room. I never worried about this when my 4 children were going up except for my son the bio Dad who has mild cerebral palsy and sensory issues. You know kids get bumps & scraps because they are just getting their balance. However; because of Social Service I stress about any scratch my GS gets...my gs bumped his cheek on a storage bin we were using for his toys last week and our daycare provider asked what happen I know it is good to ask however; because he is in the system everyone has to report...
Has anyone gone through this? We can't afford to buy wall to wall carpet for the whole 1st floor and if we knew we would have an infant & toddler living with us we would have choose different...This is just another stress added to my plate.
Even in the family room area he finds ways to loose his balance and get bumps and scratches from toy, etc in the room. I never worried about this when my 4 children were going up except for my son the bio Dad who has mild cerebral palsy and sensory issues. You know kids get bumps & scraps because they are just getting their balance. However; because of Social Service I stress about any scratch my GS gets...my gs bumped his cheek on a storage bin we were using for his toys last week and our daycare provider asked what happen I know it is good to ask however; because he is in the system everyone has to report...
Has anyone gone through this? We can't afford to buy wall to wall carpet for the whole 1st floor and if we knew we would have an infant & toddler living with us we would have choose different...This is just another stress added to my plate.
We had gates between rooms and I put a large rag rug down, but that only made him trip. So I just hovered a lot. I never tried a helmet but it crossed my mind. He never really got hurt.
I'm busy baby proofing again awaiting the visit from CPS to inspect.
It's amazing what they can get into and how fast they can move.
Best of luck.
My GS is quite strong ( We call him Baby Godzilla.) and learned to push furniture and whatnot out of his way at an early age.
They move at lightning speed. I've had to replace a cellphone and a remote due to him tossing them in the dog's water bowl.
They have amazing upper body strength and love to climb.
You need to grow eyes on the back of your head,longer arms and hone your reflexes and train as if getting ready for a marathon.
I was told by his Dr that he is tall for his age and yes he is very stronge...your right they are very quick!
Thanks for the support...
I did have to resort to putting my gs into his playpen once in a while to contain him when i was too busy to hover. He didn't seem to mind it when he had toys and the chihuahua to play with.
He learned to walk in his wheeled walker and stayed in that until he kept lifting it to get around and then learned how to climb out of it. Once tried it's then mastered and on to the next challenge.They are so clever these little ones.
we found enough to carpet 2 rooms when we needed it.