Babies, Baby Proofing, and Baby Gates

Those eyelashes are out of control people!

Since Cooper was born, I've learned that babies are kind of all-consuming (in the best way imaginable of course).

 

Before he popped on the scene I had these grand plans that I would be one of those super-mom types. I'd have meals on the table at 5:00 p.m. sharp every night. My house would be the cleanest it had ever been. I'd take the dogs on long, relaxing walks every morning. I'd have all kinds of time (while the baby was napping or playing happily on a blanket) to bake, paint furniture, take pictures, exercise, blog, etc. etc. etc.

 

Um, yeah. Reality check.

 

The last few weeks have been so busy! Little Ninja is getting into everything. He's crawling like crazy, pulling himself up onto anything and everything, and even cruising around while holding onto furniture. Suddenly everything in our house is a baby hazard!

 

I've been baby-proofing as much as possible, however I still need to follow the little guy around everywhere he goes since he's not quite steady on his little feet yet. Our living room has large openings into the sun room and dining room so it's hard to keep him in one spot.

 

We've been shopping around for a baby gate that we can use in the doorway between the living room and kitchen. We are currently on our third one in two weeks. Alex is having a real blast installing and then uninstalling each one.

 

First we tried this one. The plastic hinge broke on the second day so we had to return it. I'm kind of glad because the white was so white it almost looked blue. Which obviously is unacceptable. ;)

 

Summer Infant Sure and Secure Extra Tall Walk-Thru Gate

Then, I saw a wooden baby gate (with a cute shape) at Wal-Mart. I brought it home all excited-like because I was going to paint it to match our trim color. After a quick discussion with Alex I realized that if I don't have time to brush my hair then I probably don't have time to paint a brand-new baby gate. So, we returned that one too.

 

Safety 1st Espresso Swing Gate

 

Finally, we found one that we sort of like. It's plain but it works pretty well so far.

 

Munchkin Auto-Close Metal Gate

 

You can bet that I would much rather have some adorable wooden gates that I've seen on Pinterest. Oh, you know the ones I'm talking about.

 

Source: Remodelaholic

 

 

However since we would need at least four gates, it's just not practical for us invest the time into making them right now. 

 

{Alex has been making good progress on the basement and there is no way I'm going to distract him at this point!}

 

So, in response to this itty bitty hurtful comment that I received earlier today......

 

 

........ I haven't been posting anything new lately because I'm a new mom and my bright, energetic, beautiful son has been keeping me verrrrrry busy. :)

 

$5 ball from Wal-Mart? Best investment ever!

P.S. I decided to end all of my posts with some kind of random information. I'm pretty sure I did that anyway but now it's official. Let's see if I can stick with it for more than a day!

Today's Random:

Every morning I put down a big quilt over the living room rug so that the baby has an area to play that is relatively dog fluff-free. I take the lint brush to it a few times a day but I'm not sure why. Every single time I turn my back for a second, when I turn around one of the dogs is lying on the quilt! Gahhhhh! :)