tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656007644536242802.post1221987853683465269..comments2023-04-15T15:13:25.977+01:00Comments on 39 And Counting....: Stair Gate - The Scandalous Tale Of An Over Protective ParentTheOnlineStylisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993875451086499475noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656007644536242802.post-58024238407213441932009-05-18T22:26:00.000+01:002009-05-18T22:26:00.000+01:00I'm right with you sister. We have 4 stair gates ...I'm right with you sister. We have 4 stair gates in our houseStair Gates Jodyhttp://www.stairgatestore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656007644536242802.post-20248486872712687802009-03-24T19:50:00.000+00:002009-03-24T19:50:00.000+00:00Remember, my little one was the guy who had half h...Remember, my little one was the guy who had half his face taken off in last month's step "incident." You can NEVER be to careful. Just feel blessed you have a girl and not a boy!!!<BR/><BR/>xoxo<BR/>ymRobin M Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03702955349781701549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656007644536242802.post-28891056758175924602009-03-21T21:54:00.000+00:002009-03-21T21:54:00.000+00:00I had the same stair gate issues. Reassuring to he...I had the same stair gate issues. Reassuring to hear I am not the only one who has been lying awake due to worrying that daughters would fall down steep stairs in the night. Awful isn't it?!A Confused Take That Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459622010972987709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656007644536242802.post-2922567004776410952009-03-18T17:41:00.000+00:002009-03-18T17:41:00.000+00:00Auntie G - Good one! And there must be so many thi...Auntie G - Good one! And there must be so many things that I do where Small Child is concerned that endear me to my mother in law that I could never list them all here!<BR/>Antonella - I can just imagine how I'll be when she's a teenager... because I remember how I was! There's no hope!<BR/>NSM - Thank you for reassuring me that I'm not crazy! The stairgate has gone to a good home and the indent is almost gone!<BR/>Rosie - You're so right. I will be repeating this when she goes to school this September!<BR/>Tara - I envy your laid back-ness! Perhaps you could design me a twelve step program?TheOnlineStylisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993875451086499475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656007644536242802.post-9029956601941581872009-03-17T20:35:00.000+00:002009-03-17T20:35:00.000+00:00I am just like you. I am permanently saying: slow ...I am just like you. I am permanently saying: slow down, don't run, be careful, look out. I wish i could just chill. But they are boys with an inate ability to find disaster in the safest of places. It's no wonder I am prematurely grey.<BR/><BR/>By the way, thanks for posting my little moretolifethanlaundry logo on your blog. Much appreciated!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656007644536242802.post-83163921999735634962009-03-16T22:54:00.000+00:002009-03-16T22:54:00.000+00:00Or you could go the other way like me and let the ...Or you could go the other way like me and let the run wild and free and have everyone look at you like you're a bad mother and don't care.<BR/>We were at a party at the weekend and someone came to tell me 'your daughter has climbed on the compost bin and is heading for the shed' and I'm all 'yeah, she does that. She's a bit of a mountain goat' and I could feel eyes BURNING into my back etching 'wicked woman' into my flesh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656007644536242802.post-4472035687347409562009-03-16T21:46:00.000+00:002009-03-16T21:46:00.000+00:00Great post. I am incredibly over-protective and wo...Great post. I am incredibly over-protective and would wrap my daughter up in cotton wool and never lt her leave my side if I could. But ocourse that would not help her long term to make her way in the world. It's not easy letting them take steps towards independence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656007644536242802.post-9864235427889061882009-03-16T21:19:00.000+00:002009-03-16T21:19:00.000+00:00Awww, don't worry it's all normal. I think everyo...Awww, don't worry it's all normal. I think everyone is over protective with their first child, it's just the way it goes. I'm so glad we don't need stairgates anymore though, I hated those things!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124374747737466986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656007644536242802.post-41967633889624785152009-03-16T18:22:00.000+00:002009-03-16T18:22:00.000+00:00My son was "cotton wool" baby and then toddler. In...My son was "cotton wool" baby and then toddler. In spite of all our care he fell down the stairs three times and once with the hoover attachment with him! My daughter was brought up in a more "spartan" way and she never feel down the stairs or put herself in serious danger... Wait until they are teenager and you will stop living! Experience of a very overprotective Italian mum (enphasis on Italian!). Ciao. A.lunarossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231055955991137579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4656007644536242802.post-36032873411451072142009-03-16T17:20:00.000+00:002009-03-16T17:20:00.000+00:00I used to make people wash their hands before they...I used to make people wash their hands before they picked up my baby, I'm sure that endeared me to my mother in law !auntiegwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605486752049211743noreply@blogger.com