Child #5 did it AGAIN!

A few months ago, as a 2.5yr old toddler, she locked herself in the bedroom during nap time. Today, now 3, she locked herself in the toilet after doing her big business!

Sigh.

Things are never boring around here.

The thing was I was nursing the baby when she locked herself in this time. I heard lots of screaming and "Oh no!"s from my oldest (I was nursing the baby in the master bedroom) and my heart sank. After being a mom for a long time  you sorta know when a scream means blood and gore (serious) and when a scream is just an annoyance (just ignore).

Well, this was a serious kind of scream. I quickly unlatched the baby and ran downstairs. The little miss was truly stuck in the toilet.

Just get the spare keys you may be thinking, right? Well, our toilets have sliding doors. And the sliding doors have locks that come WITHOUT keys!!!

God certainly has equipped me to handle her antics. All the other children were gathered at the door to watch the show. Calmly, I told her to get on to the stool and push the button DOWN.

Click!

Ahh!!! The sweet sound of freedom!!! And so, she was released, with tears streaming down her cheeks and a messy bottom!  

The last time she locked herself in the bedroom, we couldn't find the spare set of keys coz we had hidden them so well!

As with today, the little miss was able to obey my instructions to get on a stool (yes, we have stools in every room) and turn the door knob and release herself without the required key.

Frustrating as it all was, I thank God for watching over her. And that she is able to take my instructions well. And it sure helps that God gives me an extra dose of calmness whenever such crisis arises

On a lighter note, this little miss at 3 years old surprised me yesterday when she spelt her name for me! She wanted me to write down her name on her notebook and just to tease her, I said I didn't know how to spell it. I asked her to spell it for me. And she did!

She did it three times! So it wasn't a fluke shot. Ok, so it helps that her name is a short one and not something like Nebuchanedzzer but hey! It was pretty amazing to me since I have not been consciously doing anything schoolish with her until last week!

So don't underestimate your little ones. They can lock and un-lock doors and spell their names - all without formal teaching! Haha!

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