One of the scariest things that we experience with Little Bug is a lack of understanding about safety issues. For example, if you blink, he will turn the hot water all the way up in the bathtub and sit under the faucet- never mind the fact that the water is hot enough to cause burns. Cooking is starting to take two people because he doesn’t seem to understand that the stove and oven are hot. He will try to put his hand on the burner because it is red or put is on the front of the oven because “It’s so warm.” Unfortunately, by so warm, it is actually 400 degrees.
He also has begun to actively try to get out of the house. Mind you, we have three locks and a reverse hinge, but he has figured them out. We are now alarming the doors because he can and will get out. At his parent teacher conference yesterday, we found out that when the other students are getting off the bus, he will attempt to run- to the street, to the school, anywhere. Just running.
We don’t know how to get through to him. I can’t convey how agonizing and heart wrenching this is. To know that despite your best attempts, your child doesn’t understand safety boundaries and could be seriously injured or worse. Worse is something I shudder to imagine.
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