Now I know I was kidding myself but some child never do it, climbing out of their crib that is.   I was and still an in no rush to put my girls in “big” girl beds.  I wanted to keep them in their cribs until they were completely potty trained.  Well that looks like it won’t happen.

I’m working our store as I do each weekend, Hubby was home with the girls.  While the girls were napping, he went across the street to bring over a swing set that we bought from our neighbor, he had the monitor on him. 

Just as he was finishing up, he hears Olivia saying “Papi where are you?”  she normally says things like that so he didn’t pay any mind.  Well then he hears Cora screaming.  Naturally he runs over to our house and up a flight of stairs and sees Cora sitting on the floor.  He was like how did you get on the floor. 

So now my problems start.  She climbed out of her crib and landed on the floor.  This is very scarry because we do not have a gate at the top of the stairs because this wasn’t an issue.  We have the gate, just never put it up.  So she could have easily went down the stairs.   Needless to say, the gate is going up as we speak or in internet world, as I type. 

Cora is okay, no signs of trama, she was scared but pretty much stopped crying as he picked up her.  No marks and she is acting normal, even ate normal during their late lunch. 

These kids love to scare the poop out of ya.

We had a bit of a scary morning.  I was changing Cole’s diaper & walked out of the bathroom to find Jacob soaked in bathroom cleaner.  I’m not sure how he got it b/c all our cleaners are usually locked away out of their reach.  Anyway, I quickly cleaned him off & called poison control since I wasn’t sure if he ingested any or not.  Thankfully we use natural, “green” cleaners so he’s fine…not even skin irritation.   

We’ve been using natural cleaners exclusively for quite some time.  They work great & are comparible in price to the regular stuff.  This particular cleaner was the new Clorox Green Works Natural Bathroom Cleaner.  I also like products by Seventh Generation, Method & Biokleen.  I’m certainly not advocating that everyone switch to natural cleaners so you can start letting your kids drink them!!  We still take all the usual safety precautions, but today that wasn’t enough.  Somehow in the hustle & bustle of life w/ 3 kids we screwed up & left it out.  I shudder to think what could have happened if the product had contained bleach or ammonia.  So aside from the other health & environmental benefits of using “green” cleaners, the “just in case your kid drinks it” factor is now a huge motivator to switch in my opinion.