HELP! I Have a Houdini!

[MarinaVanessa]

chicken - no joke - i have a picture of my daughter duct taped to her potty. my husband did it and it was hilarious. she was smiling...but i was like OMG i'd probably go to jail if anyone saw this picture!

i'd make her sit on the potty while she watched cartoons and she'd always get UP to go hide and pee or poop - and then go back and sit on the potty!

Ha ha too funny! You know we could all get very inventive but some things would deffinetely get us into a lot of trouble. My hunny is also a red-head and gives me grief over EVERYTHING! His mom says he was an absolute terror as a child. I'm expexcting and sort of keeping my fingers crossed that it isn't a redhead. If it is I'm prepared to make a velcro suit for it and wallpaper an entire wall with velcro. According to his mother this is the only way to keep red-headed children from misbehaving.

[professionalmom]

Ha ha too funny! You know we could all get very inventive but some things would deffinetely get us into a lot of trouble. My hunny is also a red-head and gives me grief over EVERYTHING! His mom says he was an absolute terror as a child. I'm expexcting and sort of keeping my fingers crossed that it isn't a redhead. If it is I'm prepared to make a velcro suit for it and wallpaper an entire wall with velcro. According to his mother this is the only way to keep red-headed children from misbehaving.

I'm the red-headed mama with the red-headed houdini. I think we often get a bad reputation for the wrong reason. Are we a handful? Sure. But I think it's because we are always looking at things from different perspectives. I have often been described as "thinking outside the box" and I see that in my daughter. She seems to be able to figure things out that children much older (1-2 years older) can't figure out. I'm not saying she's smarter - just that she thinks differently. And that can be a great trait as an adult - unique problem-solvers, inventors, etc. As children, some seem to get into more trouble because they are very creative at figuring out new ways things to do. So they are exploring these "new ideas" not exactly misbehaving. Then again, some (red-headed or not) are just little tornadoes, no matter what!

FYI - thanks for all the advice, everyone! She has not had one problem since. But it is just a matter of time until she figures out how to solve this "new" twist on the old diaper contraption.