http://www.queenanneview.com/2009/08/22/3-year-old-found-wandering-alone-late-last-night/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:05:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.queenanneview.com/2009/08/22/3-year-old-found-wandering-alone-late-last-night/comment-page-1/#comment-611866 T. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:35:53 +0000 http://www.queenanneview.com/?p=1099#comment-611866 I guess it makes you wonder how many of our missing children wound up missing in just that way. How many 2 or 3 year old kids figured out how to open the window, or sneak out the front door in the middle of the night, wandered out into the darkness never to be seen again?<br>I have three kids, and I'll be the first to admit that at age 2, 3, even into 4 years old they were always tinkering with the windows, with the doors, with the cabinets, stoves...whatever they could, to open them. Whatever childproofing I did, they'd figure it out, because that's what we do. We tinker, and we figure out how things work until we get it. <br>I have to watch my kids every second of every day...not to say that they're hellions, or I'm overbearing. I don't sit over them like a gargoyle perched on ledge, but I check in on them every few minutes...not hours. I'd never go an hour without peeking in on my kids. Even when they're sleeping!<br>I'd never screw the windows shut, or bolt the doors...fire is just as dangerous as going missing, and I don't want to lose my kids to either. So, I watch them, and I make sure that they're aware of the dangers of wandering, and of being taken. <br>For whatever it's worth, I don't think the grandparents are at fault. I think they learned a valuable lesson, and thank God that baby was found safe and sound. I guess it makes you wonder how many of our missing children wound up missing in just that way. How many 2 or 3 year old kids figured out how to open the window, or sneak out the front door in the middle of the night, wandered out into the darkness never to be seen again?
I have three kids, and I'll be the first to admit that at age 2, 3, even into 4 years old they were always tinkering with the windows, with the doors, with the cabinets, stoves…whatever they could, to open them. Whatever childproofing I did, they'd figure it out, because that's what we do. We tinker, and we figure out how things work until we get it.
I have to watch my kids every second of every day…not to say that they're hellions, or I'm overbearing. I don't sit over them like a gargoyle perched on ledge, but I check in on them every few minutes…not hours. I'd never go an hour without peeking in on my kids. Even when they're sleeping!
I'd never screw the windows shut, or bolt the doors…fire is just as dangerous as going missing, and I don't want to lose my kids to either. So, I watch them, and I make sure that they're aware of the dangers of wandering, and of being taken.
For whatever it's worth, I don't think the grandparents are at fault. I think they learned a valuable lesson, and thank God that baby was found safe and sound.

]]> http://www.queenanneview.com/2009/08/22/3-year-old-found-wandering-alone-late-last-night/comment-page-1/#comment-540587 T. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:35:53 +0000 http://www.queenanneview.com/?p=1099#comment-540587 I guess it makes you wonder how many of our missing children wound up missing in just that way. How many 2 or 3 year old kids figured out how to open the window, or sneak out the front door in the middle of the night, wandered out into the darkness never to be seen again?<br>I have three kids, and I'll be the first to admit that at age 2, 3, even into 4 years old they were always tinkering with the windows, with the doors, with the cabinets, stoves...whatever they could, to open them. Whatever childproofing I did, they'd figure it out, because that's what we do. We tinker, and we figure out how things work until we get it. <br>I have to watch my kids every second of every day...not to say that they're hellions, or I'm overbearing. I don't sit over them like a gargoyle perched on ledge, but I check in on them every few minutes...not hours. I'd never go an hour without peeking in on my kids. Even when they're sleeping!<br>I'd never screw the windows shut, or bolt the doors...fire is just as dangerous as going missing, and I don't want to lose my kids to either. So, I watch them, and I make sure that they're aware of the dangers of wandering, and of being taken. <br>For whatever it's worth, I don't think the grandparents are at fault. I think they learned a valuable lesson, and thank God that baby was found safe and sound. I guess it makes you wonder how many of our missing children wound up missing in just that way. How many 2 or 3 year old kids figured out how to open the window, or sneak out the front door in the middle of the night, wandered out into the darkness never to be seen again?
I have three kids, and I'll be the first to admit that at age 2, 3, even into 4 years old they were always tinkering with the windows, with the doors, with the cabinets, stoves…whatever they could, to open them. Whatever childproofing I did, they'd figure it out, because that's what we do. We tinker, and we figure out how things work until we get it.
I have to watch my kids every second of every day…not to say that they're hellions, or I'm overbearing. I don't sit over them like a gargoyle perched on ledge, but I check in on them every few minutes…not hours. I'd never go an hour without peeking in on my kids. Even when they're sleeping!
I'd never screw the windows shut, or bolt the doors…fire is just as dangerous as going missing, and I don't want to lose my kids to either. So, I watch them, and I make sure that they're aware of the dangers of wandering, and of being taken.
For whatever it's worth, I don't think the grandparents are at fault. I think they learned a valuable lesson, and thank God that baby was found safe and sound.

]]> http://www.queenanneview.com/2009/08/22/3-year-old-found-wandering-alone-late-last-night/comment-page-1/#comment-510579 queenofballard Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:48:09 +0000 http://www.queenanneview.com/?p=1099#comment-510579 There should be a lawsuit against the window maker that created a window that could be opened by a 3-yr old to crawl out of! Maybe windows should be banned altogether? There should be a general outrage among citizens and parents against faulty, unsecure windows and the manufacturers. This is egregious. <br>Oh wait, I guess people should just be responsible for their children? There should be a lawsuit against the window maker that created a window that could be opened by a 3-yr old to crawl out of! Maybe windows should be banned altogether? There should be a general outrage among citizens and parents against faulty, unsecure windows and the manufacturers. This is egregious.
Oh wait, I guess people should just be responsible for their children?

]]> http://www.queenanneview.com/2009/08/22/3-year-old-found-wandering-alone-late-last-night/comment-page-1/#comment-509622 a_marie Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:15:38 +0000 http://www.queenanneview.com/?p=1099#comment-509622 Well, it has happened. Thank God the baby is okay!<br>Even though kids this age will wander... It's scary that this little one left after bedtime. Rambunctious indeed! But safe and sound again. Well, it has happened. Thank God the baby is okay!
Even though kids this age will wander… It's scary that this little one left after bedtime. Rambunctious indeed! But safe and sound again.

]]> http://www.queenanneview.com/2009/08/22/3-year-old-found-wandering-alone-late-last-night/comment-page-1/#comment-509118 magnoliashopper Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:33:38 +0000 http://www.queenanneview.com/?p=1099#comment-509118 Bet that's the last sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's house! Bet that's the last sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's house!

]]> http://www.queenanneview.com/2009/08/22/3-year-old-found-wandering-alone-late-last-night/comment-page-1/#comment-508909 skibum1175 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:42:36 +0000 http://www.queenanneview.com/?p=1099#comment-508909 d'oh! d'oh!

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