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How do I get my toddler to stay out of my personal belongings?

I can't seem to get my toddler to stay out of my hair and make-up drawers.

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1. Put them up where the toddler cant get them. It is natural for children to want to touch things that arent toys.

2. Under the age of about 3-4 toddlers have almost no impulse control so it is up to you to keep them safe AND preventing them from misbehaving. Child locks are pretty cheap.

3. Put them away in your bedroom and don't allow your child in your bedroom.

4. put locks on the drawers, just like the ones they recommend for kitchen drawers. also, have you thought about getting your toddler a special drawer with hair/pretend make-up stuff just for him/her?

5. Put Child Safety Locks on your drawers... that's what they are made for...

6. they have drawer locks that are cheap and really easy to install. I don't have those, I just firmly say no, swat his hand the second time he does it and then swat his bottom if he does it again. Of course he forgets or it is just too tempting. This is how they learn boundaries and such. I was never big on baby proofing, I am more into them learning discipline.

7. put them up duhhhhh

8. The Meddling Drawer

When I was a very small child, I was visiting an older neighbor one day and I told her I wanted to meddle but my Mom would not let me "meddle" in her chests-of-drawers. The wise neighbor told me we would fix a special "meddling drawer" just for me, at her house, it was the bottom drawer in one of her chest-of-drawers. She put a lot of things in the drawer that were safe and I could meddle with; interesting things, educational things and some small toys. She would change the contents of the drawer from time to time by adding or removing and object. I could feel free to open the drawer and play with anything inside the drawer but I knew the rest of the drawers were off limits to me.

It was a wonderful thing for a child to have their own "meddling drawer".

When my son was small, my Mother made him his own meddling drawer.

We have never had any more problems with toddlers in drawers in our family since we invented the "meddling drawer".

9. Teach your child the " first offence..consequence rule"..if it`s too late for that ..stand up and be the adult. You set the rules and there are repercussions when the rules get broken. You have the ability to raise whatever kind of child you want.. Raise one to be respectful of others.

10. You'll have to get those child proof things. There's no sense in giving her trouble for it..she's exploring and wants to do what mommy does. My daughter is the same way. When I'm doing my hair and stuff, I let her play with hairbrushes and pony holders and things..not so much with the make up though.

11. You can purchase toddler proof items such as these, make them their very own tote, tell them this one is for you , and this one is Mommies, play makeup together and teach them to get them out, play, and put away. Dress up time is a great bonding tool, they will learn quickly what is theirs and what is not. Give it try.

12. A) keep a better eye on him
B) baby proof the drawers and cabinets
C) smack his hand EVERY time he does it.

13. And you won't. Those things are facinating to a toddler and you are using them so the child wants to use them too. You can keep explaining that those things belong to you and the child must not touch with out permission but this is more of a learning experience than a rule the child is going to follow. They do not understand ownership or the fact that some things are off limits. You wont' have much luck right now but keep at it and your child will learn and soon you won't have so much of a problem. As Mom you had better get used to them getting into your stuff, 'cause that's what kids do.

14. Not to sound offensive, but simply teach the child what the word NO means. I have a 4 year old and a 1 year old and we don't use child safety locks or gates or anything. My children both know what they can and can't get into, and when they start going for something I remind them by giving them a firm NO and they back away..Kids catch on pretty quickly, they are smarter than we give them credit for.

15. My daughter (16 months) LOVES to go through our stuff - she especially has a fascination with Daddy's nightstand, where he keeps a lot of papers and business cards he needs :) The best you can do is to lock the drawers/cabinets and/or put stuff up high in a place the little one cannot reach :) Or you could spend all day cleaning up the mess :)

16. Get drawer locks for your belongings. You can pick them up at Lowe's, Walmart, Target, Dollar stores.....anywhere!
Try child proofing your home all over. This will help to keep him/her out of things.
They also have locks to put on the fridge to keep them from getting into it.
Good luck! =)