What's a Mom to do?

You will have to bear with me...My toddlers are slowly driving me insane. How you ask? Every time I turn my back, they find a way to get into everything. No matter where I put it, my gym bag, my backpack, my purse, my makeup bag, they are all over it. Before you give me a lecture on setting things where they can't reach them..let me tell you why that space doesn't exist in my house any more.
They have figured out how to move furniture around to reach what ever would previously have been out of toddler reach:P There is no rhyme or reason to the rooting, they just pull out everything and throw it all over the house. Currently, I can not find my house keys. This. Drives. Me. CRAZY!

Me: Miss Peach, did you take Mommy's keys?

Miss Peach: Yes Mommy I did.

Me: Where did you put Mommy's keys?

Miss Peach: I don't know.

I have had this conversation countless times today. I have turned my house upside down looking for my keys...I can't find them and it is turning me into a nutter:O I want my keys back. Miss Peach, where are Mommy's keys!!!

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  1. My child is not even toddling yet and she loves to play scavenger hunt. Except she doesn't give me any clues as to where to find things she has hidden. Luckily, there are still some surfaces she still cannot reach. I am thinking we are going to have to store car keys, cell phones, and remote controls in the attic soon though.

    Have you thought about getting one of those infomercialesque remote key chain alarm thingies?

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  2. Like this http://www.amazon.com/Smart-Find-Remote-Control-Locator/dp/B0000X0YTO/ref=tag_tdp_sv_edpp_t

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  3. Your keys are in the trash. If you've already disposed of the trash, go make new copies.

    I've been looking for my keys for 2 months.

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  4. My 4yo decided to HANG on the curtains today. Joy.

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  5. I seriously think that the only place out of reach is the ceiling fan blades. But, then, I'm not sure about that either. Mine isn't even 2 yet, and he's figured out how to open doors WITH the child-proofers installed. Today, I caught him pouring out all of my SALT onto my COUCH. I put it up higher and gave him the whole no-no speech. 10 minutes later, same story. What's a mom to do??

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  6. When that happened to me, I found them in the Little Tikes kitchen thing. I believe they were in the pan in the oven...you might want to check there.

    Sometimes I found them in the Barbie cars. Apparently, they start those too.

    Best advice, think like a toddle trying to be you :-)

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  7. I am so sorry but this made me laugh. Mark did that for weeks to us when he was about two.
    I hope this helps. Look in places little people go but big people don't. Under the fridge or in his toys were always Mark's favorite places. They are little stinkers.

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  8. ohcaptain has the right idea. I once, after an exhaustive search, found my purse with keys attached in the play kitchen stove. At least it wasn't the real stove. My kids like to put things in little purses and bags that zip up. You can find lots of stuff in there. I just found my crisco packages in one such bag.

    As far as keys go, though, my husband is much worse than the kids. He once left them on top of my vehicle. He's 6'2" I'm 5'4". I had to 'think' like him.

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  9. Sounds like an ordinary day in my house and I just have one toddler so can't imagine what you're going through!

    Mine has just had the vacuum out on the lanai? What? How? I dunno. Eeeeeh!

    Loved that you used the term "nutter" there! Have u lots of Brit friends cos that is a very British phrase?

    PS I usually find my keys in his cosy coupe.

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  10. I have no words of advice but can tell you I am right there with you. Keys in this house have no chance. I am actually tempted to rent a metal detector for the backyard.

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  11. Judith's Slacker Mom Trick #234: ALWAYS make keys in triplicate and keep one set in permanent hiding... like buried in the backyard. :)

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  12. Been there way more times that I want to remember. I really wish I understood the thinking that goes into stealing things then hiding them where no one can find them. URGH!

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  13. Wow, I am surprised you don't don't have comments about watching your kids better, lol. Seriously. I have commentors do that. I bought a warranty/cleaning service for my couches and when one of my kids wrote on my couch with a marker, I called them. Someone commented on how that wasn't right to call in a warranty because I wasn't watching my kids. Umm, that is how they SOLD the warranty to me, so that if my kids "write on your couch with markers you can get it cleaned!"
    Some people are truly crazy.

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  14. I am RIGHT THERE with you. My first kid? An ANGEL compared to this second. I mean, he's not naughty, exactly, just...spirited. *Nothing* is off limits in our house, no matter what we do. The kid climbs over gates and onto chairs pushed into the dining room table and somehow gets into stuff ON the table. He makes me nuts! But I love him...at least the other day it was my cell phone tucked between the older boy's mattress and the side of his bed. I could call it and find it!

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  15. oooooohhh!!!! Lil stinker. Corinne came to us yesterday and said the cat wasn't breathing. Um, the cat was fine, but it sure scared the pants off of me! What kid THINKS of those things?!?

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  16. LOL! I understand your pain. Aaron has just reached the height where he can see on top of tables. And, his little arms are getting longer too...

    And, for those he can't reach, its "This one, this one, this one" the whole day long :)

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  17. My kid has a slight obsession with my purse as well! WHY???
    I hat when he goes in there. I hope you find your keys soon!

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  18. OH NO!! My Ell did the same thing with her daddy's keys- and he had to go and get them duplicated. Then she found them and returend them to her dad.

    sheeeeesh.

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  19. I can totally relate to the feeling of there is no place they can't get to... good luck on your hunt

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  20. Gosh I can't imagine were my keys went? no peace no peace. I tell ya it the time alone thing for me, no rest can't even go to the toilet alone...

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  21. At least she's honest about it... :-)

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  22. oh, i am laughing with you, not at you! i so feel your pain...my toddlers move furniture and climb too! It is amazing how much they can get into in the few seconds it takes me to just go pee!

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  23. I feel your pain I remember those days, at least I can say it does get better but that doesn't help you find your keys now.

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  24. My six year old climbs countertops just to reach things that are in the upper cabinets. She makes me crazy! Losing keys...that drives me nuts, I misplace mine constantly.

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  25. Oh no! I hate it when they move the furniture! My kiddo put mine in the trash. Another time, they were right beside the door on the floor. She tried to use the keys to unlock the door from the inside.

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  26. Does she have a toy shopping cart? My keys disappeared for days last year and Miss a had stashed them with the plastic food in her cart! (I'm sure it made complete and total sense in Toddler World.)

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  27. I can relate. It's the remote in my house. lol.

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  28. see, in my house, I just lose them myself.

    or put them in the draw with the 7 year old coupon. ;)

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  29. Oh you poor thing.

    I can so relate some days. Glad you finally found your keys. I found mine in the old baby seat one day.

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