Seriously Scary!

I have said before, Wendy is a clever child. I have had to keep my oven turned off at the mains since she has become mobile. For some ridiculous and mad reason, oven manufacturers insist on putting control knobs on the front of the oven, within easy reach of children. She set a timer on my oven - a function I didn't even know it had.


She is very observant and she realised that when you worked with hot things in the kitchen, you needed oven gloves. We hardly ever cook with her around as it is nerve-wrecking. We haven't done it, come to think of it, since before she was walking. Yet she remembered. I am putting these photos up as a Cautionary Tale to other people who have young children who either live with them or visit them.
She is kept out of her kitchen at home by a special Baby Gate. There is nothing for it - I have to get one for my kitchen, and very soon. These pictures should scream "BIG RISK!!!" to you.


She was annoyed when removed from the kitchen, but it really has to be out of bounds for safety sake. She is a strong willed and determined child though and she gives piercing shrieks when she can't get her own way. She can't be allowed to think that screaming is an effective tool for getting her own way though, so we do what has to be done and remove her from danger, ignoring her screams. She gets over it soon enough though.