One Smart Baby

OK so everyone that meets my son has told me what an alert little guy I have. "He is so smart" most of them will say. I don't know if they say that to all mothers but I think it is very true. So, we have been working on keeping Timmie out of the kitchen so that he won't get into the dog bowl. Everytime he makes it into the kitchen he makes a bee line straight to the her food bowl. So, I've decided to be cheap and try to set up a barrier to keep him out without buying a safety gate. My first attempt was with two chairs placed side by side. He tolerated those chairs for about 3 days then sudenly he found out he could go under them by putting his head down and scooting forward at the same time past the cross bars. He often bumped his head and would let out a little whine but I let him do it so he knew he could be successful, because he had figured it out. My next attempt was with two more chairs with lower cross bars I thought this will be good because he can't keep his head down that low and scoot through. So three more days passed and vuala he was through again. This time, he went over the cross bars. There was a little less whining with this one because there was more room overhead but it must have been a little uncomfortable at his mid-section because he had to throw his hips over the bar which I think is a little difficult, at least it looks that way.

My third attempt was today. I put two boxes side by side and wedged them in tightly between the wall and the couch. By the end of today he figured out how to push through it. I think I need to go get the book about you can't go over it, you can't go under it, got to through it. It might become one of his favorite book for a while. I also need to stop being cheap and go get one of those security gates. I just worry that it will be no good with this smart and strong little guy.