Hmmmm, Draik n Tracy, Reanne behaves the same too - playing with switches, open/close bottle cap or containers lids n doing all the wrong things. I muz admit at times, it juz drives me crazy when R tries to push her limits.
I also snapped earlier on when she kept snatching my stickers booklets when I was giving her them as rewards. She then started throwing tantrums when I took it away from her. Somemore, showing me this teeth-clenching expression and trying to bit one of the balls. But when she saw no signs of me giving in, she simply ran and hug onto her daddy for shelter.
After L's and my explanations to her, I gave her a 2nd chance when she kept pointing the stickers booklet again. But this time round, she actually tore a page while trying to snatch it from me. Grrrr, I told her that since she was behaving rowdy, I wld not continue anything with her and left the room. Then she quickly followed me and insisted me to nurse her now which I tink she knew that I was really mad at her.
Draik, playing with switches was a past hobby of R but a strict no no for L. Her hand always got slapped by L whenever he sees her doing that. Luckily, somehow R got over this hobby liao. No more playing with swithes.
Playing with Ru Yee Oil bottle n Snuffles/ Zambuk bottles is oso 1 of her favorite pastimes. But I will limit Ru Yee Oil to her cot when I am getting her dressed after her bath. And she usually return it to me when I asks from her. She only enjoys replacing the cover of containers to lock it and demands me to open for her everytime when she put on the cover.
And she oso enjoys exploring my laptop which is one of her forbidden hobby as well.
Sometimes, I feel that this is juz a passing phrase when they are extremely curious of their surroundings. Haha, mayb R juz wanna find out what's so interesting abt the laptop/ PC that mommy keeps playing with it all the time. Not sure if some mommies may feel that I am being irresponsible by allowing her to explore with some dangerous items e.g glass bottles or laptop etc. But my point is that if we keep preventing them from exploring around, I am afraid that this may kills off her curiosity eventually. And she wld no longer be interested to find out more. Also, the other worry is that she may attempt to explore those forbidden toys when I am bz in the kitchen or not paying attention to her. That's worse even more dangerous from my point of view. Does this sound like lame excuses from a lazy mommy seeking an easy way out?