https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137438 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 02:58:25 +0000 Cherrybee 2137438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yes!!! E can trash the place in 30 seconds flat. Our house frequently looks as though we've been burgled. </p> <p>A typical scene looks like this: </p> <p>- Walk into the lounge together, first thing in the morning. E immediately pulls all cushions off the sofa and chair and throws them onto the floor. </p> <p>- Demands TV. Throws the remotes into the centre of the room in disgust when I say it's not TV time yet. </p> <p>- Mummy goes into the kitchen to make some toast. E proceeds to:</p> <p>- Empty four medium sized toy baskets out all over the floor and spread them around the room.</p> <p>- Refuse breakfast but make off with a bit of toast which is broken into three crumby pieces and thrown onto the sofa and floor. </p> <p>- Drip milk onto the sofa and then throw milk cup in amongst the toys on the floor. </p> <p>- Take off slippers and socks and distribute evenly in amongst the toys, along with mine and DH's shoes (one pair each live along the side of the sofa) and some of DH's dirty socks that he must have left stuffed somewhere (ugh). </p> <p>- Grab the landline phone receiver, decide it's for mummy who is in the kitchen. Pull the receiver as far as it will go until the curly cord can't take any more and the phone pings off the table and lands in the middle of the room. </p> <p>- Mummy finishes rinsing the breakfast dishes and walks into the lounge - and can't believe her eyes!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137419 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:00:49 +0000 mrskc 2137419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: Haha yes definitely! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137412 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 23:17:47 +0000 birdofafeather 2137412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: I think 5 toddlers really trash the place! :wink: </p> <p>DD makes a mess but I try to at least pick up her room nightly before she goes to bed. We don't keep many toys in the living room for this same reason! I also have the same method as @looch: and everything loose goes into a couple bins. </p> <p>Books and "pretty" toys have spots on the bookshelf. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137409 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 23:15:46 +0000 AprilFool 2137409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't call her The Hurricane for no reason :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137404 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 23:08:35 +0000 ALV91711 2137404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It sure can get messy. But being 2 we started a couple months or so ago that he has to put his toys away before bath time. It can be painful some nights because everything has to have a place. </p> <p>On the weekends I try and get him to put things away as I notice he is done playing with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137399 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 22:58:18 +0000 mrskc 2137399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, he can definitely make a huge mess. We usually make him put away a toy before he can get something else out. My DH is more strict about it than me and I end up cleaning up a bit after he goes down for his nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137372 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 21:56:20 +0000 Caly 2137372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. Our house is an absolute cluster-you-know-what every day. They take out all their toys, throw them around, pull out pots &amp; pans, open up all the cupboards, push out chairs &amp; climb on the table, crumble up their snacks, purposely pour out their drinks to play in it *sigh* It's nonstop. Having two 17 mo olds is messy &amp; exhausting.<br /> Every evening it's cleaned up...then, the little monsters wake up and destroy the house yet again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137335 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 21:06:43 +0000 PinkElephant 2137335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought it was my 2.5 year old but upon closer observation realized it was actually the 11 month old stealthily dumping and rummaging for what she wanted!! The older one dumps toys to play with them (blocks, cars, etc), but the little one does it just for the sake of dumping! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137321 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:58:23 +0000 jedeve 2137321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. It's gotten so much worse now that he really plays with toys instead of just bangs them around. And when I do try to actually clean something, like cleaning the fridge, he is meantime reorganizing the house!</p> <p>My house is covered in a fine layer of baby socks and toy cars most days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137302 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:44:12 +0000 sunshineandsushi 2137302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>YES. I do take the extra time to make them clean up their messes, depending on how they made the mess. I hope (perhaps naively) that it will pay off once they're older. They are 27 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137301 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:43:05 +0000 reyorra 2137301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2 year old daughter does pull things out and usually forgets about them. But when she gets in the right mood, she likes to put things away. One. Piece. At. A. Time. And when putting away duplex or something similar, she makes sure all the pieces are pulled apart before they go in the box. The other day, bed time was 15 minutes late because I can't tell her NOT to clean up... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137298 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:41:40 +0000 Mae 2137298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mines not quite yet 11 mo but I consider her pretty much a toddler... and YES. Every toy that she can reach is on the floor always. Every dvd is pulled down. pretty much anything she can reach is on the floor. We keep certain stuff out of her reach to minimize the fallout and just clean up after bed. It seems like a lot but it takes less than 10 min to put everything away every night and keeps thing from piling up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137296 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:40:41 +0000 looch 2137296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some days are worse than others. What I learned is that I have to enforce cleaning up, otherwise it just gets out of control.</p> <p>The biggest thing I learned to relax about is the organization and how things get put away. Color coded bins just aren't happening, but a big bin with trains, duplex, food will work, so I go with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137294 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:39:11 +0000 Truth Bombs 2137294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Blah, yes. But I just do my best to quarantine her in the play room and then I clean it up every Sunday and don't really care if it's trashed during the week since we don't really go in there except to play. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137292 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:38:16 +0000 twodoghouse 2137292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine are only 11 months and they make such a huge mess. I try to get them to put away three things before naps, but that just means me making a huge deal of throwing things in a basket as fast as I can while they pull everything out again. I'm herding cats over here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137288 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:37:15 +0000 Amelieisme 2137288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. No advice but feel your pain! He messes things up just for fun. He was smearing yogurt on the window a bit ago. He pulls up rugs, blankets, everything! It's super frustrating! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-toddler-trash-your-house#post-2137255 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:04:32 +0000 sorrycharlie 2137255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay, so not trash, but.. Gosh, I am so tired of toys with a million parts. Legos, play food, little people.. </p> <p>My two and a half year old makes quick work of my living room. She seems to like to take every. Single. Toy. Out at once. And they all have something to do with whatever game she is playing and god help me if I mess with it! :P</p> <p>I reorganized during her nap today and hid some things. </p>