https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:13:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-legos-and-babies#post-2693947 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:30:15 +0000 bhbee 2693947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it's rough. mine are 3 years apart and we tried to put off small legos for a while. I guess I gave in last summer when he was 1.5 and she was 4.5. she doesn't like him destroying things so that helped - she pretty much does small legos during his nap with me so I can control it. I also make her do it at the kitchen table, and we keep larger plastic tupperware to put the pieces, books and finished products in. that way it's fast to clean up when he wakes up and I put those in her room which is behind a gate.</p> <p>actually if you can gate off the oldest one's room that's the biggest help. I can let her keep a lot of stuff in there that he can't touch or she wouldn't want him to. the way our house is set up the gate also protects the master bedroom and the front door (it's a ranch).</p> <p>the most recent thing he put in his mouth was a shopkin so it's always something! those are even worse because they look like candy - I think that's why he tried it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-legos-and-babies#post-2693923 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:20:46 +0000 Boogs 2693923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a lego table in one space that only the older kid can play and we keep the youngest away from the space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-legos-and-babies#post-2693463 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 04:16:36 +0000 misolee 2693463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree. It's impossible. and why do girls Lego sets have such small pieces? At one point, I even asked my pediatrician what would happen if baby swallowed Lego..hypothetically of course :silly: </p> <p>Some things we did to help limit the Lego eating...<br /> My husband took our old IKEA changing table, cut down the legs, and made a Lego table. It's tall so my soon 5 year old stands and plays with it. It has wheels so she pulls it in and out of playroom. Baby can't reach much. </p> <p>And also, my older one knows to be on the lookout for "small things" that can get in her brothers mouth. She does a pretty good job of helping </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-legos-and-babies#post-2693329 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:09:38 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2693329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Someone else posted about using a big cookie sheet that could slide under a bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-legos-and-babies#post-2693326 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:00:01 +0000 bookwormmama 2693326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about trying one of those mats that turn into bags? Like this: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/120835738/lego-bag-playmat-in-one-by-toyzbag?" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/120835738/lego-bag-playmat-in-one-by-toyzbag?</a></p> <p>I only have one LO right now (and he's only using Duplos), so I can't say it works, but maybe it would help him keep things in one space and help him see when pieces are straying from the area? Also, easy clean up when he's done playing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-legos-and-babies#post-2693284 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:57:22 +0000 ShootingStar 2693284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't gotten there yet, but friends of ours have a playroom in the basement with the little legos. The baby isn't allowed down there, just the three year old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-legos-and-babies#post-2693278 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:43:21 +0000 PinkElephant 2693278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Besides the suggestions you've already gotten, you can start now on being very firm about picking up his small toys. Remind him to pick up the lego pieces as soon as he's moving on to play something else, or if he's leaving the room. If it doesn't happen, take the pieces you have to pick up for him away for awhile.</p> <p>I'm trying this now with my older DDs in hopes that their toys disappearing will be motivation for them to keep cleaned up when baby sis starts crawling. I don't expect them to REALLY understand that the parts could hurt her, but having things taken away if they don't pick them up resonates. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-legos-and-babies#post-2693227 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 17:26:24 +0000 LindsayLou 2693227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My stepson was 10 when my daughter was born, so in theory, old enough to be responsible with keeping his legos out of baby's reach. In reality, it was a struggle. We had to institute a no legos outside of the bedroom rule. Every single time he had them out of the bedroom, even though he was supposed to keep them at the kitchen table, I'd find some on the floor. We've gotten more lax about it now that our daughter is out of the eat everything stage. We started teaching him to be more aware of leaving legos out as soon as baby was born. That way once she was mobile, it had sunk in a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-legos-and-babies#post-2693219 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 17:02:15 +0000 kiddosc 2693219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a playroom and it's roughly set up so that all of his toys that are not baby safe are on one side of the room. That gives us some separation so that if the baby is heading to that side of the room we can catch her before she gets there. But she's only crawling now, so we'll see how that changes as she gets faster. </p> <p>We also employ baby jail. We can put A in the baby jail if we need to step out of the room, or we've also used it specifically to block off the lego area. We just converted our never used train table into a lego table and all the legos have to stay on the table. </p> <p>Baby jail: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Surround-6-Panel-PlaySafe/dp/B000G1YW98/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=baby-products&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1486504684&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=playsafe%2Bplayard&#038;th=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Surround-6-Panel-PlaySafe/dp/B000G1YW98/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=baby-products&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1486504684&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=playsafe%2Bplayard&#038;th=1</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-legos-and-babies#post-2693215 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:52:51 +0000 Foodnerd81 2693215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um, it's impossible. Lucky for us, I guess, my older one was just starting to reach the age where I would let her have small pieces like that when I got pregnant, so wehave just avoided them entirely for now. But there are still plenty of small pieces I want to keep away from the baby. One thing that really helped for a while is a baby jail (plastic gated corral area). Big enough for baby to move around in but keeps her completely safe from small toys. And maybe start a rule now that tiny toys can only stay in his room? </p> <p>Sometimes my big one asks to play in the baby jail because then she can build towers or do puzzles without the baby getting at them. 😆 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/small-legos-and-babies#post-2693208 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:42:57 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2693208@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is nearly five and obsessed with Legos. He plays all day, every day pretty much. I think Legos are the best so I love that he has so much independent play with them.... but as we're approaching arrival of baby #2 I've started to think of the logistics. Right now, we keep them in the IKEA trofast storage units in his bedroom, but he occasionally plays legos out in the livingroom or elsewhere and I constantly find random pieces.</p> <p>If you had an older kid and baby, how did you deal with baby proofing in regards to big kid toys? I don't want to have to restrict his play,but I also don't want to restrict baby as the baby becomes mobile. </p>