My wife suggested in the week that we have our youngest grandson stay with us Friday night to give our daughter a break. “No problem “ I said, he’s a diamond, love to have him.
So we all get up Saturday morning and while the wife is cooking breakfast I am in the living room playing on the floor with the little fella. Teletubbies are on the TV in the background and all of a sudden the little fella runs into another room then comes back clutching a model of Tinky Winky.
I was impressed that he has connected the fact he had a toy in his bag that matched the TV program and he wanted to show me however before I got the chance to comment he turned, threw it at the TV and promptly shattered the screen causing multiple rainbow lines to streak out in every direction.
After a hasty click & collect I arrived home clutching my new 4K all singing and dancing replacement only to be told by the wife the little darling is going to stay another night.
After setting it up I spent the rest of the evening until he went to bed sitting in front of the TV like an Ice Hockey keeper guarding his net
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Only just replaced my TV thanks to my own little horror of a Son deciding to pull it over and so creating similar rainbow lines on the screen!! - Thanks to this forum I learnt about straps that can screw into the TV Unit / Wall.
Still doesnt stop the little bugger from touching it and getting his dirty paws over it at times - They really need to invent a TV that gives children a harsh electric shock if they go within a centimetre of the unit, even then that might be too close for my liking!!
I called the Mrs over and at first I was put firmly in the frame, it was my headphones, until I showed her that the indentations when consistent with a ball point pen.
Fortunately you have to catch it in the right light to see it. As Grandmas do she said not to worry she'd apply some beeswax and give it a good polish because these things happen! That's not how it would have ended had I not proved my innocence I can assure you 😉.
when my niece started school, she saw the teacher write on the interactive white board, went home and copied the teacher by drawing all over the tv in permanent marker
I’ve absolutely no doubt @eaststandmike appreciates just how lucky he is still having precious time with his grandkids.
We had similar when mine were 18 months. Little sod climbed up the back of the stand, pushed the TV off shattering the screen. We took the following measures, with mixed success.
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That's you and elfsborg last year
My MIL comes over twice a week as part of the ‘under 1 year old bubble’ that ‘survival of the fittest’ asked about above. She can’t physically help due to oesteopharosus (so) but is moral support for my wife at least who has suffered with PND.
I don’t think I expected the fact my parents can’t see our lad would cut me up quite so much at times. Delighted for MIL and love the in-laws to bits but this is their 5th grandchild. It’s my parents first and after all the years it took to happen It really hurts me at certain times that they’ve effectively lost the whole first year that can’t be got back and that’s compounded when you see so many people doing what they want anyway. My parents had to watch their neighbours opposite grandchildren x 3 all turn up Xmas day (the grandparent is a ex nurse too can you believe) whilst they had to miss out on thier grandsons first Christmas.
I know there are plenty of people in similar or much, much worse predicaments, just a bit of a selfish vent I know.
So, I have to say well done, you will never know how things might have turned out......it doesn’t bear thinking about.