Before we left for JB, DH was advised that it's good to keep a low profile when staying in house. You know la kan.. senang jadi bahan umpatan amongst the staffs. Actually, there is truth behind this accusation... Last time when I was still working in the Hotel, I used to hear all types of story... some are pretty horrible and probably exaggerated..Unfortunately, it's not easy to do this when you have an active 2 year old toddler!
Last nite, Mia was locked-in inside the bedroom! Our bedroom is separated from the living room & kitchen by a connecting door. This happened while I was cleaning up Mia's mess in the living room. She just finished her dinner and was running back and forth between the living room and the bedroom.. The next thing I heard was the connecting door closing and another 'click' sound... I normally put the door stopper on the door but removed it as Mia has got into the habit of climbing the writing table inside the bedroom if she's left unsupervised there.. Well, last nite the connecting door was not closed and this carelessness lead to this incident... (I feel guilty.. guilty... guilty!)
Connecting door
Door stopper
I had to run over to the guest telephone (next to the lift) and called for help. Ran back to the apartment and tried to reassure Mia who's now frantically screaming inside the bedroom! Within minutes, somebody came but he didn't have the key to open the connecting door. He called maintenance and this guy had no choice but to break the lock. The screaming and crying continued.. "Open door! open door! mummy, daddy, open door!". Tried to calm Mia down by asking her to sing the 'ABC'... Then next thing I know, the door opened and the maintenance guy quickly jumped in and hugged Mia.. I guess he probably has a daughter around Mia's age..
The damage!
Kesian DH.. 2mrw, this incident will surely be a topic during the morning briefing! I must admit, monitoring a toddler while you're buzy doing other daily chores is definitely not easy. Just few days ago at a Raya Open house, I witnessed our 3year old nephew almost stuck a KNIFE into his mouth!! All I could do was scream 'STOP NO!'. Luckily, our aunty was nearby enough to take the knife away without anybody getting hurt.. Haiya! I feel like I want to pengsan oledi after witnessing that! So, need to do extra toddler proofing! plus I think I need an extra pair of eyes and hands.. Anybody got extras to spare?
3 comments:
eeeeee..so scary ooo....i think it's time we train our kids how to twist turn the door knobs..as for me..i always emphasize on the door stopper..on every doors in my house....hantamla if ppl say i paranoid...drpd i go and destroy the knob or have one of the kids lock in or out..better take precaution than kena nanti....
you permanently in house guest la nie kan???....syiok also...but kinda boring tu lama lama kan...
it's always scary when a kid locked in by him/herself inside...it happened to me few years ago when I was babysitting my aunt's kid....I was scolded by my late grandmother even it wasn't my fault the kid locked the door by himself from inside and got asleep...
Mia must be terrified and Im sure she's learned something out of that...and thankfully the maintenance guy was quick and I think the maintenance guy was panicked and worried so much when he heard the screaming jg ba....baby teriak lain ba if minta tulung..
where in JB you're staying toi...
Bzbee: Ya, lama2 mmg pandai boring tu. That's y i need to cepat2 find things to do (for both Mia & I).. sy mau cari playschool for Mia juga nie..
Wel: Sy pun pernah terkurung dlm bilik time budak2.. d lock rosak.. telampau main Mcgyver ba.. hahaha
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