[AndiNW]

I feel so stupid! I was reading with DD after school today and Wyatt was puttering around the main floor. I usually just let him explore, it's pretty baby-proofed. I could still here him, but granted it was quieter, so I figured he was behind the island in the kitchen or playing with the water cooler (his new favourite thing). So when we finished the book, I went to see what kind of mischief he was getting into. He was outside! I forgot that I had opened the patio door and just closed the screen door. He opened it and went outside onto the deck. No wonder I couldn't hear him too well.

So the next time you hear about young children wandering the streets at 2 am, it could very well be mine!

LOL!!! Glad he's ok. Before Caleb was born his room was our office. I was sitting at the computer...I looked up out the window just in time to see a little girl run across the front yard. Somehow Grace (who I thought was taking a nap) managed to get out of her gated room...pass the room I was in...unlock the front door and get outside. LOL

[shockandawe]

What a little rip. LOL...I'm glad he's ok, and he didn't discover the stairs on the deck. Must have given his poor mommy a real thrill!

Maggie's headed for the door a few times when DH is out back grilling. We have a patio, so there's immediately a step down from the door way and a step down again to the patio stones. I just know I'm gonna get caught one day and she's going to be tumbling head first.

[TarrahLovesHuLo]

OMG Andi and Heather! Both of those stories would scare the crap outta me!!! Actually, they did! lol. Clever little bums. They make great stories b/c everything turned out ok.

We too have a few cement steps down to our patio stones, and that would be a terribly damaging fall! My stomach turns just thinking about it.

[AndiNW]

Luckily the door is level with the deck and there are two steps down to a patio. Fortunately he stayed on the deck. He's also getting pretty good at turning around to go down steps backwards.

But yeah, I was in complete shock to see my little guy outside by himself. He keeps me on my toes!

[mommytokem]

Oh wow how scary. Noah figured out how to slide open our screen door today too and I caught him just in time so he didn't fall out.

[GinaOfAllTrades]

Wow scary. My 4 y/o has done that before. We had to put a chain lock on the back door and those kiddie knobs on the other doors because he kept going outside.

So glad he is ok.

We have a special lock on our front screen door that neither girl can reach. Kaitlyn used to open the back door when she was 2-3 but we have a fenced in (Privacy fence) with a locked gate. I do not allow her to go out with out me and she has learned that as she got older that she has to have a parent outside.

[starrsgirl]

Super scary!

Ok...here is mine (forgot if I shared...happened a few months ago). One time when we had people over for dinner, there were literally 4 adults standing in the kitchen. The sliding door is right next to the kitchen. All of a sudden, someone yells..."Emmett's outside!". He had climbed out the dog door that was in the sliding door!!!!!! (The dog door is for a big dog so it's even off the ground...like you have to get over this big lip of glass that is about a foot high. And the door on it is fairly heavy.) Here's the really bad part...our porch is 1 story high off of our yard!!! He was just cruising along the other side of the glass!! I totally freaked out and we haven't had a dog door since.

[Mom-Mom]

We had to put a sliding lock at the top of our front door at our old place. Samantha was playing and i was doing dishes & heard the front door close. She was standing right outside! It freaked me out bc she could maybe do that at night & be lost.

[Jule'sMomInOR]

Wow, that would have freaked me out! I'm glad he's ok.