Button Boy II

Jackson has discovered buttons--the buttons on the CD player, the buttons on the DVR, and the buttons on the DVD player. Unlike his older brother who was allowed free reign with the CD player buttons and knob, Jackson is watched like a hawk and yanked (pulled, wrestled) away if he gets within six inches of the CD player. He isn't ever going to have the kind of fun his older brother did--unless he comes and visits without his older brother, the CD player guard. I don't like our CD player and I'm hoping it will meet an untimely death, so that's why I'm not guarding it. Bentley, on the other hand, likes the CD player and he's not going let his brother Jackson ruin (or share) his fun.

The DVR and DVD player are another matter entirely. I'd like to keep them off limits from Jackson. They are on shelves above the babies' normal line of sight and so had not attracted much attention until recently. However, now Jackson has discovered the DVR machine, and we have to jump up and pull him away whenever he reaches for it. I'm not sure what will happen to the DVR if he starts pushing random buttons. Can he delete all our stored tv shows? I don't want to find out!

One evening I put a towel over the DVR which means you can't use the remote to operate it, so it's not a very ideal solution to the Jackson problem. The towel was anchored under the DVD player on the next higher shelf, so the DVD player with its glowing off light (how dumb is that, an off light?) attracted Jackson's attention next. It was just out of his reach. He stood on his tippy toes and stretched as high as he could, but he just couldn't reach those buttons.

How many weeks do I have left before he can reach it?! I'm going to have to implement a better solution to protect the DVR and the DVD machines. Maybe I could hire a pint-size guard and pay him with Reese's Peanut Butter cups? Bentley's grandpa Tim introduced him to Reese's at Easter time and he REALLY likes them. Of course, we're trying to convince Bentley to not manhandle the twins, so perhaps he's not the best choice for this assignment.

Here's a photo from last night when Jackson was checking out the X-box. Genevieve is starting to join into the fun, too. She pushed enough buttons that the DVD/CD tray popped out. I'm definitely going to have to find a way to hide those machines from the twins. ASAP