Would somebody please critique my idea?
I have a preschooler. She has twin siblings, 18 months old. I'm sure it's a perennial problem for kids-- every single time DD gets absorbed in playing with something, there's her pesky little sibling getting into it and ruining it for her. Only she has two of them! She's going nuts, and I'm going nuts negotiating the constant fights. She has private space in her bedroom, but she wants to play where I am, and I have to be with the babies.
A gate won't work. We have a great room, that's divided into a living room area, a dining room area, and a playroom area, but it's all one giant room. So I had the idea that I'd get one of those play yard enclosures, only not for the babies (they'd never tolerate it; they'd SCREAM if I shut them in a baby playpen) but for DD. She's old enough to understand, and to appreciate the private space. I would put her little desk in there and she could choose toys to play with in there. She'd be right there with us, only the babies couldn't mess up her games. The babies would holler about not being allowed in, but they'd get over it, and I think DD would appreciate the special privilege of being the only one who could go in.
What I'd really like to find would be one that has a gate that opens and closes, so that she can go in and out on her own. She can operate the gate I have on the stairs on her own. Does anyone know of one?
Anyway, do you think this could work? Am I crazy to think this is the solution to our troubles?
I have a preschooler. She has twin siblings, 18 months old. I'm sure it's a perennial problem for kids-- every single time DD gets absorbed in playing with something, there's her pesky little sibling getting into it and ruining it for her. Only she has two of them! She's going nuts, and I'm going nuts negotiating the constant fights. She has private space in her bedroom, but she wants to play where I am, and I have to be with the babies.
A gate won't work. We have a great room, that's divided into a living room area, a dining room area, and a playroom area, but it's all one giant room. So I had the idea that I'd get one of those play yard enclosures, only not for the babies (they'd never tolerate it; they'd SCREAM if I shut them in a baby playpen) but for DD. She's old enough to understand, and to appreciate the private space. I would put her little desk in there and she could choose toys to play with in there. She'd be right there with us, only the babies couldn't mess up her games. The babies would holler about not being allowed in, but they'd get over it, and I think DD would appreciate the special privilege of being the only one who could go in.
What I'd really like to find would be one that has a gate that opens and closes, so that she can go in and out on her own. She can operate the gate I have on the stairs on her own. Does anyone know of one?
Anyway, do you think this could work? Am I crazy to think this is the solution to our troubles?
