We've had our Christmas tree up for a few weeks now, and slowly it has become "toddler proofed".Lily did a great job helping to decorate it and for the most part has left it alone. When she was younger, we never had a problem with her bothering the tree. On her first Christmas, she had just started to crawl and pull up, so she really wasn't mobile enough to get to the ornaments. Last year, she was so wrapped up with her new little brother that she didn't pay much attention to the tree.
Bear, on the other hand, is a completely different story. He has decided the tree is his new toy and we can't keep him away from it. Every afternoon when we get home, he makes a beeline for the tree. He sits and looks up at it for a while and then begins grabbing for ornaments. First, it was just the stuffed animal ornaments that I purposely placed along the bottom of the tree. Then, it was the "non-fragile" ornaments that were a bit above the stuffed toys. It wasn't long before the balls and garland were being tugged at. We've tried the stern "No Bear", hand poppings, and removing him from the tree area - nothing is working. He doesn't seem fazed by any of it and goes right back the tree.
So now are tree looks quite sad - all of our ornaments are bunched together at the top, and the bottomw looks neglected. The garland is falling down and the branches are no longer neatly spaced apart. Maybe there's hope next year!
The top of the tree
The bottom of our tree
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