Not sure that a xmas tree is a good idea as i am sure Harrison will want to be a tree surgeon!!

Amanda, we've been having exactly the same thoughts. We usually get a huge real one in the room that we spend most of our time in and one in the frontroom that we never we go in. So our thoughts are not to have one in our main room as between ellie and two pussys they're sure to pull it down. Just seems sad that the only tree we have will be in a room were we don't go.

alasdair was okay with ours last year and he was crawling every where. only prob we had was he kept stealing the chocs off it lol!

Caitlin is actually great with ours ! She usually into everything climbing, and pulling at ornaments, glasses etc but is being so good about staying away from tree.
The morning she first saw the tree she went up to it and went to touch it 2-3 times but I told her no dont touch and she hasnt really looked at it since. Im amazed! A few of my friends LO's have been the same. I do have a few Santa/Snowman teddies that im letting her play with..

Anyway 4 days in and no mishaps with tree! Hope i havent spoke too soon

Thomas was walking last Christmas and he didn't bother with the tree at all, wonder if it will be the same this year?

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We have a big pouffe that we will put the tree behind.
Its already there to stop Flick getting to the plugs and she can't climb over it yet

I am a little bit worried about how Libby will be - mainly because she is fascinated by lights!! I 'think' she'll be OK with the decorations because I've been making them throughout the year so she's used to seeing them around.

We'll soon see though! xx

we've had this discussion!

lewis is into EVERYTHING at the moment so we're thinking a little one in the corner of the play room, where they spend 95% of their time, and a proper nice one in the living room

There will be a discussion in our house about not touching the decorations and after that very loud 'no' if little fingers get too close.

(we have the same conversation with the dogs and cats too)

LOL Gill we will have to have a family conflab about it all too 2 kiddies 3 cats OMG what am I doin LOL

we have two staircases one up and one down leading from our lounge so we have that area gated off so the tree will safely go there:)

safe from Tyler anyway not from my two cats who absoilutely love Xmas baubles

I am tempted to put my tree up Xmas Eve and take it down Boxing Day...at the moment Abbie is a little 'monkey' and I wouldn't put it past her to climb the damn thing and try jumping off!!! Who said girls are easier?? LOL

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Well we went tree decoration shopping with my mum on thursday and he wudnt leave the baubles alone but wasent to bad with the actual tree. Il put it up but if he pulls it down it can stay down

We are going to put ours up, but we have it on a table in the corner. last year we put the tree up while paige was still awake so it was such a shock to her. i think she will try n get in the corner n try n get at things but i think after a few tellings off she will be fine xx

I am hoping Aimee will be good too, but she is like Libby and totally obsessed with lights.

I used to have a house rabbit in my old house and came home one day to find it had eaten all of my chocolates off the tree!

No choccies this year!

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i think alfie is gonna be petrified of the xmas tree! hes a right soft shite sometimes x

ava's not a toddler but can move pretty fast, i put mine up yesterday and shes shown no interest as yet, more interested in attacking the surround sound every 5 mins.

Since Lottie has been a baby she has had a thing for taking the baubles off and putting them back on again...in a different place....er hello I spent ages doing that!!

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We will be having our weird tree again this year... the baubles start half way up to avoid curious paws and fingers.

No choccies on our tree since 1996 when OH pinched one off my mum's tree. For 17 years she had put 24 choccies on the tree - one a day each for me and my sister for the 12 days of Christmas. She was a little upset to discover that on Christmas morning there were only 23.

Ha ha ha sorry Gill that last part about the choccies made me laugh.

Oh heres a tip for ya - if your tree is near a radiator dont put choccies on it!!! LOL
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i just gave Caitlin a pat on the bum

She kept pulling off the same bobble (after being so bloody good all week), I ended up smacking her nappy padded bum and she cried . I could have cried too, there's no way it hurt but im annoyed at myself.

Feel guilty now and am tempted to give her the plastic bobble she craves so much but then that makes the smack even more pointless.... bad mum. Im just scared of the tree falling on her.

Reckon I should take it down and out it up again on xmas eve?

Awww she will hopefully get bored soon.

I'm considering sticking our decorations on with superglue! X