We've always been putting the gate up at the top of the stairs at night. I guess it's mostly to prevent the kids from heading downstairs in their sleep some night.
Last week, we could hear the kids out at the top of the stairs working on trying to remove the gate. There's just tension springs on each side, so they're just not strong enough to pull it off. We suddenly heard Connor heading down the stairs (voice getting more and more faint). "gama barba ann" is visiting, so he was going down there to "wake her up". Since the gate doesn't reach down to the carpet, apparently, he slid underneath it and cruised on down.
A few seconds later, we hear Connor coaching Avery, saying "just go under the gate Avey". Avery's response:
I got a big head Connor!
After another few seconds of contemplating what to do, Avery comes out with "...Got a big head going on here!..."
Then, starting to whine, "big head..."
Daddy to the rescue -- I crawled out there to the top of the stairs to show Avery "the trick": turn her head to slide under the gate. Ah-ha. She's now SOOO grateful to Daddy for showing her "the trick".
The next morning, Connor was first to crawl under the gate, then turns to Avery, "How's your big head?". Avery answers: "I know the trick!"
This has now become a daily occurance -- sliding under the gate early in the morning to go wake up grandma. Well, we are at least only lettting them do it now if there's "a 7 on the clock".
