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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 391960" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Make sure that, with your medications, you lock EVERYTHING up. Ibuprofen and the like, cough syrup, even vitamins can be an issue.</p><p> </p><p>I gave Onyxx my old electric razor (she killed it) due to her prying apart razors for their blades. I did discover quite by accident that she could not get to the blades on my safety razor - but that's her. Many of our other kids here could.</p><p> </p><p>Any mirrors in her bedroom can be broken for cutting. Unfortunately, so can light bulbs - and you sure don't want her having candles! Frequent searches are good - check ANY UNLOCKED ROOM, not just her bedroom. Onyxx liked to hide stuff in the sofa, in books on the bookshelf, under the edge of the bathroom cabinet...</p><p> </p><p>I lock my purse in the car a lot. Or in my bedroom, which has a heavy duty lock because she picked the old one. Deadbolts are your friends. I carry my keys on a carabiner with me at all times. I still can't trust her.</p><p> </p><p>Household cleaning items such as Windex can be toxic. I use a lot of vinegar-and-water - it'll make her puke, but won't make her high.</p><p> </p><p>Last spring I purchased a dorm-size fridge for my bedroom due to injectable, EXPENSIVE medications (of mine). I locked the syringes in our digital safe. Cigarettes and lighters stay on the person. Jett's allowance or birthday money stays <strong>locked </strong>in our room (before locking it up, she stole it from my vanity - More than $40 in quarters, nickels, dimes and $1 bills).</p><p> </p><p>Utensils, eating or writing: BIG box. Pencils can be a bad thing.</p><p> </p><p>Sewing and craft stuff... Needles got used for piercings. Amazed she didn't get any infections. Scissors - even kids' safety scissors.</p><p> </p><p>At one point we even had to lock up Jett's trading cards because she was stealing them and selling them.</p><p> </p><p>Jewelry, too.</p><p> </p><p>We set up a motion sensor in the hall. Unfortunately, the first night it got set off by lightning reflecting on the wall.</p><p> </p><p>Firearms - trigger locks/bolt locks and a locking ammo case. Keep pieces separate! Such as the bolt in one place, ammo another, the rest somewhere else. Again, vehicles are good for say, the bolt (I work somewhere that the rest or ammo is a federal offense if I carry it here, even in my trunk).</p><p> </p><p>Shoelaces, if you don't want her to have a sheet or curtains. Keep in mind that the comforter <em>can</em> be ripped into strips. Not so easy, but possible.</p><p> </p><p>There is <em>no way on earth</em> you can get everything. Last week we discovered 2 bottles of cough syrup in the fridge that, by some miracle, she hadn't found. Still wondering about that... They'd expired.</p><p> </p><p>Oh, yeah - alcoholic beverages! Nuff said.</p><p> </p><p>We have, besides the mini-fridge and safe, a cabinet for food in our bedroom. If husband and I accidentally locked ourselves in, we wouldn't starve for days...</p><p> </p><p>Supervision will help. I know it's not always possible (you <em>do</em> have to sleep), but it sounds like you're frightened. Does she have a counselor? Medication?</p><p> </p><p>Lastly, I'm lending you my Warrior Mom rhino skin... You're gonna need it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 391960, member: 6705"] Make sure that, with your medications, you lock EVERYTHING up. Ibuprofen and the like, cough syrup, even vitamins can be an issue. I gave Onyxx my old electric razor (she killed it) due to her prying apart razors for their blades. I did discover quite by accident that she could not get to the blades on my safety razor - but that's her. Many of our other kids here could. Any mirrors in her bedroom can be broken for cutting. Unfortunately, so can light bulbs - and you sure don't want her having candles! Frequent searches are good - check ANY UNLOCKED ROOM, not just her bedroom. Onyxx liked to hide stuff in the sofa, in books on the bookshelf, under the edge of the bathroom cabinet... I lock my purse in the car a lot. Or in my bedroom, which has a heavy duty lock because she picked the old one. Deadbolts are your friends. I carry my keys on a carabiner with me at all times. I still can't trust her. Household cleaning items such as Windex can be toxic. I use a lot of vinegar-and-water - it'll make her puke, but won't make her high. Last spring I purchased a dorm-size fridge for my bedroom due to injectable, EXPENSIVE medications (of mine). I locked the syringes in our digital safe. Cigarettes and lighters stay on the person. Jett's allowance or birthday money stays [B]locked [/B]in our room (before locking it up, she stole it from my vanity - More than $40 in quarters, nickels, dimes and $1 bills). Utensils, eating or writing: BIG box. Pencils can be a bad thing. Sewing and craft stuff... Needles got used for piercings. Amazed she didn't get any infections. Scissors - even kids' safety scissors. At one point we even had to lock up Jett's trading cards because she was stealing them and selling them. Jewelry, too. We set up a motion sensor in the hall. Unfortunately, the first night it got set off by lightning reflecting on the wall. Firearms - trigger locks/bolt locks and a locking ammo case. Keep pieces separate! Such as the bolt in one place, ammo another, the rest somewhere else. Again, vehicles are good for say, the bolt (I work somewhere that the rest or ammo is a federal offense if I carry it here, even in my trunk). Shoelaces, if you don't want her to have a sheet or curtains. Keep in mind that the comforter [I]can[/I] be ripped into strips. Not so easy, but possible. There is [I]no way on earth[/I] you can get everything. Last week we discovered 2 bottles of cough syrup in the fridge that, by some miracle, she hadn't found. Still wondering about that... They'd expired. Oh, yeah - alcoholic beverages! Nuff said. We have, besides the mini-fridge and safe, a cabinet for food in our bedroom. If husband and I accidentally locked ourselves in, we wouldn't starve for days... Supervision will help. I know it's not always possible (you [I]do[/I] have to sleep), but it sounds like you're frightened. Does she have a counselor? Medication? Lastly, I'm lending you my Warrior Mom rhino skin... You're gonna need it. [/QUOTE]
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