Oh for 'fun'

Benjamin has become . . . a handful lately. Every time I turn around he is into or doing something he probably shouldn't be doing. He has figured out a way to climb on top of Rachel's dresser, which by the way between climbing into the crib is now one of his favorite things to do. When I told Marc about this he asked "How much alone time does he have during the day?" My response: "I have to go to the bathroom once in a while." Benjamin really doesn't have a whole lot of 'alone time' during the day, but (like all moms know) sometimes you just have to leave the room for a minute. Or there are times when they are just faster than you are. For example yesterday I left the dining room for like 5 maybe 10 seconds to check on Rachel in the bathroom, when I returned Benjamin dumped his glass of grape juice on the vase of artificial flowers and all over the table. Now I'll admit it was probably really dumb to leave him ALONE with a glass of grape juice but, live and learn right?

He is also really proficient at undressing himself as of late. Which is very helpful when we are at home and need to change clothes. But when you are out in public and your son decides to undress himself or stick his hand down his diaper, and throws a screaming fit when you try to dress him again . . . not so fun.

And just this morning I found him like this. Rachel was already up and watching a cartoon so I could get ready. I decided to just peak on Benjamin because I thought I heard something. It's a good thing I did. Somehow he got the wipe container into the crib, then climbed in and pulled out every last wipe, one by one. Just for your information, wipes are not that easy to put back into a wipe container after they have been pulled out - especially if it was full to begin with. ~Sigh~ I still love him though but some days - he just wears me out.

So here is where I ask for some help: How do I keep him out of the crib!? Poor Hannah will be lucky to survive to her 1st birthday with him jumping in there all of the time. We didn't have this problem with Rachel when she was his age so don't really know what to do. When we see him start to climb in there we tell him "No" and pull him down then try to re-direct him (try being the optimal word) which doesn't always work. I'm sure someone out there has experienced this so I'm looking to you for some help, please!