Oh perfect trash can…where are you? I’m sure I’m not the first parent of a toddler/preschooler to wonder about this. Our old trash can had a simple lid that just lay on top of the can. This worked great until Luke was 2 years old and was tall enough when he was up on his knees to get the lid off. Then he started putting toys and juice cups in the trash. We knew we had to find something better.
Finally about 6 months ago we got another trash can. This one has a special button that you push down to get the lid to pop up. We were so excited…finally a trash can that can keep Luke out!! I know it is strange to be excited about a trash can…but it is the small things that bring excitement when your kids are young…right?
Anyway, we thought this was the perfect trash can…until recently. Luke has figured out how to open the lid!! So he will open the lid and put his juice cup in the trash or his toys…whatever is handy. This is a very good OT skill…so I’m happy about that…but at the same time I’m thinking “NO…not again.” So once again we are in search of the “perfect” trash can. If we had a cabinet big enough I’m sure we would just put the trash can in there. But we don’t.
So for now we have put the trash can backwards. What I mean is that we turned the trash can around so that it isn’t as easy for Luke to push the button. The result is that the lid opens towards you now when you push the button….it is taking some getting used to. But, it is keeping Luke out…for now anyway. We’ll see how long that lasts.
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