Finally Solved?

Ok, here I go again!!  I’ve talked before about Luke and his new bed and how great it was until he started hitting his head on the wall and laughing about it?  Also remember how I thought we solved this problem with the rugs and industrial strength Velcro….only I was wrong.  Once again Luke out-smarted his momma. 

The “cushy” rugs lasted about 24 hours.   What a wonderful 24 hours it was too!  The good news was that the Velcro worked well, the bad news was that the bottom of the rugs were obviously not made to adhere well to the Velcro.  Luke was able to pull the rug from the Velcro, so that the soft and ruff parts of the Velcro were still stuck to each other but the rug was pulled off.

We decided after that we just had to look into a real mat, a gymnastics mat that is.  So we did and we found one we could get in a week’s time.  When it arrived I opened it right up and it had a very strong “rubbery” smell to it.  So I let it sit outside during the day and in the garage at night.  After about 3 days the smell went away and I got excited.  I thought this would definitely work!  I wanted to find a way to mount the mat to the wall, but my husband thought we didn’t need to.  The mat is 4 feet by 6 feet and the bed is only about 2 feet off the ground, so we simply slid the mat between the wall and bed. 

Once again, this worked for about 24 hours before Luke found a way to pull down the top of the mat and hit the wall.  The good part of this was that I don’t think he climbed on top of the mat so he could his head on the wall…I think it was just his hands or feet.

Still, I was so frustrated when he did this!!  I told my husband and he laughed and said that Luke out-smarted his momma again!  So I told him to come up with a solution and we’d see if he could out-smart Luke.  So my husband came up with what we hope is a better solution. 

My husband wanted to use a bungee cord to hold the top of the mat against the wall.  I pointed out that if we did that where the mat is now Luke could get his hand underneath and hurt himself or do who knows what.  So then came the idea of using a 2 by 4 to help lift the mat off the ground.

Last night my husband put the plan in motion.  He screwed a 2 by 4 to the wall, about a foot and a half off the ground, then used some heavy duty eye hooks (put into studs) and a bungee cord to hold back the top of the mat.  So far…so good.  I hope it stays that way!