Death of Phone
June 26, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
I was roaming all over the house looking for my phone. Cause, you know, I had pictures on it that I was going to use for about 5 articles.
I was muttering “where is my phone?”
Pone. Zack, the two year old very near death (because I’m about to want to kick his ass), says and hands me my dripping wet phone.
I figure, I’ll be calm what’s done is done, he’s just a baby.
Maybe it will dry out, I think. I take the battery out and leave my broken phone on the counter.
Two seconds later I walk outside and there he is in the baby pool with my phone and the battery and this is what I did:
I got in his face and yelled NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! and then I picked him up and took him to time out.
So what? I still have a broken freaking phone.
This is the THIRD death of phone I’ve had since I was a reluctant cell convert only a year and a half ago. Every single one of them was Kid + WATER related (toilet and shower, now baby pool).
Of course, when I find myself in the presence of my cell phone engineer cousin, all I want to talk about is Why the hell can’t you make a waterproof cell phone?
Because we want you to buy more phones.
I knew it!
So, don’t call me. I can’t call you. I don’t know your phone number. I don’t have it written down. Email me. If you don’t have email – I guess our relationship is over.
Photo source: Empowering Girls: So Sioux Me (Could anyone want to kick that baby’s ass? Yeah. I could. I have to restrain myself every single time he drowns my F$%^! Phone!)
You have to remember that kids will be kids. I leave stuff around all the time that my kids shouldn’t have but it’s my fault that I leave them around for the kids to get ahold of. That’s not their fault. You want your kids to be inquisitive. Don’t forget.
Yeah, I know but, this is the THIRD phone. 3rd!
I don’t know any ‘good’ solution to the phone thing – I think this “keep it out of reach” crap is crap. Your cell phone has to be carted around from place to place along w/ your kids – and most kids find ways to get to countertops, into purses and even to the top shelf sometimes. My two year old is obcessed w/ the toilet – he puts everything he can in there..I’ve had to become extremely anal (lol) about disinfecting the toilet regularly.
I’m really sorry about your phone Tracee. That Sucks!
I have yet to find the place that is out of Zack’s reach. He climbs everything. He can get anywhere. He moves chairs. Yesterday I actually saw him scale a wall. He dumps my purse out and it’s on a high hanger by the door.
Sometimes I find him in places and I have to sit and think about how exactly he could get there for about 15 minutes. He just sits there with his big old grin – very proud of himself.
My house would have to have one really, really high shelf about 10 feet up and no ladder. Then how would I get to my phone to, you know, use it?
Zack, what a little monkey!
I’m not one for blaming myself when my kids touch things they know they shouldn’t touch. You can’t put everything out of their reach. Pretty soon the kitchen counters begin to overflow and they can touch it anyway.
A few months ago, my son took a key off of my husband’s computer. He knows he’s not supposed to touch it. He’s been told since he was old enough to crawl. He had done pretty well until one day temptation got the better of him. He felt so guilty that he hid the key under the bed and then told us about it later. Then a few days later, he took the knob off of the living room floor lamp and hid it in the sofa. He confessed to that one too, but we’ve yet to find the knob. I guess we can find another one at Home Depot or somewhere.
Delicate cell phones get on my nerves too. It seems evident that they want us to buy one every year.
P.S. I empathize with you. I’d want to kick his butt too.
This hasn’t happened to me yet, but I KNOW it will someday.
All you have to do is take ur cell phone apart and put it in a bag of macaroni or rice and leave it in there for 3 or 4 days and it will completely dry it out. I swair this works…do a google search and it will tell you all about it..i have done this myself and it works.
well not apart just the back off and sim card our and battery and put everything in the bag.
As soon as my phone got dropped in water, I took it apart as much as I could and put it in our bathroom in front of the heater. It dried it out and worked for a bit. My brother warned me that typically it will work for a few months and then suddenly quit working. He was right.
Within the last 2 years, I’ve had 2 phones lock up on me for no reason. I’m back to using “old faithful”. It’s an old Nokia that I’ve had for several years.
Michelle, can you do this days after the incident or do you have to do it right away?