"Susan H. Simko" wrote in message
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BenignVanilla wrote:

Sounds like my 3 year old, or "Nakit Boooooyyyeeee" as he likes to call
himself as he runs around like a bare bottom superhero.

My son at three managed to put a nice gash next to his eye from his love
of streaking around the house. He was running, watching me until the
fateful moment when he turned his head to see where he was going and
connected hard with the a very rounded edge of a table. Force alone is
what opened the gash.

Mine did it standing up underneath a coffee table, that after I was scolded
for letting him climb the side of the stair case, see rec.climbing hobby.

This same child at the age of six developed a fondness for peeing
outdoors. I looked out the floor to ceiling window in the living room
one day to see him peeing in the middle of the front yard. He had his
back turned to me so I couldn't see... but was perfectly positioned so
anyone on the street got a *great* view. *laugh*

Oh yes, the peeing outside...my boys love that.

BV.

"John Rutz" wrote in message
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my 4 yo granddoughter has done that twice last summer
once when I was in the pond working and she decided to join me,
straight from daddys lap into the pond, the next time she was like
yours within a cuple feet of us and in she went. now that shes four she
stays back from the water better
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Well as you know I have a bit of an opaqueness problem with my water, so it
has been very easy to say to the kids, "Can you see the bottom? Would you
like to fall in and find out WHAT is in there that you can't see?" Almost
guarantees that they hold their own hands, and step back as they gaze into
the clay water.

BV.

"Wilson" wrote in message
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I think I'm going to have to figure out a new way to get the water to my
pond that I'll be building next year because I don't think I want to
change
the way this looks....hmm maybe a pipe installed from the bottom of my
basin
which I can then fill with lava rock to act as a filter running
underground
and coming out at the edge of my pond? Would that work well without a
pump?
...the pond will be approx. 3-4 inches lower than the bottom of the basin.
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NOW yer thinkin'

BV.

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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because it's IMPOSSIBLE to watch your kids 24/7/365
Wilson

I can relate. When my youngest was about 2 and following me around the
yard, I looked back at 10 second intervals to see if he was still with me,
and when I zigged he zagged and by the time I found him he was 1/2 a block
away in the middle of a park!!! Talk about panic, and I'm sure glad no one
had a pond in their front yard that day. In our case, we didn't put the
ponds in till he was almost 7. He's now almost 15. ~ jan

My worst was when I was laying a flagstone walkway along the deck to a 4
foot gate. I was working on two pieces that were exactly under the gate. My
3 year old, 1.5 then, was standing watching me. I turned to pick up a stone
and when I turned back he was gone. I thought nothing of it, until my
neighbor from 3 houses down brought him back. He waited for me to turn and
then bolted. Apparently he wanted to play with Emily up the street. He must
have timed it perfectly. I never saw him, and as I mentioned there was only
a 4 foot gate between he and I. Amazing. Wilson's post is making more sense
the more I think about it. *laugh*

BV.

Why not have a look at the pond guard web site. www.pondguardonline.co.uk very sturdy and safer than anything else I could find, they fit any size and shape of pond, they are made to R.O.S.P.A safety recomendations....

Cheers Tommy