Mommy...Door.

Normaly Lydia is free to go in and out of her room as she pleases. The door is easy for her to open cause it has a handle. But when she is cranky and needs a nap or when it's time for bed we lock her in. Usually she is really good about it and lays down on her bed and goes right to sleep. But once or twice a week she decides sleeping is not the thing for her and she trys to get out.
We raise the gate up just under the handle so she can't pull it down, then use a velcro zip tie to latch the handle to the gate so she cant pull it up. when she can't open it she iwll cry at the door. Mommy, door. Mommy, door. Mommy, couch...cartoons.
a few days ago just before we were headed to bed Mark heard a strange sound. I thought it was pipes, but he didn't think so, it was too rythmic. We stopped and listened for a min, and Mark realized it was comming from Lydia's room, so he got down on the floor and looked, we had to take a picture. I guess she just wanted to be sure we could hear her. :)
Another night I was going to go into her room to turn off her music but when I tried to open the door I couldn't. She slept on the floor infront of the door the ENTIRE night.