Idk what to do at this point.

My daughter just turned three. She’s been doing this since a baby. She grabs any bottle of cream and plays with it. Destin mainly. I can hide it and she finds it. It’s ridiculous. My son busted his lip open and she found his cream for his lip and went painting. That was up high. She climbed her way to find it. I’m pumping now bc I just had my third. I have nipple butter cream. She sneaks into my room. Finds it and goes painting. All in her brothers room. All in the morning and me and husband are sleeping. We tried locking her door. Banging and screaming. We tried locking everyone’s but hers. Banging and screaming. We tried the baby gate at her door. She climbs over it. Screams. Wakes up the whole house. I don’t mind if she wakes me up in the morning, but if the other 2 kids and husband are sleeping, she doesn’t care. She wakes everyone up. Idk how to hide it lock it up bc she finds a way. I literally have to proof the house like she’s a disabled mental child with everything else. Like how can I hide Destin and my nipple cream when I have to wake up in the middle of the night for pumping and diaper changes. I don’t want a 6 code safe at 3am to get this stuff, im half asleep. I also have no idea how to discipline this. How to get it in her head that she can not do this. She’s the type of kid to continue to do it even after she gets in trouble for it. For anything. She will just do it over and over and over again no matter what the punishment was. She just doesn’t care. Is this a bad behavior sign? My son doesn’t and hasn’t done any of this ever. He’s the complete opposite and listens to me. Doesn’t do it twice. Is it me? Am I a bad parent? I’m not doing something right?

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I’d hide the nipple cream under ur mattress. So it’s close but not easy for her get and for the destin, i would get a clip. Clip it to the cream at the end and the clip has to have a hole in it. Like the magnet ones at dollar tree. Now take a push pin and put it on the wall high enough where she can’t get it. It’s worth a shot

I’m not a fan of disciplining a child with pow pow unless it’s absolutely necessary. But this might deserve time out and a smack on the hand . She seems unruly but perhaps for attention because you have other responsibilities and she used to be one that had all the attention at one point.

Sounds like she's really interested in painting and seeks out to use any cream in a tube she can get her hands on. Can you maybe redirect her, and get her some washable paint supplies and show her that's what we use to paint and not lotions or creams? Then let her express herself with the paint and paper and brushes?

@Kacey that’s a thought I’m gonna try.

@Celinee thats what my husband says. She was the only child. Now she’s not. And she was a good kid until the two brothers came. Negative attention is still attention. 🥲

@Lori we have. I have a whole box of paint stuff. But I’m not pulling it out at 7am. That’s when she does all this. I tried to teach her this is a no no and this is yes. We can do this and that with paint, not mommy’s creams.

Give her a sticker for every morning without a cream incident? During the day or at bed time, tell stories about a princess (or whatever she cares about) that doesn't touch creams. Show her the bottle of creams during the day and get silly about the no-touchy rule like make up a silly song. Try positive before negative (especially hitting a child!!)

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