My friend Linda turned me on to this idea and I really don’t know how I didn’t think of this myself… I came oh-so-close to it. This was me:
- Why does Holden cry when I need my keys for driving?
- How come the plastic keys just aren’t doing it?
- Gee, where can I get a set of really good fake keys?
- I need to throw away some of these keys that I don’t know what they open
And then like magic today, I learned that baby Amalia also loves keys and she is just as happy with her “fake set” of real keys from the hardware store (duh!). Since she is especially fond of the car keys, her folks got her some uncut (thus safer) car-style keys to round out the set. Genius.
Whitney has other good fakie fake ideas not involving a trip to the hardware store.
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I’ve heard that real keys can contain some amounts of lead and shouldn’t be shared with babies… Is that a factor?
A comment on parent hacks says that keys can contain lead in them. So for safety’s sake it might not be the best idea to let your children play with your car keys. I haven’t done any other research past that though. That being said, I’m guilty of using my keys to pacify the little one from time to time.
http://www.parenthacks.com/2006/11/lead_in_vinyl_l.html
I wouldn’t leave my kid unattended for a long time with a set of keys, but I’d rather have a clean set that’s just his than stick my own nasty car keys in his grubby hands and mouth.
My son loves the car keys that “Parent’s Magazine” came up with. I got a set from Target. The metal on them looks like that of real keys but they are bigger and it makes sounds like cars do. My son prefers them over anyone else’s set of real keys. I guess it depends on what your child likes. I’d definately recommend trying them though.
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