Hello lovely folk!
I need some real help. We have recently bought our first home, which our 6YO son has settled in to BEAUTIFULLY! (Yay!)
However, he is a trajectory lover! He has always thrown things, even in our previous neighbour's garden. She was incredible though, we'd know her since our son was born so she was really understanding and simply threw toys etc back over the fence. We regularly apologised, obviously, but she was really kind with it.
Our new neighbours are an elderly gentleman and his family. Our son is rarely left unsupervised (unless nipping to the loo!) But he has managed to throw quite a few things over since we've moved in a couple of months ago: Soft toys, a beach bucket, and some apples from the tree in our garden.
The neighbours have been over to complain because he found a handful of stones and threw them over, they too have small children visiting. I have never felt so mortified! I am fully aware of the dangers of flying objects, and feel so embarrassed that he could have hurt somebody. I honestly don't know what to do.
My anxiety is through the roof, I'm finding myself panicking about worst case scenarios and someone being injured because of him.
We have made sure all of the doors and windows are locked unless we are with him, to avoid throwing. We've cut down the apple tree and disposed of the loose apples on the floor. We make sure that we work on distracting techniques when we are all in the garden. But it only takes a split second.
Today however, he has found one of our dogs bones and thrown that over too! I feel physically sick! I need to apologise, AND suggest maybe extending the wall with some kind of fence, but im not sure what's best.
We are good people, we do our best to keep our son happy and safe, and really do not want to be thought of as neighbours from hell.
Does anyone else have proboems like this at all? Can anyone offer some advice on how to try and prevent the throwing or what kind of fence / wall extensions would be best?
Anything aadvice given will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much x
