Dealing with Daily Frustrations

This week has not been the best as far as smooth parenting goes....not that parenting is ever smooth, but you get my drift. Aria has recently become more and more mobile - seems every day almost - and with mobility comes "discovery," which, to parents, translates to be massive destruction. From pulling lamps down and cords out of plugs to destroyed magazines, laundry that was once clean now all over the floor and trying to remove my daughter's pinched little fingers from the dresser drawer...and trying to put the VHS player back together after her little fingers discovered it. Now, I know these are basic dangers that most parents have guarded against, but being the first week of mobility, well.... I wasn't really prepared. She's also figured out how to stand up in her crib and change the channels on her monitor, which is beyond inconvenient. Anyways... with all the annoyances, I was getting seriously frustrated and trying not to take it out on Aria, because in all reality, you can't blame a toddler discovering her world for the first time. Now I'm just trying to figure out how to baby proof the entire house...without Aria ending up in a child-protective cage of some sort....