John told me it was somehow ethically wrong and that Li-Li would retain the memory forever if I pursued my experiment. But come on, if you knew your child had a magnet in her head, wouldn’t you try it, just once? Especially if your child seemed to have some gravitational pull that kept drawing her to that refrigerator every time she entered the kitchen. I wouldn’t say the experiment was conclusive, though, because of the squirming variable. But, now that we know that Li-Li and the refrigerator have a mutual attraction, we have a convenient place to put her when we’re washing the floor.
Update on our science experiments for two-year-olds / science experiments ON two-year-olds: refrigerator magnets are showing a clear “repel” reaction around the spot, but no pleasing attraction ‘thunk’ upon the spot.
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HA! It didn’t work for me and my mother tried doing it :) At first the curiosity got the best of her and I just had my surgery. So she attached a needle to the end of a string and tried that way :) No go…
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I know — she was giggling too hard for it to be a definite little “thunk” of a connection, like that feeling when the transmitting coil hits the spot, but we were thinking we felt a very gentle pull twice. I think Li-Li may have been putting us on, though: she loves her refrigerator magnets and I’m thinking she’s got a future in gravitational science.
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This made me laugh out loud!!!
I’m a little curious as to what will stick to E’s head, but so far catching him as he zooms by in 2yo crazies eludes the magnet from my grasp. Right now the coil lives on a screw of the lightswitchplate when not in use.
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Oh, goodness, this made me laugh out loud! Have you tried paper clips yet? I am forever testing little metal objects on my head to see if they stick. My little kids think it’s hilarious and the big kids will more than likely need therapy ;).
And thank you for the information about the refrigerator…I knew there was a reason I couldn’t stay out. This is bad news…they should warn us about these things… ;)
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If the big CI companies only knew what we were really doing with all their high tech gadgetry! OK, paperclips … hmmm. Somehow I should have known I was starting at the wrong end of the spectrum with this experiment. I have to admit that I’m so curious about whether or not she experiences any noise or strange feeling when she goes through security at stores, etc. I don’t notice any reaction from her. And last time we flew, I asked the airport security to ‘wand’ her instead of having her walk through the usual gate. Of course they were all fascinated by her very cool contraption.
Now, have any of you explored the impact on bank cards and other magnetic swipe cards?
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And you can tell your husband that we were told by the audiologist that those magnets(for the fridge) aren’t really strong enough to do harm, but they don’t encourage sticking other magnets there either. So to me, that sounded like…”go ahead, I know you will anyway!” Lots of things stick there,and yes including paperclips. I was scared my son would do this w/his but he hasn’t. There are certain things that would be way too strong and kids won’t know the boundaries. I had to buy my daughter plastic hair barrettes (which are hard to find) because no matter where I put them, they would gradually find their way to her magnets.