I have an 11 month old son. He cruises around all of the furniture but can't walk yet without holding on to something for balance. He does, however, climb up ALL OF THE FURNITURE. Has anyone else had this happen with their child? I guess my mistake was allowing it to happen the first time. Now he expects to be able to do it all the time. I let him do it when I am standing right beside him, but now of course he does it when I am doing other stuff...so I see that I have made a mistake. Any experiences with this?
2006-08-31 07:59:09 · 12 answers · asked by eddysmomma 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Kids climb. It's part of learning to control their environment. I'd keep a close eye on him, but don't hold him back too much. You want him to feel confident in his abilities.
Just a note, my daughter is 2 and she just figured out how to carry her step stool all over the house and get to things normally out of reach. I've caught her on the counter a few times, trying to get into the cupboards. That's the type of exploration I recommend stopping.
2006-08-31 08:06:43 · answer #1 · answered by S. O. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son is 22 months old now and still does this. He climbed on one chair this afternoon and went **** over tea kettle onto the floor landing flat on his back. Mine however doesn't realize that going down head first hurts. That is the one thing he has tried from about 8 months is going off head first, and he has fallen off a couple times especially when most children are faster than you think or expect. He has never done any serious damage, though the other day he thought it was funny to be on all fours on our bed bumping his head into the wall. I shouldn't have but I couldn't help but laugh at that. He has a molded plastic lawn chair his cousin gave him, he climbs onto that outside and sits backwards on it.
I don't want him doing it because I know that he is going to fall pretty much each time and if I can prevent him from hurting himself I will try my best. I just tell him no climbing on the furnature and take him off each time.
2006-08-31 15:26:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as soon as my son realized our couch sat low enough for him to climb on it, he was doing it all the time. He was even climbing off the couch and sitting on the end tables that sit on the sides of the couch...then he was on to the coffee table!! I, too, messed up by letting it happen a couple of times, just to show everyone (I even recorded it). Now, he gets really frustrated when we are at someone else's house and their couch sits higher, so he can't get on it. It's frustrating, but try to put a bunch of toys on the floor to distract him away from your furniture.
2006-08-31 08:13:13 · answer #3 · answered by Momin2005 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, babies like to climb. My daughter is 2 and she STILL likes to climb up everything, (the entertainment center, the desk, table, sofa). She's quite sneaky and tends to do her climbing when I'm not looking or when she thinks I'm not paying attention.
I haven't really figured out how to stop her either except to just be consistant with it. Don't let him climb on anything whether you're standing next to him or not. Yeah, he is going to be mad and scream bloody murder when you take him down, but he will do it less often, eventually.
I wouldn't consider it a mistake either! My daughter was hooked on climbing after she conquered the sofa! She was so proud of herself that she figured she could climb anything! lol So don't beat yourself up over it. Climbing is a normal stage! :-)
Good Luck!!
2006-08-31 10:06:18 · answer #4 · answered by my_lil_buttercups 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son just turned 2 a couple of weeks ago, and several months ago he started climbing on anything he could get his legs up on. It is normal. What I ended up having to do is stack my diningroom chairs because he was climbing up on top of the table.
2006-08-31 08:18:29 · answer #5 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same problem...I swear my son is going to grow up thinking his name is "Baby No". All you really can do is watch him and take him down when he gets up on the couch. Eventually I hope my son will take the hint. However....as for the stairs...get a baby gate. At this age hes unstable and could fall down them and really get hurt. Good luck to both of us. I reallly believe parenting should be an olympic sport....it makes you stronger, faster and smarter than you've ever been in your life.
2006-08-31 08:06:51 · answer #6 · answered by Julie W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see how that is a mistake..
Anyway, he's a baby and he's going to be curious and he's going to get into things so just accept the fact that you aren't always going to be around to watch his every little move.
2006-08-31 08:06:37 · answer #7 · answered by BeeFree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its normal for him to do that and you cannot stop him now. he is well on his way for walking maybe enclose his in a big pen with kid furniture and let him climb in there.
2006-08-31 09:57:12 · answer #8 · answered by swept away in hopes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! My daughter was exactly like that. The book shelves were her favourite. I thought I was going to go crazy. The trick that helped me was to find the sentence that she would respond to. For her it was "feet on the floor". Good luck and much patience.
2006-08-31 09:15:39 · answer #9 · answered by PLDFK 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...you just have to stick to no he cant do it...not even with you there....help him find something else fun to do when he becomes interested in climbing on furniture...give him piles of pillows and blankets to climb on....take him to the playground...
2006-08-31 08:05:31 · answer #10 · answered by free 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋