he has been walking sence he was 9 months old now he has mastered climbing i tried to keep chairs pushed in at all times but now he just pulls them out it scares me to death what can i do
2007-09-27 16:53:55 · 8 answers · asked by alysiac78 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
mouse traps? sorry, just kidding!
I would always keep a close eye on him, and remove him every time he gets on it.
2007-09-27 19:48:39 · answer #1 · answered by casper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 13 month old twins I call Laina the Complainer and Patience the Impatient. Patience can climb our chairs and conquers any table regularly. I now stick the chairs on the table when I get up and I'm very alert for the sound of evil laughter. (She invariably giggles when she "succeeds" and then I drop everything and run.)
I don't know what to do either, except keep the major medical paid up.
2007-09-28 00:27:45 · answer #2 · answered by M L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, nothing... Maybe a baby gate would keep him from getting to the table at all, but he is too young for a time out or any other form of punnishment. I have a 2 1/2 year old that is still climbing the walls, and nothing will get her to stop. I too am afraid that she will get hurt one of these days.
2007-09-27 23:59:11 · answer #3 · answered by awnya_nirvelli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is exactly the same we say he is such a monkey he climbs on EVERYTHING even up our slide out the back so i haveto be watching him 24/7. My son will pull the draws out and climb into them, up on the table, on our tv cabinet, it seems no matter what i do i can't stop him even though i keep telling him No. My heart skips beats so many times through the day i dont know what to do either. I try to keep telling him no but he keeps doing it. Goodluck and if you find a technique that works please let me know! Sorry i didn't have helpful information.
2007-09-27 23:58:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When he reaches for the chair, swat his chubby little thigh and say no. When he reaches for the chair again, swat his chubby little thigh again and say no. Repeat. Repeat. He will get angry with you, not because swats hurt or cause him to cry. He will get angry because you are interferring with his desire to do something and telling him he can't. This is the beginning of learning self-denial and self-control. He'll calm down. He'll swat his own leg and say no. He'll try the whole thing again. Swat his chubby little thigh again and say no. Finally he goes away to do something else, cheerfully.
20 minutes later he reaches for the chair. Repeat the whole sequence again.
30 minutes later repeat it all again.
Tomorrow repeat it a few more times.
By day 3 he has caught on. He will obey with only the word "no". If he should test you again soon, and he will, a swat and "no" will be all the reminder he needs.
This "no" is easily translated to all other instances in which he needs to understand "no".
This is how you train a young child to obey the command "no". It works great!
2007-09-28 02:37:52 · answer #5 · answered by GrowingMama 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My son did this too. Are your chairs stackable? I used to stack the chairs after dinner and leave them in the corner so he could not get up on them. Once he moved the chair over to the bar stool and climbed up on the counter behind the stove...that scared me worse than the table.
2007-09-28 00:02:50 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter gets up on the table too. Then she tries to pull the chandelier. If its not that she's getting up on the couch and on to our half-wall we have going into our tiled floor kitchen.. No gates are good either. B/c we live in a one floor apartment.
Good Luck...
2007-09-28 00:11:16 · answer #7 · answered by Christen T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give his hand a little hit and tell him in a firm voice no also if you have a garage you should put them in there til its time to eat or put them in your room with the door shut
2007-09-28 18:03:26 · answer #8 · answered by the_used_fan_0717 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋