she is 17 months old, and is always trying to cimb onto our kitchen and dining room table. i am consistent with giving her time outs, but she still doesnt understand that she isnt supposed to be up there. we even put safety locks on the chairs in the kitchen that tie them together so she cant pull them out, yet she found a way to move the chair at an angle so she could wiggle her way up there! help! i dont know what to do anymore. we dont want to be on super nanny! any suggestions?
ps i dont believe in spanking unless absolutely necessary.
2007-09-28 02:01:12 · 9 answers · asked by Madi's Mum 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
My daughter was the same way. She is now almost 4 and she still likes to climb. But when she was 1-2 years it was almost impossible to stop her. She would climb everything! I had my in laws living with me and so they would just look at her and laugh and say "how cute"! So that only encouraged her! But in all honesty there is not much that you can do to stop a child from climbing. The best thing that you can do for them is to make sure that they know that it is wrong to climb the dangerous places ie, tables and chairs and anything else to high or moveable. And at the same time keep a close eye out for them because they are going to climb whenever they see the opportunity. Spanking or yelling is not going to have much of an effect on a 17 month old. Just be sure to keep a close eye out and keep on repeating the fact that it IS wrong to climb dangerous places.
Good luck...hope I helped a bit.
2007-09-28 03:04:31 · answer #1 · answered by 4everNever 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is normal for her to want to climb. Some children climb more than others but I do not think you are going to end up on super nanny. This should just be a phase. The only thing you can really do is to take her away from where she is climbing. Just be vigilant about watching her so she does not hurt herself. Good luck.
2007-09-28 09:10:47 · answer #2 · answered by jellybelly 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just watch her, I have a climber too. I has helped to take him to the park and let him climb and the jungle gym, then when he starts to climb at home we tell him this is not were we climb and get him off of what ever it is. No matter what you do, she will climb, but just watch her so she does not get hurt and try to teach her were she can and can not climb. Good Luck
2007-09-28 09:40:23 · answer #3 · answered by mpstephens13 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You don't need to spank.
Your child is just trying to determine the things she can do. She is just like my daughter. I walked into my childproofed living room and found my daughter on top of our television set.
It can be very scary. Do the very best you can to place all breakable and interesting things up very high. Continue to tell your daughter no, every single time she climbs something she isn't supposed to. And buy gates to keep her away from things she could climb.
2007-09-28 10:42:05 · answer #4 · answered by Katie C 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My son is a climber also. I agree with an earlier answer. We take my son to the park to climb. We explain to him at home that inside the house we do not climb.
2007-09-28 09:45:53 · answer #5 · answered by mdscates 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
follow her around. you see her going in to the kitchen stop her
2007-09-28 09:26:40 · answer #6 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just allow her to climb with your external care and observation,she will be alright,may be one day she will go to everst also,so motivate her
2007-09-28 09:15:58 · answer #7 · answered by madhavan n 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
aww that's so cute its definitely a phase
2007-09-28 09:15:13 · answer #8 · answered by sakura 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
once she turns 13/14 get her some abseiling kit, she'll be down in no time :D
2007-09-28 09:09:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋