Climbing toddler

Legacy_user

My nineteen month old daughter has developed a fascination for climbing on beds, chairs, tables, toilet seats etc - anything she can find. Once up, she stands up and attempts to jump up and down.

Any of you more experienced mums got any ideas? I can picture her taking a tumble before too much longer. I've tried lifting her down every time saying no, I've also tried telling off and shouting, plus putting her on the naughty stair - all of which I might as well not be bothering with for all the difference it makes, ie none whatsoever.

She seems to understand the word no, but when it comes to climbing, it just doesn't seem to have any effect. ::)

Help!?

rushnowt

I find if you break one of their legs in tends to slow em down a bit lol.  ( NO ONLY KIDDING  REALLY, I'll have social services and police round next)

No seriously your doing all the right things really, its a really difficult age when they start this climbing stuff, they think they're goats and can climb up anything, all you can really do is persevere with the "no" thing and try to keep as much as you can out of the way and try to stop her before she gets up on anything, she will out grow it.

But Good luck and keep up the good work  ;)

ps. when mine were doing something that could harm them, I would say (in a teary manner) Mummy will be so upset if you hurt yourself, it seemed to work better than, dont do that you'll hurt yourself.

Sarahsaver

You are lucky! My lads both decided to walk at 8 months, and a week after one of them learnt to walk I found him standing on the coffee table!
Try just taking her off and say nothing, or alternatively just leave her to it, and give her plenty of praise when she does decide to get down.
Find a decent playground where theres a climbing frame and make it clear that this is 'good' climbing as opposed to naughty climbing. My boys loved the rope ladder in the local park, much to the horor of onlookers seeing a 2 year old on a 6 foot high scramble net. ;D I took photos of them and let them know how proud I was.

Spendless

not convinced naughty step is right idea, cos in her own world she's exploring. Also if use naughty step for this where do you go if she really mis-behaves. my daughter similar age 18 and a half months and is also doing it tho not to same extent. A no followed by a distraction with book,toy,playing game on lap usually works.
Son was exactly same and at 4 is still live-wire, i channel his energy by taking him to parks, letting em play outside on climbing frame,slide and have enrolled him in Tumble Tots.

Spendless

Ssaver sounds as if we/ve got very similar kids. Eldest walked at 9 months and was climber, and as have already said did same as you and took him to parks,soft play areas.Found he learned to judge what he was capable of from early age, he got well miffed once when friend took him to park cos i was ill and she wouldn't let him go on things cos she said he was too little.
Mariedly it sounds as if you've got a confident child who is going to enjoy outdoors play- maybe not such a bad thingi

System

She's been walking since 10 months but its only the past couple of weeks that she is doing the intrepid climber thing - I could cope with the coffee table, its the toilet with a view to up on the window sill that freaks me out!!  ::)  I'm having to keep all toilet and bathroom doors locked at the mo. She also has a fascination with delving inside the loo.

LOL at the goat thing rushnowt - exactly right.  They've just got no fear have they.  We go to soft play areas and go to the swings etc, but she doesn't get it that one is good and one is naughty.

I like the idea of showing her that it makes me sad - if I ever pretend to cry she is always very concerned and wants to cuddle me and kiss it better - hadn't thought of trying it when she climbed.  Will give it a go next time.

16011996

best of luck. mine never really climbed, in fact 3 year old still won't go on slide onhis own, and none of them like heights. i guess i was lucky.

rushnowt

cant hurt to give it a go, Good luck

"She also has a fascination with delving inside the loo." :-X yuk I no that one,

I didnt like to say :-[ but when my daughter was a toddler she went through a phase of taking off her nappy when she first woke in the morning and when i went in to get her, being greeted by an adorable $*** covered child and her latest artistic offering on the wall, sheets and anything else she could lay her hands on. i tried everything from tapeing her nappy to her to putting on her clothes back to front , to no avail, thank god they grow out of it :-X

System

Oh my god LOL

She's not done that one yet thank goodness ;D

She wears a sleeping bag which is a godsend for stopping her climbing out of her cot - hadn't thought about it being a deterrent for nappy removal too.

Mmm, the other day I caught her washing her hands in the toilet water going "clean clean clean". Delightful.

Spendless

mine taking nappy off too!!! But have bought potty chair and when she does it I say sit down and do wee wee, she sits and sometimes does wee, sometimes doesn't but is getting her used to a potty so she's not frightened of it.

Yoga_Girl

Have also got a daughter who is cultivating a career in mountain climbing, its quite a worry at times!

Couldn't stop her climbing over the furniture so at times I've ended up "padding" the floor - putting a load of cushions on the floor next to the sofa ( she went through a phase of trying to dive-bomb off that) so that when she did fall she'd have a soft landing.

Climbing had been diverted at present (but only temporarily I fear) as we've put a little rocking horse in the lounge so all she wants to do at the moment is sit on that and rock herself furiously. Although she was attempting to stand on it today.....

Good luck, it is just a phase they go through when they're exploring their physical limitations.