My little one has learned how to climb on top of chairs and I find her standing on them or sitting on the Dining Room table. She is so quick!!! How do I stop her from doing this!!!!
Okay I tried scooting the chairs all the way in. She knows how to pull them out. I tried fliping them upside down and pushed under the table. But she tries pulling them out and them she stands on the chair and tries to climb up (which is dangerous). I have not put them on top of the table yet only because they are pretty light chairs and she is very strong and I am scared that she is going to pull it down right on top of her head. I am about to the point off removing all chairs all together!
Because of this yes...we have started time out One min and 30 sec for her age. Yes she does get a pop on the bottom. Every time she gets up she gets another pop on the bottom and back to time out and the clock starts over. All though she thinks it is a game. I have been consistant but she is a very defient child.
I have come up with the idea of putting the table in the kitchen and tethering the chairs together with bungee cord.
My daughter did the same thing. I just kept taking her off and saying NO in a stern voice. It took awhile but she got the point.
I had a Monkey too he would climb on everything from the table to the kitchen counters and get into the cabnets to get snacks and cookies. We had to put locks on the cabniet doors and gate the area so he couldnt climb on the table or counters. So my suggestion is either put the chairs up on top of the table where she cant get to them or gate the area with a baby gate if she climbs over baby gates you may need a higher gate or double gate. Anything to keep your child safe.
I just read the rest of what you said and I have to say time out for this age doent really wook they just dont understand consiquises or punishment. The things that work with this age is redirection get her interested in something else or put her in her room with some toys and close the door or gate it and let her be in there till you can tend to her. SHe may at this point know hey messing with the chairs gets my moms attention, good or bad and they may be what she wants. Also spanking at this age just teaches them if I don't like what someones doing then I hit them to stop them. I think you may need to read on about child development and what to expect with your child so your not expecting something that is out of her development. THe best plan of action is redirection or makeing it a safe place she can be by putting things away in another room or take her out of the situation and put her somewhere that is safe and she can play. HTH
I see you already got plenty of responses, but I just had to add that when my son started doing this, I put up a baby gate in the kitchen entry way (our table is in the kitchen)to keep him out and the problem was prevented. Don't know if your house is set up for this option. The little ones are just so curious and if you tell them no, they think there must be something good up there that you are keeping them from!
My mother in-law helped me out with this one! You take your chair and put them on top of the table. No more climbing.
I don't know if I would put her in time-out on this one. She's exploring and she's found out that she has new skills. Sounds like you've got a smart girl on your hands and she just wants to know whats going on and how it works.
Our son did that too. but we kept giving him little spankings on his hand and said "No don't do that", yes it was an everyday thing and eventually he thought under the table was more fun. It just take a little time but keep saying "NO"
You can do 2 things. 1 Put the chairs in close to the table or 2 flip your chairs up on the table. Also try explaining to your little one the danger. Good luck..
Ok, I thought it was just b/c I had boys! This "trick" won't stop them but it does slow them down enough and make enough noise so that you have a fighting chance at getting there and stopping her before she is on top of the table - at least most of the time! I turned my chairs upside down for a few days! It's a pain and I just didn't like seeing the chairs upside down so I only did it a few days but it does help and then it does sort of distract them from their original goal for a while. Of course, I'm sure many people would say something like just make them stop but if your little climber is anything like mine they will just climb anything and everything no matter what!! Good luck and it will eventually get better!!
Trish....You can either keep pulling your hair out or baracade her from the table! Kids will climb! As a mother of 4 and a grandmother, i have had some experience!! When my kids were little and recently when my crawling grandson lived with us(with his mom) for 21 months (while his dad was in Iraq), we set up barracades again. We had a gate for the stairs, the entry into the kitchen and we got an extra long gate for the opening between the living room and the dining room. You can get such a gate at babies r us. We also baby proofed the living room into a baby land with toys and took books off the lower shelves of the book case and secured the tall furnature like the book shelves to the wall so if he did climg they would not be pulled over on top of him. All in all we had one place in the house that we did not need to worry about for him to be. We did have a big screen tv in there and in order to protect the screen we got a sheet of plexiglass from Low's hardware and duct taped it on arount the edges. We also moved pieces of furnature in front of plugs with cords and so on. We basicaly lived in that room and if we had to run to the other room for a few minutes, we knew he was safe like in a giant play pen! Good luck!!!,
I have two climbers and the only thing that worked was putting the chairs on top of the table. Our house ends up looking like a restaurant after closing time but at least we don't have to worry about falls from the table.
Just like everything else, it is a new trick and found independence. She will grow out of it just like my kids did. I too turned the chairs upside down but that did not deter my kids - they still climbed so I put the chairs up against the wall so they could not get to the table. I was more afraid of them falling on to the leg of a chair than anything else. My boys just sat on the chairs because they felt big. They did not really stand in them unless they were climbing onto something else.
Good luck!!!!!
My youngest was a climber, too. I turned the chairs over and kind of tucked them under the table as much as I could. It isn't pretty but it works. I tried correcting her and telling her no and getting her down, but she was so fast! She would wait for me to go into another room to use the bathroom or get the laundry and then zoom up there. I was afraid she would hurt herself, so I just turned the chairs. It was a lot easier and she eventually got past that desire to climb up there. Good luck!
Congratulations you have a climber. So do I! The first time I saw my son on the table I knew this had to be the last time otherwise it would be an ongoing battle. I knew that just scooting the chairs in all the way under the table wouldn't work because he is far to clever for that and would just pull out the chairs and then climb. I put the chairs upside down on the table. At first he looked perplexed at the odd arrangement and then tried to pull down the chairs, when he found that they didn't move easily he gave up and found something else to do. It only took one day and he hasn't tried to climb up since even with the chairs down. Now if your child is more strong-willed it may take a week or so but eventually she will get bored and move on. Another thing we have done to reinforce no climbing is that we require him to sit in the chair - absolutely no standing (for safety as well as sanity reasons.) Hope this helps.
Our daughter started the same thing at 16 months of age. Our solution was to purchase a Step 2 Kangaroo Climber with the slide and place it in the living room. When she starts climbing on the table I remove her from it and carry her to the Climber while saying "climb on your slide." She will still attempt the table now and again; however, not as often. The Climbers are a bit expensive so I watched Craig's list and Ebay until I found one for $40.
Well, I'd put her in time out. It's not too early.
I would also say that perhaps a pop on the bottom is in order. That is potentially dangerous.
Good luck!
We haven't had dining room chairs in our kitchen for several months now (our son is 21 mths). We removed the chairs as well when my daughter was that age for a number of months. We just bring them back into the kitchen when we're ready to eat. It's kind of a pain, but safer that way :). We got tired of constantly telling them no. Once they were old enough to just sit on the chairs safely we put them back in the kitchen. Our kids are both tall, so they were able to get up on the chairs earlier than most kids I think. -jm
We pushed the chairs all the way in. Even though my son could pull the chairs out, it took him a while, and it made noise, so I was able to stop him before he got on them.
And you could try the replacement method. Say something like "Chairs are for sitting. You may sit in the chair, and you may stand on the floor." It's funny because you'll hear your little one start saying (as she's climbing into a chair of course) "chairs are for sitting" or "chair! sit!" depending on her vocabulary.
Also, "No climbing on the table, it's not safe. Let's find a safe place to climb. How about (the backyard, the swing set, the slide, a stool)" I had to get creative to find ways for my little guy to burn his climbing energy during the winter months when you can't go to a park. We have a plastic stool that I put in front of the sofa where I'd supervise him climbing up and down. It seemed to satisfy him. Our little rubberized kiddie step stool was fun if I just put it in the middle of the living room floor. Piles of sofa cushions also seemed to satisfy the climbing urge.
We also spent plenty of time at the mall play area.
