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How to Keep 18 Month Old off Furniture He Shouldn't Climb On?
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Anonymous
| My 18 month old keeps dragging his tpy box over to the tv stand, shelf, fire place fence and trying to climb on them. We are baby proof, but I guess not enough. Do I move the toy box? I just cannot get through to him that he cannot climb on these things. I have explained it to him, counted 1-2-3, yelled, tapped his butt. I do not know how to get through to him. WHAT DO I DO? HELP PLEASE HELP before I go crazy. |
Anonymous
| You just keep a close eye on him and always remove him when he gets on something he's not supposed to. He'll eventually get the picture after a few months. |
Anonymous
| For me, it was standing on the furniture. We did a gentle reminder, warning, time-out. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Even if he gets out of time-out and runs over to do it immediately, we just repeated the process. Eventually having to stop playing and sit in time-out got so annoying to him that he stopped doing it. Now if only I could get him to stop pulling all the toilet paper off the roll... |
Anonymous
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Ooh! I have a solution for the toilet paper! (Sorry, I got nothing for the climber.)
Just take the TP roll out of its holder for a while. Put it on the counter or toilet tank. Just for a few months til the kid is more receptive to instruction. Or, ok, a few years. 
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Anonymous
Squirt him with a water pistol every time he climbs up. Oh no, wait that was for cats.... 
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Anonymous
Yep, like this pp demonstrated, be consistent and persistent. |
Anonymous
| if it's an option for you, redirect to something he can climb. we kept a small Step 2 Kangaroo Climber in the corner of our living room. if the kids went to climb on something, instead of saying 'no, you can't climb!' all day, we were able to say 'oh, here's where you can climb' and moved them to the climber. it was more pleasant all around! and it worked very well. |
Anonymous
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Toilet paper mom here--thanks for the tip! Although spraying him with a water pistol does sound tempting, too...
I second the advice on getting something they can climb. We got a little play structure for the back yard and he's out there at least twice a day! |
Anonymous
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The solution I found was to pick up the little stool he used to climb up place, and put on a higher place. He would cry and whine about it, and I would tell: "when you stop crying and promise not to use it to climb anymore, you will get it back."
Worked like a charm. With a toy box prob it will work even faster, since they want access to the toys
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