How to go up/down stairs?

jessie55 · January 2010

I am wondering how I will go up and down our stairs with the baby and toddler. If you bring one up or down first, would you bring the older or the younger? I don't think I could manage DS on the stairs while holding a baby.

NFL_Wife · January 2010

My toddler can already go up and down on his own, of course with me close by just in case (he either slides on his belly, feet first, or on his bum). So I would carry the baby and walk closely near DS.

Or bring the baby up/down first then go back for the toddler. I plan on a secure gate at the top and bottom of the stairs so the toddler will just have to wait for me

mlf625 · January 2010

I started teaching DS to do the stairs a few months ago and he's a pro now. Obviously I'm right behind him, but he has yet to stumble or fall. He LOVES going up and down the stairs and gets really excited/proud when we make it to the bottom or top.

I'd start working on your DS now, you've got plenty of time to teach him before #2 arrives!

hamilton.ja · January 2010

start teaching the older child to go down backwards or on their bum now. that way you can walk in front of or behind (whatever seems safer given how they go down) while carrying the younger child.

vajen · January 2010

I would PAY someone if they could teach my DS how to go down the stairs before DS arrives! He's just not feeling it. He'll do the bottom two steps, but that's about it.

mlf625 · January 2010

vajen:
I would PAY someone if they could teach my DS how to go down the stairs before DS arrives! He's just not feeling it. He'll do the bottom two steps, but that's about it.

I know this is verging too close to dog training for some, but have you tried putting an object he reallllly wants up a few stairs? Then move it up a few more every time he gets close? When we were first encouraging DS, a sippy cup placed on the stairs sure helped get him interested!

jessie55 · January 2010

DS can go up and down the stairs, but insists on going up/down walking, the way adults do, so he trips ALOT and I feel like I need both hands free to catch him. I guess I'll just bring the baby up/down first and put her in the crib or bouncer and then get him, I'm just nervous leaving either alone for a minute!

queenie521 · January 2010

DS crawls up the stairs pretty well on his own and I consistently make him do it now in preperation for (A) being too big/tired to carry him and (B) needing to carry baby. When baby comes I will send him up first and follow right behind him "just in case" like I do now.

vajen · January 2010

mlf625:

vajen:
I would PAY someone if they could teach my DS how to go down the stairs before DS arrives! He's just not feeling it. He'll do the bottom two steps, but that's about it.

I know this is verging too close to dog training for some, but have you tried putting an object he reallllly wants up a few stairs? Then move it up a few more every time he gets close? When we were first encouraging DS, a sippy cup placed on the stairs sure helped get him interested!

Thanks for the suggestion! He can go up, just not down. Any other tips are welcome!

hamilton.ja · January 2010

Go down with him. Sit on your bum and bump down the steps right along with him, make it a fun game. That's how we started.

stressdbride2b · January 2010

i think since i have hard wood steps i will not attempt to have dd try them on her own while I carry the baby. so I will have to do 1 at a time with a gate at the top and bottom.

anyone have hardwood, what do you do?

aras3k · January 2010

We have hardwood and DD has fallen down them before so it makes me so nervous. She can go up really well but going down she still can't navigate and has no interest in learning. I will probably do one child at a time until she's older/taller/more interested/ more stable.

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