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Standing/Running on couch

alyssa7alyssa7
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For the past week, Charlie has been constantly climbing on our couch and running on it (we have a long sectional). I'd prefer him not to do this b/c its probably not the safest thing for him to play on, plus I don't want him to go to other homes and think its ok to run on their furniture.

I do feel bad that we (including the dog) can sit on the couch but not Charlie so I'm trying to teach him "bottoms down"/its ok to sit but not stand/run on our couch. Well, he either doesn't understand what I'm trying to tell him or completely ignoring me. :)

If you've run into this before, have you just let them have their fun or ask them to stop? If the latter, how did you go about that?

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Re: Standing/Running on couch

  • AvaLikeLavaAvaLikeLava member
    I've picked my battles, and decided to let go of the couch one. The pillows are now off it perpetually, because that's how G makes his fort. He does walk on top of the couch, but I try to prevent him from running/jumping (if I catch him). It's a continuous monitoring process though. I say "No!", and will count him out (and he'll stop), but he tries to do it again the next day anyway.
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  • Mama_v2.0Mama_v2.0
    I let my kids have free range on the couch. (When they were little I just pushed the coffee table away and put pillow around the couch.) They have never tried to jump on other people's couches (and I only think they would if they were playing a game with other kids at their house on their couch.) 
    Mama to Z - 5.5 years, G - 3.5 years, & M - 1.5 years.
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  • EmmieBEmmieB member

    I let him stand, but I don't let him run. Standing is the only way he can see out of the front window.

    any time he tries to get all rowdy on the couch I say "hey buddy, calm down, that's dangerous" (or something along those lines) and if he doesn't calm down I put him on the floor and point him towards something interesting. 

    I chose that battle a while ago because when we went to dallas, no one's houses were babyproofed, and my sister's floor is polished concrete. 

    It generally only takes one reminder every now and again these days.

    good luck!

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  • jsugrinjsugrin member

    imageAvaLikeLava:
    I've picked my battles, and decided to let go of the couch one. The pillows are now off it perpetually, because that's how G makes his fort. He does walk on top of the couch, but I try to prevent him from running/jumping (if I catch him). It's a continuous monitoring process though. I say "No!", and will count him out (and he'll stop), but he tries to do it again the next day anyway.

    This is our house too.  The couch is now part of the play room and we have an assortment of chair in our living room (which I actually like waaaay better).  It wasn't a battle I had any interest in fighting, especially since Andrew could climb up on the couch right around a year so his level of comprehension was pretty low.

    I know plenty of people do not allow it, I'm sure it's lots of reminding and reminding over and over again.  What we do when we don't want them on their feet is tell them 'knees or bottoms" and that works.  I think it helps that hey have an option.

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