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I have a climber...

EMunion777EMunion777
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I'm running out of things to do. My daughter doesn't really try to climb everything, just the changing table. Which worries me because it's probably one of the least sturdy things in our house. We have had time out 3 times today and all 3 were for climbing the changing table. I've made each time out a little longer than the last but it doesn't seem to do any good. She knows she's not allowed because when I walk in the room she gets down and runs away from it. Any ideas of what to do to get her to stop?
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member
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    Shut the door to her bedroom. Bolt the changing table to the wall. I can't see how old she is, but timeouts don't work until much closer to 2. I don't even try to "discipline" for this kind if stuff. They are exploring, which is developmentally appropriate. Just distract, make it impossible to do, or make it safe to do.

    Yeah, the changing table should be strapped to the wall anyway as part of babyproofing. And then I wouldn't allow unfettered access to her room alone. Set her up for success and redirect. The timeouts obviously aren't effective, she's getting too much out of the selfrewarding behavior.
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  • EMunion777EMunion777

    My daughter will be 2 in a couple of months. I've heard to do time out for the age they are so we typically try time out for a minute and a half to about 2 minutes.

     I will be strapping the changing table to the wall but I don't see how I can possibly not give her access to her room. She sleeps in a toddler bed now. Her room is completely baby proofed except for the table. 

    And redirecting for this table thing doesn't work. We tried that before the time outs. If she doesn't climb during the day because we keep her from it, she does it at bed time or in the morning when she gets up. 

    I'd take her to the park to let her climb her little heart out everyday but we don't have a (safe) park near us in walking distance and only one working vehicle at the moment which my husband needs for work. And we have a one story house. I figure the climbing is due to her wanting to get out more energy. I've gotta figure out some way for her to do that at our home until I can get out of this house with her daily. I guess I could just let her do it and she'll learn on her own... but I don't want her to get too hurt. :( Ugh.

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  • WipzWipz member
    Move the changing table into your room and close the door, or change her on a towel on the floor, or a bed.  We've never had one so, it's not like it is an essential item and if its more a hazard than a help... it's not worth  the risk to me.
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  • mommymegan831mommymegan831 member
    I was in a situation similar to yours.  When DD was 18 months she started jumping out of her crib, I was also about 12 weeks pg.  We moved her into a new room with a twin bed and a dresser.  The crib and changing table stayed in the baby room for when the baby came and her dresser was bolted to the wall.  She's always had access to everything in her room, but I try to make sure there is nothing she can get hurt on.
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  • CLL1001CLL1001 member
    I agree with PP about either making it safe to climb on or just get it out of there so she doesn't have access to it. DD tries to climb on EVERYTHING and if I try to stop her from climbing on certain things I think it just ends up becoming that much more appealing to her lol. I just think it's not worth fighting with her and getting stressed out about it...if she's not safe climbing on things by herself I'll usually just make her hold my hand while she climbs and she's usually done within a minute or two...I just figure this climbing phase shouldn't last TOO long haha...good luck!
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  • bluejettabluejetta member
    I have a climber too and on rainy days it gets old to be inside. I take all the cushions off the couch and stack them and let her climb/slide on them. I set three dining chairs up with pillows around and she gets up and down. Do you have anything like that you can use to get the energy out? I also bought a tunnel she loves to crawl through and folds flat for storage. She has a "rhody" horse to bounce on. Those are some of how we stay sane
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  • ladybugpjbladybugpjb member

    We've never had a changing table - I sit on the floor and change him.

    We have a big cushy chair in his room that he loves to climb on, and that is how he gets his climbing in when we don't go to the park. He also climbs on the sofa if I'm not looking, I let him climb out of his high chair, and he just recently started being able to climb into the car and get into his car seat. We also have a couple of songs that we do motions to, and that is a good energy outlet for him. He really misses our old house because it had stairs, so I always let him climb on stairs if we are somewhere with stairs.

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  • Karen1998Karen1998 member

    imageLalaMama81:
    Shut the door to her bedroom. Bolt the changing table to the wall. I can't see how old she is, but timeouts don't work until much closer to 2. I don't even try to "discipline" for this kind if stuff. They are exploring, which is developmentally appropriate. Just distract, make it impossible to do, or make it safe to do.

    All of this.  You can also head her off at the pass when you see her going for it.  Distract her into doing something else.   

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  • EMunion777EMunion777

    Thanks guys. I guess we'll go ahead and get rid of the changing table. It was going to be gone out of the room in a few months anyhow so might as well go ahead and do it now for safety.We needed to move it out and get another dresser instead for the baby since they'll be sharing a room and it's a tiny room. I haven't even changed her on the table in the last week because my sciatica nerve pain is so bad it's hard to pick her up constantly so i've been changing her on the floor. Thank you for the advice. Now that other people have said it I kinda feel like "duuuh. why didn't i think of that?" lol. I appreciate it. Thanks.

     

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  • Karen1998Karen1998 member

    imagebluejetta:
    I have a climber too and on rainy days it gets old to be inside. I take all the cushions off the couch and stack them and let her climb/slide on them. I set three dining chairs up with pillows around and she gets up and down. Do you have anything like that you can use to get the energy out? I also bought a tunnel she loves to crawl through and folds flat for storage. She has a "rhody" horse to bounce on. Those are some of how we stay sane

    We do this too with my little climber.  I set up obstacle courses for him and give him safe things to climb.  It helps to get the wiggles out when we're not able to go outside or to the park.   

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