My daughter has recently started climbing on our kitchen table. No matter what I say or do she still does it. Can anyone give me any suggestions.
I'm assuming that she's using the charis to reach the summit. If you have the room to do so, remove the chairs unless it's meal time. Also, at that age, repetivness is king. Just keep removing her from the table (and the room if needed) until she gets the hint that climbing on the table is a no-no. Lead her to more appropriate things for her to climb on if you have them.
She's not too young to discipline with timeouts in the playpen. A few firm "No"'s and a brief stay in the playpen always works for us. Make it clear that there are consequences for not listening to you.
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I had this problem when my step-daughter was about the same age as your daughter. We would just flip the chairs over (when we weren't using them), with the legs pointing up, and put them on the table. That way she wouldn't be able to get on a chair to get onto the table. It worked for us. She eventaully grow out of climbing and we took the chairs down and put them back on the ground and she never bother them again.
Time outs do wonders. And she's not 2 yet so it's only for one minute. We always sit Kaylee on our ottoman for timeout. If she tries to get up, the first time tell her she has to stay there until you come to get her and start the time over. Any additional times you say nothing and start the time over. I started Kaylee around that age, and she only tried to get off a couple times, but boy would she cry loud. When time is up, go to her and ask her if she knows what she did wrong(she may not be good at answering at that age, so tell her if she dosen't answer) Then, ask her to give you a hug and tell you sorry(Important step). Then tell her you love her and it's business as usual. It worked well starting Kaylee at that age. Now at two, I give a warning that she will go in time out and she usually says I don't want to go in timeout, and will stop what she was doing.
Good Luck!!! Hope this helps.
Children push the buttons of people they trust the most. I believe that at that age they don't if they can't understand if what they are doing is wrong, they aren't going to understand why you are punishing them. With my son (18-months-old), I simply remove him from the situation that is causing him trouble and explain to him why it is wrong. Eventually, she will understand that she shouldn't be there. Good luck!
