I’ve already established that we have a climber. And it was really only a matter of time before he made his way onto the dining room table. And into the butter. And salt. And napkins.
We tried to deter him by pushing all the chairs in, but this did not work for the following reasons:
- All he needed was a couple inches and he could worm his way up through an apparently pushed-in chair
- If he couldn’t worm his way up, he would repeatedly bang his head on the underside of the table. Repeatedly. Until he cried.
So we have resorted to turning all the chairs out so that the backs face the table. It’s not the prettiest and it takes up a whole lot more space in our tiny dining room, but it works for me. So far, at least. Because, as of yet, he cannot climb up the backs of the chairs.
As of yet.
And when they learn how to PUSH said chair across the room to reach the counters? I used dog leashes (the small kind for itsy bitsy dogs) to tether the chairs to the table legs. (I had a climber too. Still do, in fact!)
What a stinker! Mine figured out how to push them around first. Literally all around the room. That was fun! He’ll try and climb up now. They’re like little dare devils! After spending a whole day putting him in his crib when he did it, he finally figured out he’s not supposed to. Sure doesn’t stop him when I’m out the room though! ugh, I can feel the gray hairs sprouting already!
Oh I remember that stage with my son… Now he is into more destructive behavior.. lol
I have a climber, too! Unfortunately, our table has benches and at 16 months, he fell off and fractured his wrist! It was the tiniest cast I’ve ever seen.
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