8 Month old Climbing everything!

Question

I have an 8 month old Daughter who has recently started to Climb Everything!!! I pay close attention to her she can climb to the very top of our couches and she can climb completely on top of her walker and she can also climb out of her walker! She is driving me crazy shes going to get hurt! How can I stop her from doing this? Any ideas?

Answer 1

Make sure you buckle her in and make sure you have a safe home environment so if you have a coffee table with sharp corners she can get a scare and what not, or just interact with her and distract her from climbing everywhere and get her interested in something safe.

Answer 2

you just have to pay more attention at this stage. get rid of or stabilise any wobbling tables or chairs. remember that many infants have been able to topple TV sets.

Answer 3

Emma started climbing at eight months and she would get hurt about everyday.  Now at nine months she gets hurt about every other day!  It is bad, but you cannot guard them from everything.  Watch out for when they start walking!

Answer 4

lol.

im not a mother or anything, but i do have brothers and sisters and at this age it is normal.

you should let her do it but not all the way to the top.

when she climbs, she might fall, but pain come along with that.

she will learn that unless she wants to keep feeling that pain, she should stop doing things to make her fall.

but as you let her, make sure that u stay around her so that she doesnt severly injure herself.

its just like when babies want to eat everything.

they do it, realize its not that wonderful, and quit.

you can also pull her off the object and shake ur head no.

get her a toy or something that she can safely climb on =]

Answer 5

My 7 year old decided to start walking when she was only 7 months old. Not only was she climbing but she was running before 10 months old. She was very, very quick.

Your best bet... baby proof a room and buy a mesh gate, or a gate with straight bars that only go down. Then you have a safe place for her when you need a few minutes.

Otherwise... when you see her climbing, take her down and tell her "no". Eventually she will learn that she can't climb up there or on that.

Do consider getting her things to climb on that are meant for kids. Also let her climb step's, etc. so she can learn how to get up and down.

Answer 6

I hear you....the same thing is happening to us right now...its exhausting. Just keep taking her down and saying no. Try and distract her with things on the floor. I know its hard. And I'll be checking back for other suggestions because I'm tired of constantly chasing my daughter around =)

Answer 7

well u dont want to stop u or else she wont learn how to walk right!!! just baby proof the home and make sure there is nothing she can get her hands on that will cause injury!

Answer 8

well u cant stop her she has to or she wont learn how to walk

Answer 9

You can't stop her.

Don't put her in a walker anymore and you may want to put lots of pillows or some thick padding around the sofa so that if she does fall she won't get seriously hurt.

Climbing is a natural stage of development and the worst thing you can do is try to stop her.  You need to be creative and come up with ways to make her playzone safe.

It may be that the livingroom isn't her safe zone.  You might need to designate another room as the playroom that doesn't have a whole lot of high things for her to climb on, rather safe climbing toys that are near to the ground and on top of 1/2 inch thick dense foam padding.