How can I get my 2 year old to stop jumping on the bed?

Question

My two year old likes to jump on his bed. It's a normal thing for a little kid to like. My husband and I have never been bothered by it. Unfortunately our landlord called (she lives downstairs) and complained that there's some thudding that knocking her pictures off the walls and keeping her awake (she works nights and sleeps during the day).

I feel awful that we didn't think of this before. Now our son is used to jumping on his bed, and he loves it, but we can't have him do it anymore. We can't move right now for a few reasons. I am due to give birth to our second child in less than a month. We have only lived here for two months. Moving is expensive, and we can't afford to do that again so soon.

He's two, bear in mind, so asking doesn't work. I'm also unsure of how to get him to understand that something that was okay yesterday is wrong today.

Answer 1

This is a sticky subject because you let him do it for so long. I would say punish him and put him in time out for doing it, but that would confuse him and not be fare to him if you guys all the sudden started punishing him. But I'm afraid that's the only way you will get him to stop. Talk to him about it every time you tell him no. Kids understand more than you think.  

Answer 2

Try to explaine what your landlord told you but in away he will understand if its possible. OR  explaine since the new babies coming he needs to be extra special quiet so the babie doesnt see him and want to jump too cause if he does the babie might jump to high and go  fly with the birds. Or something like that..lol its silly I know.

My girls have bunkbeds and dont jump thank goodness. I wish you lots of luck and congratulations to the new addition.

Answer 3

I think your best bet is to just redirect him every time he does it.  After awhile, hopefully he will learn that he can't do it anymore.

If your bed is in another room, how about just closing the door, so he doesn't have access to it?

Good luck!

Answer 4

Explain to him why he can't do it. Then when you catch him doing it the first few times remind him not to do it and redirect him. After about a week it will be imprinted that he isn't allowed to do it, but if he still does it punish him.

Answer 5

Tell him the neighbor complained about the noise and he has to stop.

He does it again....tell him "I TOLD you to stop...stop or it's time out/spank/whatever you do"

Third time...do the time out/spank/whatever.

If he doesn't stop now, when do you think he will? Not really safe either...he could bounce off and crack his skull.

Answer 6

Try to get him to do something else for fun. Like you could let him use finger paint or he could get like mini drums and let him act like he is in a band. Let him do something else for fun and let his imagination go, take him for a walk or something other then jumping on the bed.

If you are going to try out you could put him in his booster chair for two (2) minutes because that's how old he is and tell what he is doing in wrong like for example: Jumping on the bed is bad and it isn't safe please stop doing it so for two (2) minutes you will sit in the naughty chair.

I hope I helped you and good luck with the second (2nd) child.

gorgeousxbrittie

Answer 7

My daughter likes to jump on her bed.  She gets rather out of control and we've never let her do it because of her lack of coordination.  Last March she actually broke her arm jumping on/off her bed.  Cast on she STILL jumped on her bed just two days later.  

No punishment seemed to work until I finally carried her bed out of her room and told her she was spending a night on the floor.  I gave her all of her blankets and had her sleep on a beach towel.  She's now had two surgeries from that broken arm and she occassionally still tries to jump on the bed.  One mention of loosing the bed and she stops for weeks though.

On a side note, the nurse for her last surgery told me that the two most common causes of broken arms she sees in little ones like my three year old are accidents on monkey bars and jumping on the bed.

Answer 8

Well, first of all jumping on the bed should not have been allowed in the first place, it's very dangerous and he could fall off and crack his head open.

Second of all, you should not have to move because you choose not to set rules and discipline your child.  Yes, he's two years old, not two months old.  He should be able to understand the concept of what is acceptable behaviour and what is not - not saying that he will listen, but you need to work at it and he will eventually get that it is not allowed.  Explain to him that it makes noise for the lady downstairs and that he could hurt himself.  

It won't happen overnight, but your son is able to learn what he is allowed to do and what he isn't.  My daughter is 17 months and she already knows what she is not allowed to do (i.e. jump on the bed).  It doesn't mean she always listens, but knowing is progress.