How do you deal with your child getting into everything?

Question

16 months daughter is pulling things outta drawers, of the computer desk and always dumping everything. I ask her not to do it please and she screams and wen i go to pick her up to move her she opens her mouth and puts it on me like she wants to bite me. What would you do? Time out? Where?

Answer 1

nice baby, appreciate, try learn grow baby, is it your's, yes then why, ?

Answer 2

You have to get to the bottom of it soon, I would try getting her own little box dress , with drawers, put things in there for her  like old cell phone, color books , like that, let her know that for her only make it like a game tell her you can't play with hers she can't play with yours , ack like its hot when you touch her's, and let her believe yours is hot to her, That's what I did it work for me, Hope this help ,,, good luck, And if doing time out put her in a Connor where you can see her

Answer 3

my son is 14 months and he is the same way but he has recently started picking one or two toys and putting them away then he will go off and do something else.  But he also wants to take things out of drawers and play with the computer.  But once he got mad at me for not letting him kiss the dogs and he started throwing things at me.  So I picked him up and put him in a chair for time out.  What ever was his attitude he just kept getting up and running from me so my husband came home and seen I was completely out of it and he put the baby in the high chair and strapped him in so now that is the time out chair.  Now the only down fall is when its time to eat he does not want to sit in the chair because he knows that is the punishment seat so we bought a booster seat for him.  Seems to be working Dont get me wrong he is still all over the place but he is getting better with the throwing and hitting when he does not get his way.

Answer 4

You might try putting her in a gated-off area or a playpen to play. It should be a safe place with nothing breakable or valuable. Just some of her toys. If you can, just close the door to off-limits areas. If she does try to bite you, definitely put her in time out. It should be the same place every time (a corner, a chair, some safe place where she can stay for a few minutes) and don't talk to her while she's in time out. Good luck!

Answer 5

put imprtant/breakable things away with a kid running around is your first step.

what would you do for other things she does wrong?

we have a "naughty chair" that is like time out. spanking?

"I ask her not to do it please " << LOL. she is 16 months old. she is OBV not listening. babies dont do as they are asked. you ahve to reinforce.

Answer 6

I have a 16 month old who does the same thing. She used to get into our china cupboard until we started putting her in time out. She hasn't gone near the cupboard in 2 months.

For time out, put her in the corner for 1-2 minutes. She will cry and she will try to move. Just keep picking her up and putting her there. She will catch on. It took a few weeks for our daughter to catch on, and although she doesn't understand time out, she does understand that "If I do this, then I go here, and I don't like that", and she stopped going there.

Be consistent with the time outs, or they won't work. It will take a lot of work, especially in the beginning, but she will catch on, I promise.

Do not resort to spanking. That is not the right way to discipline a child.

Good luck.

Answer 7

go to walmart and get child proofing items for the drawers, doors, cabinets and whatever else she is getting in to.  also pick up a baby gate or two.. another option is to give her her own drawer where she can play with the stuff in it - some old tupperware or pots and pans.  she is just curious and "busy" at this age.  try not to get too upset with her, encourage her interests and hang in there!

Answer 8

put UNSAFE things out of her reach. And to the first answers: its not IRRESPONSIBLE you flop, if it was that he wouldnt be asking this question would he?

Anyway, yeah unsafe things out the way, otherwise give her independance, let her explore and find things for herself. Children do this because they are curious and bored.

Answer 9

OMG! My daughter does the same thing but I just let her! I try to pick my battles and yelling at her all the time is not worth it...my house is not nasty but it sure is messy! You should see this girls room! Her drawers are all dumped out everywhere...I bought her a case for all her headbands and ponys and it is all over her floor! I get so stressed but at least it is not permant damage to the house :) but my daughter doesn't get mad lol she yells or runs with whatever she has in her hands and throws it as far as she can before I catch her and then she runs off laughing lol Its pretty funny!

Last night I went to check up on her and she was sleeping in a bed full of shoes and purses! and she just turned 2 a couple of weeks ago!

Answer 10

More supervision

Less access to things she shouldn't have (try baby-proofing)

More distraction with things she can have (her own box of things to open, take apart, play with [pots, tuppeware, etc])

Answer 11

This may sound ridiculous to some but we could not find anything to keep drawers closed and keep Bradley out of certain drawers so we finally found some good tape (clear packing tape worked best because he can't see it) and taped the drawer corners shut.  So he just can't figure out how to open them.  He just thinks they are locked now.  Works like a charm.

Answer 12

How about you try to be a responsible parent and put things out of your daughters' reach?