The climbing is really driving me bonkers! Annabelle is constantly climbing into or onto something. Now that she knows how to climb up onto dining room chairs, she loves to show off her new trick for everyone she meets. And, this new trick is always tried at new houses as well (such as Granddaddy's and Grandmama's house and Nonnie's house).
You would think no big deal, right? Well, we tell her every time to "sit down on your bottom Annabelle" and "be careful." And, she is normally pretty good about doing so. That is until she thinks I am not looking. And, then, up she goes, to a standing position with a silly grin on her face as if she has accomplished something very big. And, naturally, after I tell her that is a "no no," she wants to do it that much more.
She started attempting to climb one of the bookshelves attached to our entertainment center long before she ever succeeded at climbing up onto the dining room chairs, but so far, she hasn't climbed past the first shelf. I am sure that will change, and I am going to have to be on my toes.
Towards the end of January, I noticed her lifting her leg up in the morning when I've gone in to get her up as if she is trying to learn to climb out of the crib. Does anyone know how early a toddler can actually succeed at climbing out of the crib?
And, this evening, I turned the light on in the oven so that she could watch our dinner of Chicken Cordon Bleu and Gorton's Fish Sticks cook. I've done this plenty of times before, and I've stood close by to make sure she did not attempt to open the oven. And, she hasn't. Well, tonight that changed! She decided to stand on the storage drawer directly under the oven while she held onto the oven handle. This obviously made me a nervous wreck for a couple of reasons:
1. The floors in the kitchen are slate, so if she takes a tumble, her head is going to give more than the floor ever will.
2. She was holding onto the handle of a very hot oven. The handle itself was not hot, but, if the door had opened, she very probably would have burnt her little self.
She was even able to reach the buttons to turn on the oven. I think it is time to lock the keypad. I am just wondering if my oven has a lock installed on the oven itself to lock the oven door. If not, I think we may be heading off to Babies 'R' Us this week to find out if there is any childproof invention to lock a heated oven.
So, is this normal for a child to climb this much at 15 months going on 16 months? I guess it is, but this is far worst in my eyes than walking! Walking is a breeze compared to climbing. I guess that is why the Lord allows them to learn to walk before they learn to climb...because the parents need these baby steps more than the babies do.
2 years ago
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My oven locks automatically when you hold the button down for three seconds, but it also re-opens after holding it down for another three seconds. Don't let her see you do that.
And, it won't be long before she will start getting gushes of water coming from the refrigerator water dispenser. At least at my house because mine doesn't lock. I'm sure she'll be quite annoyed at that for a few minutes anyway.
If she's pulling out that bottom drawer to stand on, she's also going to learn how to turn on those burners before long!
She's a mess! Who raised that child anyway? Apparently nobody!
Maybe if she is introduced to "time out" in one of those chairs, it will deter her from climbing because she won't want to get near them. Have I told you how much fun that "time out" thing is? Heh, heh, heh!
If that doesn't work you may have to get her "attention" in another manner. I'm not suggesting anything specific, I'm just saying...She's really not a dummy, that's a fact.
I just checked and the oven locks, as I said after three seconds of holding. It locks the temp. of the oven and things pertaining to the oven. (I didn't check the cleaning oven thing because I was afraid that might put me into cleaning mode when I don't want it to. It doesn't stop the burners from being turned on and it doesn't stop the timer from working nor the clock from being changed. If you can just get her through those first first years maybe say up to the teens and you'll not have to worry because she won't want to go near an oven/stove at that point. You remember that stage, don't ya? Good luck!
The climbing is just going to get worse. Madeleine isnt as bad as Olivia, but I think Madeleine puts Olivia up to do things knowing that Olivia will then get into trouble and not her. I have begun to sit both of them down, but that seems to only last for a moment and then they go right back to climbing.
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