My 12 month old won't stop pushing buttons on the DVD player/set top box/tv! I'm living with my parents at the moment so I can't actually move them out of the way or put something in front of them. Actually we did stack some storage boxes in front but she's learned how to climb so that's no good anymore lol. Telling her 'no' doesn't work, she just laughs for the most part. I'm actually worried she'll tug on the chords in front of the TV connecting it to the set-top box and pull the whole thing down on herself. Again, I can't actually do anything about this.
How can I teach her not to play with these things?! The only thing I can think of is a tap on the bum but I don't want to do that, though this is turning into a safety issue.
The tap on the bum is very unlikely to work at this age (or any IMO) and you will face troubles when trying to teach her not to hit... Also it's important for when she's older that she learns to respect your words because if she only doesn't touch them in case you smack her, if you aren't there she won't be afraid of the smack and thus might well go ahead and touch, and thus unless you're actually physically there she won't be safe, kwim?
Honestly, at 12 months your only real option is prevention. A fire-guard in front? Moving the unit in some way that she can't reach? Kids can be relied upon not to touch things once they have impulse control, and most FOUR year olds still struggle with that! You can try making a noise rather than saying no, to get her attention, but you need to follow up by moving her away IMMEDIATELY and even that might not work. I use an escalating "a-a-a-a-a-a-a-A-A-A-A-A-A-A!" when DD is touching or doing something she oughtn't. It stops her *just* long enough for me to get there and grab her and move her to safety.
Until she's old enough to both understand that she mustn't touch and be able to control her urges to, anything she could break or harm herself on needs to be baby-proofed. Sorry hun, not really what you wanted to read i'm sure...
That was what I figured, really. Children are taught impulse control, it's not innate so teaching her not to do something at this age is impossible My mother keeps saying "But I did it with you!" well err, ok lol? I have no idea what to say to that. DD is into the books, the DVDs, all the shelves, climbing on the coffee table etc. etc. But they refuse to let me babyproof! The problem with a safety guard is that we might not be able to use the dvd/vhs/set top box if there's something in front of it.
Yeah, remember how awful labour was? I don't, partly because it wasn't that bad for me, and partly because in her wondrous glory of wisdom mother nature allows us to forget the challenges and relish the successes of parenting in equal measures. Is your dad around to ask? My mother told me before she died i was walking at 9 months, talking at 11 and fully TT at 14. My dad tells me i could *just* pull myself up at 9 months, and at 14 months i was taken to the potty every 60 minutes day in, day out. Mum used cloth and this saved on washing, but it's not MY idea of TT!!!! Sadly for his ears, he tells me, the talking thing was true! LOL. So it's possible your mum looks at your DD and remembers you "about that age" i.e. on your feet but not fluently talking or TT - that covers about 18months for a lot of children, so you might well have gathered by 2.5 that you needed to stay away from the videos, but it's also possible they'd all fallen on you 4 or 5 times by then, which will have cemented the "lesson"
Can you get your own place hun? Really there's no point in them letting you stay there if you can't alter anything for bubs, it has to be HER home too, you know?
I just wanted to say that i hear u loud and clear on this one. I have a 15 month old who is into everything. I have raarranged my lounge room three times and put things away that i dont want her touching. It doesnt stop her climbing all over the lounge and standing on it with a big grin...i just say Noooooooooo while walking over to her, picking her up and putting her on the ground. After about 3 or 4 times she usually gets bored of this game and is into something else. Ahhh toddlers...so much fun arent they?
this happened when we stayed at my MIL.... Her idea if fixing it was to leave it as is and have DS learn it wasnt ok to touch... After 4 weeks and an accident where i JUST caught the TV before it squashed him i went out and brought a cupboard myself which was suitable the DVD, AMP, set top box was all behind a closed door and the TV was higher up and he couldnt reach it (well reach it enough to pull at it)
when we moved out we had issues with our TV... (its a big one) he couldnt pull it down as its all in 1 but it had buttons on the front we just moved the coffee table in front of it until he learned he could climb on top of it... i really hope you work something out,...
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My mother keeps saying "But I did it with you!" well err, ok lol? I have no idea what to say to that. DD is into the books, the DVDs, all the shelves, climbing on the coffee table etc. etc. But they refuse to let me babyproof! The problem with a safety guard is that we might not be able to use the dvd/vhs/set top box if there's something in front of it.
i really hope you work something out,...
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