Hey 1pj,

I'm struggling with a similar thing at the moment - DD loves to climb up on tables and things like that. She knows that she is not supposed to but its like she goes to herself "Oh here's a boundary, let's see how far I can push it!"

Its so frustrating to just keep pulling her off the table and saying "No! Not for climbing/standing/whatever!" only to have her do it right again, even while I am there watching!

I was thinking about getting a copy of "Kidwrangling" by Kaz Cooke, or "Toddler Tactics" by Pinky McKay. I've heard good things about these books - Kaz Cooke's I think is more humourous so I'm thinking that'll help me see the lighter side, whereas my sister says the Pinky McKay one has some great techniques and things in it.

I'm not entirely sure how to approach it either as we don't want to smack, she's still too young to understand what that means! Same age as yours - 15mths.

One thing I do with the pram, as we have the exact same thing happen when we go out, she just wants to get out and walk - I assume because she can now, why would she want to be constrained??? - we do get her out, then we drop the handle bar of the pram right down low so she can hold on to it and she "helps" to push the pram.

Usually keeps her happy for a little while!

Good luck!