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climbing at 2

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I was a climber when I was 2 (followed my dad up a ladder onto the roof), so of course my son is a climber. Currently he is pushing the kitchen chair over to the counter and climbing up. I am in the process of removing everything from the counter and a hanging basket so that it is less exciting. I have put a rubber band around the cabinet knobs until I can get to the store and by another cabinet lock. Short of removing all chairs from my house, does anyone have any suggestions?

And someone please tell me that I'm not the only one who has put a cabinet lock on an upper cabinet!!!
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You will never be able to teach your darling little climber to not climb. try to teach him to climb safely instead. You cannot always watch him but you can make sure that when he manages to get up on that counter without you looking he can safely get down.
Another thing is try to defer him to something that is ok to climb. My friend has a little gym inside and her kids have learned to climb that not her counters. Mine gets up and dances on the coffee table.

Sorry I cannot be of more help. Maybe someone else has some better ideas
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When my son tried to climb up the chairs to whatever, I put them on their sides. Pain, yes, but until he got over the climbing phase, it worked. It's hard to climb on them and they are more wobbly so you'll hear it and they can't get far.

I agree, try to give him a safe place to climb and encourage him to climb there instead of the chairs/cabinets etc. Good luck and I totally feel for you!
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Hi...I'm already having to put locks on cabinets and my son just turned 1!!! He's barely started walking, but he's been trying to climb, and sometimes succeeding since about 10mo.'s. I don't know what to do, since he's really only just learning the word 'no', but I'm going to keep an eye on what everyone says 'cause I think I'm in big trouble :)
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It's nice to know that there are other climbers out there, my boy is 2 1/2 and loves dancing on the coffee table - he gets me joining i with him when the wiggles are on! The best thing we did was get an outdoor climbing toy and a sandpit! He runs and climbs til his heart's content while I do some gardening or read for a bit in the sun.

He still tries to climb when we're inside on a rainy day, but we often spend a good bit of the day dancing, visit friends or family with kids his age or go to an indoor play centre to distract him when he's getting really adventurous.

He is so curious, it's fascinating to watch him learn!
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Today my son (just turned 2 in September) muscled himself out of his crib...I caught him trying to climb back in! Off goes the front of the crib, and on goes the toddler rail once I figure that bugger out! lol!
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Ok, since someone mentioned climbing out of the bed.... Those Halo sleep sacks are wonderful. I think they have stopped my son from learning how to climb out of bed!!! He's in the largest size they make and I'm not going to be happy when he out grows it!!! Maybe he will be in the big bed then!
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