Ok my almost 2 year old will not stop playing on our couch!! We have one of those over stuffed couches and we have ceramic tile, I'm very afraid that she will fall and bust her head open. She even stands,sits and jumps of the arms of the couch and that is what scares us the most because if she loses her balance she will injur herself. As far as getting her to stop I have taken her off the couch,sat her on the couch and told her that we sit on the couch not play, I have used her brother as an example(look Grace Cameron is sitting nicely can you sit like him?), I have put her in time out, I have told her that if she can't sit on the couch then she needs to sit on the floor and I have asked her nicely I have even tried ignoring this behavior thinking that she is doing it for attention. But me and my husband are fed up!! We don't care about her damaging the couch just herself! When she is punished she cries then does it again or if you tell her to stop and sit down she just laughs. Please any advice is welcome!!
Well my little monkey has finally seen the light without a trip to the ER! I have to remind her less and less that you sit on your bottom or you can sit on the floor she choses the bottom. Thank goodness!! Thanks for the help!
Just stick to your guns. Keep on correcting her and punishing her. One day it will stick. Good luck..
Maybe try doing time out for a full 2 minutes or making her play in her room if she jumps on the couch. Make that room and everyone/everything in it off limits.
Be sure and explain to her -- as best you can to a 2 year old -- WHY you don't want her to jump.
Just keep being consistant, everyone in the house needs to be, and it will finally work.
Good luck.
I don't know if this would help, but have you thought of making a safe area for her to jump. Maybe get her a bean bag chair or some cushions and put them somewhere that might be safer for her to jump. That way you don't have to worry about her hurting herself. Other than that I would just suggest that you keep on doing what you are doing and hopefully she will learn that she isn't allowed to do it.
We have the same issue with out two year old. In fact she has fallen off several times.
When she is on the couch she someone has to be on the couch with her or she has to get off. if she is on the couch we tell her Hinie and put her in the sitting position. After many months she finaly learned when we say "hinie" she sits down.
She still stands and tries to jump around on the couch but we just continue to be consistant and it as helped A Lot!
First, let me apologize for chuckling as I read this. My daughter, now 22, broke her arm at 9 yrs. old because she was walking on the top of our retaining wall that was about 4 feet tall even though she had been told numerous times not to do it..it slowed her down a little for a time but not for long. my son, now 12, was a climber..climbed on everything because he could.
You need to stick to your guns on her being told. Have you thought about finding something fun to do for days that she is really good...
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Wish I could help, but I can empathize. We have the exact same issue with our 2 1/2 year old. I am just doing my best to be consistent about stopping him ASAP and never letting him get away with it. He's only been bad about it for about a week now. Hopefully both our children will get the message fast and not get hurt. I look forward to reading your other replies. I also have problems with him climbing up the outside of the staircase over the ceramic tile. He's gotten pretty high before so watch out for that if you have stairs. Grrr... Best of luck to you!
