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maybe try having a play pen & when he goes to do the climbing just let him know its dangerous & everytime he does it you just put him in the play pen with toys that he cant stack up & climb up to get out  even when your not in the same room just put him in it for his safety, when your around him let him wonder around, but they all do hurt themselfs at some stage & they dont do it again lol

bubble wrap good idea lol joke

good luck with little climber

all you can do is constant supervision(yeah right,the best you can) and make the environment as safe as possible.they have no sense of consequence at this age so make sure you point this out ( not sure when they develop this 4-5yrs I think memory failure!!)and tell them the obeject they are about to jump off is really for e.g. 'the lounge is for sitting on, if you want to jump jump on the trampoline'.find something he can and you'll let him jump off buckets,bale of hay, jump over logs on the ground.take him to the park and get the climbing out of his system and climb the slide ladders (withyou right behind him).a little imagination!good luck

My daughter is just getting in to this stage..UGH...

I have just been trying to make everything as safe as possible and hoping for the best!!

Yep, I've had two climbers and it seems they learn pretty fast what is too risky to attempt.  As the others have suggested you will still need to be vigilent and keep and eye on him.  Join a Gym group, or go to the park regularly where he can get it out of his system.  At the moment my 18 month old loves to jump off the coffee table into a bean bag, he will set it up to do this!  Needless to say i hate it! 

Try to make your home as hazard free as possible, to give yourself peace of mind.  People say it is just a phase but my first born is still a climber, he's 8, and just can't help himself, so i think it is really just the kid.

Good luck.

I totally agree with both the other comments, it is a very important developmental stage for our kiddies. I do the sfae room thingy too, all though now at almost 2.5y/o my boy has learned how to climb both up and down almost everything in my house safely and very rarely do I have to assist, he started climbing at around 1y/o and hasn't stopped, thankfully no major rushes to the hosipital as of yet.

Wish you all the best, it is only the beginning, but it will get better eventually. xx.

Okay so Imma single mother and my son was very much like that since he was 9 months old. he was a very early walker and climber. So what i had to do was put him in a room where he wasnt able to hurt himself which would be his bed/toy room when I was doing something like cleaning or showering. Just the times that I was unable to give him my full attention. As cruel as this may sound I had to do it or else i would never be able to do anything or he was seriously going to get hurt.

Now my my being two, and has had LOTS of accidents, bumps and bruises, he now realizes what is dangerous. He has accidently fallen off of his bed, or things like that. I would also obviously encourage him to get down and tell him to stop doing something dangerous by saying danger, you're gunna hurt yourself. And as bad as it sound he will do it behind your back maybe get hurt, but chances are he prolly wont do it again. Even though he is in the "room" still obviously keep a good ear out, and check on him when you can. You never know what you are missing and he could be getting into something that is realllly bad.

Movement is very important at this age to learn coordination. Unfortunately, sometimes it can send us parents running to the emergency room. My son's first trip to the emergency room was 1 week before his first birthday when he climbed on something and fell off and busted his lip.

I'm sure you've done this already, but just keep emphasizing the right way to climb down on things and emphasize safety. I remember following every reminders to be careful to my son with "if you hurt yourself and I have to take you to the hospital, mommy will be very very sad."

Also, you may want to consider places like The Little Gym or Gymboree. My son was in The Little Gym for almost 2 years. It gave him a great safe place to climb and jump and learn it to the right way. :0)

My 15 month old twins are just now starting to climb on things too. Fortunately, the don't walk yet.

Good luck!