What to do about climbing?

[always hope]

Ella has just started being able to climb onto our dining chairs and then either onto the dining table or the computer desk. We have moved the chairs away and tried to remove as many things off the table and desk so they don't look to interesting. Where did you draw the line with climbing?
My big concern is her falling and hurting herself. Did your child just stop being interested in it?

[konayossie]

I need to know the answer to this too. DS started climbing before he could walk. At 18 mos, we now have no chairs in our kitchen (have to unstack them to sit at the table). DS can scale any cabinet that has a drawer at the bottom. I don't know how to teach him not to do it (I mean, when I catch him, I remove and redirect, but I just had to remove anything he could climb on in the kitchen to keep him safe). He will even move toys and such up to the cabinets to try to climb from those. He even climbs INTO his crib. I'd love some tips!

[micah_mae_]

My son was/is a climber. Honestly? I redirect/remove when I catch him..but if I don't and he falls...natural consequence. I hope he doesn't hurt himself. I never stacked chairs or anything although we do remove things if he tries to use them as a stool. At 23 months he rarely climbs anymore so it seems to be a phase that passed.

[YayJennie]

My son is 19 months old and has been climbing everything since before he could walk. Luckily, he knows his limits pretty well, and rarely falls. So I just let him climb up on the chairs in the kitchen, and make it clear he can't climb on the table (he knows that "we sit in our chairs", so he can climb up on the chair but then he has to sit down). I figure, the more I safely allow him to climb, the better he'll be at it and the less he'll get hurt. He even climbs my futon and then does pull ups on the window sill. The kid is a beast, so there's no way I could really stop him from climbing, so the best I can do is help him know his own limits so he doesn't get too hurt.

[carmel23]

my 10 month old went through this crazy table climbing frenzie right before he totally mastered walking. weirdness

I remove the chairs in the morning, and return then when we need to eat. Unless I am sitting on the chair, or I am in the room (and even then) it is out of the room where he can get it.

[always hope]

Thanks so much for all your ideas. Pretty much what I was thinking. I really don't want her on the table and want her to learn to sit down on the chairs but avoiding the battle might be the best bet at her age. Hopefully she doesn't start climbing anything else.