is it possible for a 10month old to understand that something is always off limits?

[mamadiamond]

dd is just 10months but started walking a few weeks ago which has made discipline a sudden issue. with things like biting or grabbing for a cord etc she is pretty good if i say "no no" she will stop. and i try to redirect her to something else to grab or chew. but yesterday she started walking to the tv and slapping the screen. it's a flat screen so the slapping is bad for it, but that is not my main concern. it is mounted in an entertainment center but the mount is not super secure and there isn't a way to make it more secure. we already rigged it to get it as secure as it is. i'm really worried that if she hits it too hard it could fall on her. i don't have money for a different entertainment center, so i've got to get her to stop hitting the tv. when i say "no no" she looks at me and takes her hand away for a minute, but it's just so interesting that then she's right back to slapping a few seconds later. i move her away and try to get her distracted with toys, but the living room is small and she walks quickly so moving her only helps till she takes 5 steps right back to it. i think the main problem is that her physical development is ahead of her understanding. she's walking like a 15m/o with the understanding of a 10m/o. any ideas? do i just have to be a broken record and say "no no" and move her away 5000 times? will she eventually get that she can't touch it, or is that comprehension something that develops later?

[mom2grrls]

If you don't want her to touch it you're going to have to either find a way to block it off or make sure she is never alone in that room. She will not have impulse control for a while yet.

[mamazee]

Yeah I'm afraid there's no way for a 10-month-old to understand that. You'll have to find a way to barricade the area off or something.

[ssh]

We used boxes to form a barrier around the TV when my DD was little. It looked tacky but DD was safe. Someone I know mounted their TV to the wall, too high up for their LOs to reach. A 15 month old would still have no impulse control. Your looking at sometime between age 2 and 3 before that happens. Until then if it's dangerous you have to make it inaccessible.

[mamadiamond]

shoot. i figured that was the case but was hoping there was some magical, easy way. i think i'll try the barricade idea.