How are you redirecting? Are you simply moving DS away/out of the room? For the longest time, that's what I would do with DD. If she got into something she wasn't supposed to, I'd remove her from the room/area and give her a toy or something to keep her occupied. 90% of the time, she'd run right back. I was getting really frustrated.
Then I started using distraction instead of redirection, and it's worked much better. When I see her moving towards the TV cabinet (which is our big problem area), I try to grab her attention away before she gets there and make an offer that's more appealing than the TV cabinet. For example, DD LOVES to go outside. So if I see her about to head towards trouble, I'll ask her if she wants to go outside, and usually she gets so excited that she runs for the back door. Or I might ask her if she wants to go upstairs to help fold laundry or do some other chore (once she hears the word "upstairs", she usually gets really excited). Or I'll ask if she wants to go get the mail, go "bye-bye" in her toy car, etc. Most of the time, it works really really well. But of course, sometimes nothing is going to stop her from getting into something dangerous. When distraction doesn't work, I remove her from the room and explain why, and say "let's do this instead".
Then I started using distraction instead of redirection, and it's worked much better. When I see her moving towards the TV cabinet (which is our big problem area), I try to grab her attention away before she gets there and make an offer that's more appealing than the TV cabinet. For example, DD LOVES to go outside. So if I see her about to head towards trouble, I'll ask her if she wants to go outside, and usually she gets so excited that she runs for the back door. Or I might ask her if she wants to go upstairs to help fold laundry or do some other chore (once she hears the word "upstairs", she usually gets really excited). Or I'll ask if she wants to go get the mail, go "bye-bye" in her toy car, etc. Most of the time, it works really really well. But of course, sometimes nothing is going to stop her from getting into something dangerous. When distraction doesn't work, I remove her from the room and explain why, and say "let's do this instead".
