BABYPROOF as much as possible, REDIRECT, and DISTRACT. Lather, rinse, repeat...about 2.7 billion times in the next 2 years.
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Seriously, though. Try turning her around in the bathtub with some neat stuff to play with facing the other direction fro the tub knobs. Or, get something to put over the handle, there's got to be some kind of cover out there...try Googling "bathtub handle cover" or soemthing like that...
Keep removing her from the cat, and try to prevent it from happening (though I know they're so lightning quick, it can't always be done).
Even though it *seems* like nothing is sinking in, it really is. I promise.
DS used to go over to the cabinets we had bungee-corded shut in the kitchen and say "no touch"....which is like what you were saying she does with the tub knob, so I'd just reinforce what he was saying and then walk him to "his" cabinet in the kitchen and say "This is D's cabinet".....always best to give them something they CAN do to replace what you don't want them doing...
Maybe give her a pillow or stuffed animal to sit on and squash when she gets that glimmer in her eye and is heading for the cat? Dunno, just a thought.
But really, your best tools now are CONSISTENT redirection, substitution, and distraction. It's exhausting, I know. Just go to your Zen place and let the words flow out of you while you redirect or swap. It does get easier, and it will eventually sink in.
Seriously, though. Try turning her around in the bathtub with some neat stuff to play with facing the other direction fro the tub knobs. Or, get something to put over the handle, there's got to be some kind of cover out there...try Googling "bathtub handle cover" or soemthing like that...
Keep removing her from the cat, and try to prevent it from happening (though I know they're so lightning quick, it can't always be done).
Even though it *seems* like nothing is sinking in, it really is. I promise.
DS used to go over to the cabinets we had bungee-corded shut in the kitchen and say "no touch"....which is like what you were saying she does with the tub knob, so I'd just reinforce what he was saying and then walk him to "his" cabinet in the kitchen and say "This is D's cabinet".....always best to give them something they CAN do to replace what you don't want them doing...
Maybe give her a pillow or stuffed animal to sit on and squash when she gets that glimmer in her eye and is heading for the cat? Dunno, just a thought.
But really, your best tools now are CONSISTENT redirection, substitution, and distraction. It's exhausting, I know. Just go to your Zen place and let the words flow out of you while you redirect or swap. It does get easier, and it will eventually sink in.
