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My daughter loved climbing. She actually climbed from a chair, to the table to my bookshelf, across my bookshelf to the counter. That was while I went to the bathroom. I was shocked when I came out to see her just getting off the bookshelf to the counter and the telltale chair pulled out from the table told me what route she'd taken.
It was just the joy of a challenge usually. I pulled our couch cushions off the couch, let her stack them however she wanted and make "stairs" out of them and pillows and her little stool for the sink in the bathroom. It gave her the challenge she enjoyed and I didn't find her climbing the chairs as much. I also took two fo the chairs and pushed them between the table and the wall. Pretty much made that side of the table unusable unless you pulled the whole table and 2 chairs our. It reduced the numebr of chairs she could use. Then I put one chair in my bedroom and the other near my desk. She could climb on the chairs then but not to the table.
It was about that time that my in-laws got me one of those sqaurish plastic climbing things that you see out in peoples yards. It's got a slide on it and a small platform. That got her attentions really well until she'd gotten better at climbing. Then the only reason she ever climbed to the table after that was usually to get something that she'd spied that she wanted. I just kept the able and counters as empty as possible.
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