If your child pulls the laptop down to the floor.......

You gave one spank? What does that mean? On his butt or was it a little tap on the hand? I'm totally against spanking, especially a 14 month old. I don't know what you mean by "I gave one spank." So I can't say to much on this, right now. All I know is I have a 17 month old son and I also have a laptop that he loves to touch. There has been times where he would grab it and drop it. Laptops are not that heavy. Anyway, when he was going through this stage, we would get down to his level and tell him "no, no" and then we would remove him from the area and find something else for him. I could never spank my son. He is only 17 months and that is their job to explore and get into things. It's our job as parents to put things up. We don't have to punish by hitting, even if it was ONE little SPANK.

Have you thought about babyproofing one room and using baby gates? My son is 15 months old and is incredibly active also. He had pulled my laptop to the phone, he knocks over the trash can almost daily, one of his favorite things to do is to knock over and throw freshly folded laundry. He definitely keeps me on my toes. Good luck to you!

Yikes! That could be kind of scary indeed, especially if you have other things that are heavier and can hurt him severely! I think being kind of "loud" to him and telling him NO NO when he touches things or NO TOUCH may help some. I did that with my kids. Also, make sure you have plenty around for him to keep busy. A great busy project are those alphabet magnets for the fridge. They keep busy for hours with magnets on the fridge. I had all kinds for my kids to play with while I was busy in the kitchen. Also, put some bells on his shoes. They actually make some tie holders for the shoes that have bells. That way you can hear if he's off someplace and you can go after him. Good luck! Hope he keeps safe!

my children was very much like this when they were that young. have a bigger pen constructed in one corner of the house. it is just simply a part of the room enclosed with grills. since it is big enough, he can play around and not feel constricted with his movements like in a regular sized playpen.

Oh the joys of an exploring little one! I know exactly what you are going through. My daughter was awful about getting into EVERYTHING she could even come close to reaching at that age. She's gotten better about it now and she's 19 months old. I've been pretty good about disciplining her and she's got a pretty good idea about what she can and can't mess with. At 14 months I felt like all I was doing was telling her to leave stuff alone and getting onto her. Normally just a little smack on the hand and a stern voice would teach her to stay away. It took a couple of times for it to sink in but she's doing much better now. I would say my best advice would be just to stay firm with him and try to keep as much out of reach as possible that could hurt him. Good luck!

It sounds like he needs more activity, like maybe get him some new toys or maybe stuffed animals? Usually children that are bored tend to get into trouble.

I would keep my laptop and any other valuable item out of reach of my child, if I had one. I would put it somewhere where he or she could not find it or break it. I would not spank my child though since they do not realize what they are doing and are just exploring and having fun and checking things out. As another member mentioned, you may want to child safe proof the room or rooms they are in most often. Glad to hear that your laptop survived.

Some kids have fun in doing such activities and spanking them in anger without thinking for a minute is not good and moreover they are kids who doesnot know the importance of any of the object and they find everything as a play thing and it is our responsibility to hide and take care of valuable things out of the kids mind and eyes or they should be placed out of their reach. This is my opinion on your discussion.

Oh the joys of parenthood*L* First of all remember it is his job at this age to explore everything. So the best thing you can do is get down on your hands and knees and see what he sees. If you can see it then he can too and he will pull on it and stick it in his mouth that is his job*L* So move around the floor and anything you see that can be of a danger to him will have to be moved. Remember he will also stick his little hands into things so watch for that as well. It is just another baby proofing thing you have to do now that he is moving. Believe me once it is done you will all be happier!!

...your son is real active and seems to be exploring the whole time - we have two daughters, 5&2 but they are not much different from boys coz they are also super active. but we have always taught them not to play with papa and mama´s things by pointing them out like papas printer, mamas computer and so on... and pointing out their play things with lallis cassette recorder or lottis play kitchen and so on. despite of this, we hve still found puzzle pieces inside the computer disk drive or in the printer...but when i hve something to do in the kitchen i have put them in the play pen with some toys -i think its better then to regret it later when they really get to destroy something...

I know it's impossible with some things, but you need to go through and move everything you can to higher ground. We haven't used the lower cabinets or closet space or cupboards for years because he have twins who like to pull everything down, one of who is very mechanically minded when it comes to diassembly. We've lost a fan because of him, seriously. Then to top it off, our five year old will help.... And they are getting taller. But the laptop never goes anywhere unattended where the kids can reach- after the first time it was pulled down.:)

well the same goes over here in my household too..i have a niece and she's only 18 months but always likes to be an explorer but the main advantage wid her is dat she understands watever i say to her and she binds to it..the main thing wat i want to say is dat children at this age are learning new things so talk to them alot and i hope after few days ur son wud understand wat u r saying and also listen to it..this will also help him to talk...well best of luck and try not to spank thim always..take care.tata