How do you guard an active daughter?

@clickicy (571)
Indonesia
August 19, 2008 1:41am CST
Hi, I have a year and 5 month old daughter who is soo active. She always running around the house, jumping in bed, and only stop doing thing when she is exhausted/tired. The problem is now she have fall many times, sometime twice a week. Well, my wife is only human. Sometimes she's too tired after chassing her all day long. How would you deal with my problem?
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@Rintis (646)
• India
19 Aug 08
The only solution to this would be keeping your home child proof. Ensure that there are no sharp corners. Keep her in her toy room which has no furniture most of the time. She can play on a mat with all her toys there and your wife an take care of her there.
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@clickicy (571)
• Indonesia
19 Aug 08
Hi, I have make sure that no sharp corner, no open electricity power slot, a plastic carpets, and no sharp things laying around in the house. My daughter love to play outside, I doubt I can manage to keep her on her own room more than 10 minutes without her start to cry.
@Rintis (646)
• India
19 Aug 08
try making a sand pit outside for her to play.
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@clickicy (571)
• Indonesia
19 Aug 08
Okay, I'll try to make one. :).
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
19 Aug 08
My daughter is almost 19 months old. She is in constant motion from the moment she wakes up to the moment she goes to bed. She will sit still for an occasional Barney or Veggie Tales video at least. I would start by trying to keep her away from the bed while she is being really active. My daughter will do the same thing, so I just keep her out of the bedroom. When she is running around and you are afraid she is going to get hurt try to distract her with an activity or let her go outside and run around and wear herself out where if she falls she will fall on the grass.
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@lilybug (21107)
• United States
19 Aug 08
My daughter LOVES music and loves to sing and dance along with it. She has even more fun if you dance around with her. I would fins a type of music the really catches her attention and try to play it and try to get her to dance along to distract her from running around. My daughter loves Latin music.
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@clickicy (571)
• Indonesia
19 Aug 08
Okay, then I'll try to find a distraction for my daughter. She love to dance. Do you think I should buy a radio so she can listen to music a lot?
@clickicy (571)
• Indonesia
19 Aug 08
Well, okay then. I'll buy a new radio so I can keep my daugher from jumping/running around. Thank you Lilybug.
• Singapore
19 Aug 08
My daughter is 19 months. She is super active. I don't guard her from doing what she likes in the house unless it's dangerous - may cause cuts, fall, bruise. How did she fall? Off the bed? My bed is rather high, abt 60 cm. If she jumps on the bed and falls, it will be a bad one. But so far, never fallen from there. She has fallen from the table before but luckily there was the sofa to kind of break the fall. But I taught her how to get down from the sofa or bed properly. And I always remind her to get down the correct way, whether sofa or bed. I just watch from afar. Can't go around chasing them all day. Won't get much things done that way. I don't place guards on my furniture or anything, but I do watch to see that she is not up to dangerous things. It's exhaustive for us, right?
@clickicy (571)
• Indonesia
19 Aug 08
She fell from the chair or bed, She always love to jumping around with nothing fear but joy in her face. But yeah after she fell only cry for a bit and then start to jump again...