How to get down?

[Rainbowbrite]

I've heard that you can teach bubs how to get down off beds, lounges etc & was wondering if someone can tell me how to do it? She is crawling & standing now & I worry that she'll fall off the bed onto the timber floor :(

Its just that as much as I love co-sleeping, I would like to be able to leave the room when she's asleep to do what I have to do.

Thanks
RB

[Jenko]

If you just keep putting her on the edge and turning her around and showing her what to do, while explaining and encouraging her, she will learn how to do it.

I remember my mum started showing DD before I even thought she was ready and I was surprised at how quickly she picked it up.

[Shazbutt]

When i was in the same room, if i saw Mac about to get down, i would go over and explain to go down backwards, feet first. It didn't take her long to get the hang of it. She seemed to kind of know how to do it a bit already....must be inbuilt...

[tickle]

O just got down backwards one day and we made a big deal about it and he thought it was fantastic.:)
I guess if you show her and make a song and dance, she'll soon pick it up.
I don't know whether it is possible but if you have to you could put a little firm mattress for her to get down onto, might make it a bit less far for her to go? Would also be good if she does fall.

[Rainbowbrite]

Thanks for that. I have been showing her how to get down both by doing it myself & by turning her around & making her go feet first. She's not quite 9months old but rather than put the cot all together & risk her climbing out, i'd rather her learn how to do it herself.

Now I just have to teach her to go to sleep on her own :rolleyes:

RB

[drewid]

I've been trying to teach Andrew the same thing. He is such a typical boy though and much prefers to just launch himself head first off or on to anything...:rolleyes:

[Ky]

I always turned my kids around and taught them how to get down.

My sil never let her kids do anything unaided, so when they started pre-school, the first thing they did was walk straight off a high platform and land flat on their faces! Every kid! I feel sorry for her new bub and hwat it has in store! ... ok, so no love lost as you can tell.

I think playing with your kids and have a bit of roughhousing tends to get them to figure out how to get down safely etc a lot quicker! I would hate to have been my sil standing there watching as her dd tumbled down and she was too far away to do anything about it!

[reAllytee]

I've been trying to teach Andrew the same thing. He is such a typical boy though and much prefers to just launch himself head first off or on to anything...

HAHAHAHHA !!!!
How true is that :rolleyes:
Im tired of pulling muscles doing gymnastic routines myself to stop him rocketing off the lounge or bed !!!!!!!!!!!1

I would actually think once they learn depth perception this will help more than anything as they just have no idea that something is higher than another etc.
But yeah we are trying to make a fuss when boof gets down the "right" way LOL as well as showing him but alas like Nicole its way more fun to rocket off !!!
I think that because not only is it fun to "fly" but to watch Mama contort & react the way she does LOL :rolleyes:

I got my own back today though i kept letting him fall over as he was trying to lift himself up onto the windowsill :eek: No dont stress i wasnt being a bad Mama cause he had cushions behind him & he giggled every time LOL.
Maybe tomorrow he will learn .... wishful thinking right :rolleyes: