Hi - my DS is 13 months, he's a spirited baby, physical and a keen explorer and a very happy chap. In the last 3 weeks he has started to make a beeline for certain things in the house and no amount of discouraging him from these things works.....
We have babyproofed the house really well but some things we can't move, e.g oven and it also worries me that he ignores "ahah, leave this".
for example I have intercepted him hanging off the oven knobs about 40 times in the last 2 days but he just continues.
I have started off with "ah ah - hot" straight face/ouch and when he just carried on I physically picked him up and put him down a short distance away repeating what I said. I've offered an alterative such as favoured toy, read a book, give him my hand and say "see what mummy's got" which he takes for 10 seconds and then tries to scoot back to the oven at the very first opportunity.
I have got louder with the "no/leave it" and found myself shouting NOOOOO today....so embarrased that I just found myself getting into "losing it" territory.
This resulted in him bursting into tears, but still going back to the oven.
Has anyone else experienced this and does anyone have a technique, age appropriate, I can try?