I let them jump on and off the couch, I tried to use stairs, I tried pillows, I tried the NO, the disapproval sounds.. nothing worked. So we got stairs for the bed since it's higher than the couch (my boys are not tiny, 6#s and 13#s) well they use the stairs to come up on the bed all the time now. It took a few weeks, but they go right up them no problem.... however, they WILL not use them to get down. They jump from the bed to the floor. I have rough and tumble boys, I guess.