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Originally Posted by linz06 Layla does this too, she has since I can remember, and she's almost 11 months old now. I've tried teaching "drop it" with her toys for months but she just isn't getting it, she seems to only learn things (like sit, lay down) when i have the toy and she wants it. When she has something she shouldn't have, she either runs under the couch, or runs behind my drumset, and goes in between and around it if i try to reach at her. As soon as I say "treat" or she hears crumpling of the bag she'll drop it immediately and come to me. But if I move towards the thing she had before she gets a treat, or even after she gets it, she'll run back and grab it again. It seems like she's just doing it to get treats.
I could ignore her but she loves underwear, and I have a male classmate living with me. That's just awkward. And if I ignore her when she gets a kleenex or paper, it doesn't matter. She just wants it to rip it up anyway. So I end up cleaning a whole floor full of ripped up paper.
I don't know what to do anymore  |
One thing that can make it easier is to buy a short handled rake, I find it makes cleaning up the paper so much easier then a broom (which makes it fly away) The rake I bought is meant for a small garden area-is has a 6 inch span at the rake end - a child's toy rake would work just as easy. I also use this to reach inside their playpens as opposed to climbing inside them.
My ujnderstanding is that they do not give up on the destructive "puppy play" until well after 2 years old. Chloe is 14 months and doesn't show any signs of not finding paper amusing
, Sissy on the other hand is only 5 months and she has just discovered this "play". My rake was well worth the $4. I paid for it
PS the rake works on my wood floors as well as my carpet areas