How to stop toddler from jumping on your stomach
My 2 year old keeps jumping on my stomach (he's pretending to be a lemur) or running and landing on my stomach (if I'm laying down needing a break) pretending he's a dinosaur.
I'm 17 weeks pregnant and it's really starting to hurt.
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Well you need to be firm and stop him. Otherwise he is gonna hurt your unborn. Every time he does you let him know he is hurting you and put him in time out or something.
I do that and he hasn't stopped. I've also had him say sorry to baby and give kiss (same thing we do for our dog when he accidentally steps or lands on her).
Give him something else to do, trampoline, even just cushions on the floor to jump and climb on
Because they don’t know any better I’m always being proactive and protecting my belly. I keep belly in mind first always because I know my daughter will land on it some kind of way. It is not a good feeling.
On top of telling her the boundary…I hold on to my 2 year old and let her bounce on my exercise ball. Or do a “rough play” with her (tickling or she runs and jumps into my arms when I’m prepared to catch/slow her before she hits my belly). Usually a couple mins of something like that and she’ll be willing to sit and do something or quite or do something on her own.
I find it’s usually because she needs to burn energy and or wants more attention.
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