Future Mountain Climber?

I don't know if Eliza inherited her Grandpa White's love for Mountain Climbing - but she is sure practicing on every piece of furniture in our house.

It started out with trying to climb out of her crib (actually she did succeed at this) - so we lowered her crib and she still tries and comes pretty close to succeeding! Usually this is the result at the lowest setting of the crib (just imagine the screaming that comes with having a leg stuck up high - it usually happens really early in the morning):

Then we have the climbing up on the couch to look out the window. The couch is soft but not when you try and climb OVER the couch and hit the tile or small bit of carpet below. I've resorted to taking off all the cushions during the day and laying them on the floor for my little girl to jump on all day.

Next we have the kitchen table. Eliza has figured out she can climb up on the chair first and then reach the top of the table. Her favorite thing is to stand up on the table and do a little dance while I'm racing across the room to grab her before she falls off. Smart little girl even knows to push chairs over to the table so she can climb on them (I tried to move the chairs against a wall to prevent the climbing).

We went over to Nicole's to visit her and her darling new little boy Broc and Ellie was much more interested in climbing up the stairs in her house than touching the baby. She actually even managed to come down a few steps by holding onto the railing.

Honorable mentions for optimal climbing surfaces include the entertainment center, ottoman, and storage cubes.

Every time I work out at the gym - I remind myself that I'm just getting myself more prepared to do flying leaps across the house to save my child from whatever high perch she has managed to get onto!