Jackson recently figured out he's big enough to jump up on the furniture on his own -- he was rarely up there before. It got out of hand one day when he was playing with Murphy and launched himself into a recliner and nearly tipped it over. What I am doing is teaching him "off" and that he has to be invited whether the furniture is already occupied or not. Then he's only invited when he's calm and doesn't think it's play time which at this age isn't very often! He's getting the idea. He's only getting up occasionally when he forgets himself. Sometimes all I have to do is point to the floor and he gets down. But initially I had to take him by his collar and direct him back to the floor.