Toddler help!!

Any advice that anyone can offer is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance ❤️

Backstory- So I have a 16 month old son... he’s always been a bit needier and wants to be held and carried almost constantly. He needs 1-on-1 play all the time, and needs a different activity every 10 minutes or he’s crying and whining. I know he needs some extra attention and his verbal cues are really important, but I’m so burned out. It’s just me and my husband, we have no family or friends nearby, and my husband works a really physically and mentally strenuous job with long hours so it’s mostly just me. Our house is almost completely baby proofed... all the kitchen cupboards are locked, there is a gate closing off our main living space from the rest of our house and he has all his toys in our main space and isn’t restricted there.

Our problem is this- hes recently learned to climb... on everything. The newest favourite is his play kitchen and our dining table where he sits and throws things off. Obviously this is not safe, and I’ve tried to make it as baby proof as possible, but we have no space for these things anywhere else in our house right now. I’m constantly yelling and saying no... recently I’ve caught myself clapping loudly to scare/get a reaction when he’s doing these things (like my dad used to do) and it feels awful. I’m in tears as I write this because I am at my wits end... I honestly don’t know what to do because I’m just constantly chasing him either away from his kitchen or yelling to stop him climbing on the table because no amount of redirection works with this child.

Please, please... if anyone has any ideas to try and help this frustration I’ll try anything at this point 😔💔

I’m posting this anonymously because I’m a bit ashamed and feel so guilty