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My little boy is 17 months old, recently I have been starting to think that maybe his behavior is not normal, Would anyone with toddler experience be able to tell me if this sounds normla or not?
He will sit in his pushchair if we are moving and he will sit on my knee on the bus but he often won't sit in his highchair to eat (he has been able to climb out from about 8 months) he will draw for about 2 mins then he gets up and runs away, he will not walk with me, if i try to get him to hold my hand he sits on the floor and shouts NOOOOO! He will look at books if he is in the mood but never for more than 5/10 mins and if I suggest it and he's not in the mood he will not even entertain the idea. He doesn't even really sit and watch tv, he likes the intro songs but he much prefers to run around than watch tv. He sits really nicely at song time at playgroup and he is very kind to other children, he loves sharing and gives lovely gentle cuddles. He sleeps really well, 11-12 hours at night and a 1-2.5 hour nap, he goes to sleep easily and happily. He was early in his physical developmet, sitting at 4 months, crawling at 6 months and walking at 10 months, his language development is pretty average, he is bilingual and says around 20-30 words in each language and he can cope almost every word we say.
His relentless enegy is the thing that worries me mostly, he is just so busy all the time. He has no interest in sitting down and doing shape sorters or jigsaws, he can put a shape in the right slot but then he gets bored takes the lid off and throws the rest of the shapes in.
He is pretty careful, if I tell him no he tends to listen, I trust him on climbing frames, fairly high slides and climbing up stairs as he is very steady on his feet and fairly sensible.
Does this sound like normal toddler mayhem?
Thanks so much for reading!
He will sit in his pushchair if we are moving and he will sit on my knee on the bus but he often won't sit in his highchair to eat (he has been able to climb out from about 8 months) he will draw for about 2 mins then he gets up and runs away, he will not walk with me, if i try to get him to hold my hand he sits on the floor and shouts NOOOOO! He will look at books if he is in the mood but never for more than 5/10 mins and if I suggest it and he's not in the mood he will not even entertain the idea. He doesn't even really sit and watch tv, he likes the intro songs but he much prefers to run around than watch tv. He sits really nicely at song time at playgroup and he is very kind to other children, he loves sharing and gives lovely gentle cuddles. He sleeps really well, 11-12 hours at night and a 1-2.5 hour nap, he goes to sleep easily and happily. He was early in his physical developmet, sitting at 4 months, crawling at 6 months and walking at 10 months, his language development is pretty average, he is bilingual and says around 20-30 words in each language and he can cope almost every word we say.
His relentless enegy is the thing that worries me mostly, he is just so busy all the time. He has no interest in sitting down and doing shape sorters or jigsaws, he can put a shape in the right slot but then he gets bored takes the lid off and throws the rest of the shapes in.
He is pretty careful, if I tell him no he tends to listen, I trust him on climbing frames, fairly high slides and climbing up stairs as he is very steady on his feet and fairly sensible.
Does this sound like normal toddler mayhem?
Thanks so much for reading!
at that age their attention span is pretty short, so it's Normal to only show interest in certain activities for just a few minutes and then be ready to do something else. My nearly 4 yr old will color or play with play doh for an hour. My 22 month old, maybe 10 minutes.
stop worrying, he is acting like a perfectly normal toddler! x
Mine is nearly three and it is only relatively recently that I've been able to get her to stick at doing one thing for any amount of time!
