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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is ten-months-old.  It took until 8 mo this to get her to STTN but now she sleeps well.  All milestones on track or a bit early.  2nd child.

She needs constant attention and/or engagement or she screams.  She seems to know if you’re looking at her or not and she call for us (ma ma ma ma) or scream. She wants to be carried everywhere although she’s a good crawler.  She screams in the stroller and car seat.  She will not let us put a spoon in her mouth - she has to feed herself.  She will not sit through one book.

She’s breaking me!

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This was mine plus other issues. ALWAYS on the go. Once he was walking he did not want the stroller or baby carrier. It was him walking but usually running. Around 15 months we were averaging at least 1 mile a day walk and on weekends 1-2 miles around the neighborhood. Books were not an option until very recently. He is almost 3.5 and will now spend 30 minutes reading books on his own. If we read with him, he will spend more than that. He did want constant attention and interaction. Very flitty. Everything was exciting and new and lets go explore. He wanted to see what was going on.

Go outside. As much as humanly possible. Its the best stimulation there is. Hikes, walks, splashpads, set up a baby pool under a tree with different cups, tumble mats, climbing toys/nugget like stuff, gymboree open gym (dont do structured classes dear god what a waste of time and money), shape toys, music making toys. Try stroller walks at the mall and places where she can people watch. Car seat was awful until we used nursery music and singing and got a mirror so he could see us and vice versa. [/quote]

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