She's 2 years old and she tries to do everything at 100 miles per hour. I know it's probably pretty standard for her age but she runs into things and trips over things because she's trying to do everything too quickly and it makes her clumsy and boisterous. She's worse when she's tired. I just want to teach her a bit of patience, everything has to be done right now, even when she's asking for something she'll ask again and again and again until she gets it - "Read a book...Read a book...Read a book...Read a book". I try not to pander to her and tell her that I've heard her and I'm just doing x,y,z and then we will read a book. For a little while that seemed to register but now she doesn't seem to pay attention. She's so full of energy and enthusiasm for everything and I wouldn't want to dampen that but at the same time it's just not possible, or indeed healthy, to give her what she wants right away. Does anyone have any tips to help her be a little more rational?
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BabyMonkeyMummy · 17/05/2016 08:46
Hi,
I haven't much advice (sorry!) but wanted to let you know that you're not alone!
I have a 2 year old son who sounds just like your daughter!
Ot is absolutely constant from the minute he wakes up to the minute he goes to bed. He's so busy constantly and seems to get bored easily so needs amusing.
Does your daughter go to nursery? My ds does because I work but he loves it and gets so much stimulation there - could you consider this even just one day a week?
Otherwise, I find going out to the park/soft play/library/in the garden far easier than being indoors so at weekend I tend to be out as much as possible.
It os tiring though!
I hope so purple! Like I say, I love that she has so much enthusiasm and curiosity for things, I just wish she could do it at a slightly slower pace!
It's good to know I'm not alone Pumpkin! Although I'm sure you'll agree it's better to know they will grow out of it! My daughter does go to nursery - she used to go one day a week but she's recently gone up to 2 days a week as I'm pregnant and been told to restrict my activity. I think that might be a part of it - for a while I was told I shouldn't lift her and, although I now can, I can't really take her out on my own because I can't drive and I've been told not to push the buggy. With that said, because I wasn't allowed to do so much we made adjustments - the extra day at nursery and family helping out - so it's actually only 1 morning in the week that its just me and her (which also makes me sad 
) but in that one morning it's a much slower pace to the rest of the week and I think she finds that a challenge. She's like an excited little puppy who doesn't understand why she's not going out! She even brings me her coat and shoes! It'll be a whole other ball game when the baby's here and I know it will throw up a whole set of other challenges but I really hope she settles down a bit before then, if not I've no idea how I'll keep up with her!
I had one like that: has now morphed into your stereotypical lazy teenager who lazes in his room and thinks everything is too much eeeeffort.
(unfortunately that involves changing his bedding and bringing his coffee cups down)
The clumsiness turned out to be about poor proprioception, related to hypermobility.
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