Too much time in playpen for toddler?

[lexiss]

This morning DS 17 months woke up at 6am. I got up bf him and put him in the playpen. It is one of those extra large, hexagonal playpens.

Around 6.15 I gave him some water and changed his nappy. Then I went back to bed after making sure the playpen had only safe toys and the baby monitor was plugged in.

I fell asleep and woke up at 8.30. I went out to see DS and he was happily playing with this toys. He is very into small manipulative puzzles, shape boxes, stacking cups etc at the moment and he was busy playing with these.

He had been in the playpen for nearly 2.5 hours! Is this too long? Is there a problem that he plays happliy for this length of time by himself?

Most days I have a nap during the day for an hour or so and DS spends this time in the playpen but I have never left him for 2.5 hours before.

What do you think about this?

[Goldenbear]

'It's because I didn't go Batshit crazy when someone disagreed with me' Maryz this is the quote. If you act crazy over something you're crazy by definition.

I find it hilarious (don't worry not in a 'One Flew Over Rhe Cuckoo Nest' way) that you think that after a prolonged attack of someone on a thread you stop the rounding on them to find out if they have MH issues before you continue to pull them apart!

[Goldenbear]

Well IMO there was and continues to be - see what I did there I used the magic letters - IMO, will you retreat now?

[Goldenbear]

I didn't start the thread. I answered the OP with my view, I contested the idea that 6 am was not the morning for some toddlers as others were so adamant that those who got up at dawn for their children were raising overstimulated spoilt brats.

You along with a few others decided that my passion was madnes and expected me to answer a load of questions despite me not being the OP.

[InNeedOfBrandy]

No I don't even think one person said to go back to bed while leaving a toddler downstairs everyday for 2:5 hours was a good thing. Most of us gave alternatives and didn't say the OPs baby was obviously cc trained and developmently behind.

Golden bear why are you still refusing to see how awful some of your posts have been. I hope you are ok behind the screen.

[Moominsarescary]

Op you sound lovely, I think napping next to the playpen is a good idea as you were obviously concerned about how long he had been playing on his own. However it was not neglectful and he probably had a little nap himself!

He sounds just like my ds3 who is quite happy to play by himself if he chooses. He also isn't the most fantastic sleeper, although he has been getting better the last few months (he's 19 months now) so I know how you feel.

Just because lots of toddlers don't play on their own for periods of time doesn't mean there is anything wrong. All children are different.

[piglettsmummy]

Omgosh goldenbear has learnt the art of using IMO

[CoolaSchmoola]

I wasn't going to post again on this thread - but after being accused (repeatedly) of calling someone "batshitcrazy" I'd like to point out that the only person I actually used that term to refer to was myself.

It has just been quoted by Goldenbear and clearly says "I didn't go batshit crazy when someone disagreed with me." - as you can see that sentence starts with I.

This is the only time I have used that word in this thread - and the only person referenced was me.

I actually quite like the term "batshitcrazy" - sometimes I do indeed go "batshitcrazy". This wasn't one of them - hence why I posted that I hadn't.

Goldenbear - I don't do passive agressive. If I had wanted to call you "batshitcrazy" I would have said "Goldenbear you are batshitcrazy". But I didn't. I didn't even say that I wasn't "batshitcrazy".

The word was used as an adjective - not a noun. So no matter who it referred to, (me) it was as a description NOT a name.

Could you please therefore stop repeatedly saying I "called" you "batshitcrazy" - because I didn't and you keep talking about defamation?

Brandy could you please shift up a bit - you're sat on my leg.

[CoolaSchmoola]

*aggressive

[OliviaMumsnet]

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