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How long does this tricky stage last for please? DD 11months

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Aloha · 16/01/2006 23:53

DD is 11 months and shrieks piteously whenever I am out of sight for a second. She is very physically capable and active, climbs everything she sees and heads for stairs like a guided missile. It is very time consuming and I worry that I don't have enough time for ds sometimes (he is very good about it really). She doesn't nap at ALL during the day unless in the car or buggy. It is a little wearing (esp as she wakes at night - different thread). I wonder, how long before she can be reasonably trusted not to hurl herself to her doom and feed herself reasonably effectively? I give her loads of finger foods as she prefers it, but most ends up on the floor. I am wondering as ds was very different. Much, much less active and had naps and I didn't have another child to look after.

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Aloha · 17/01/2006 22:24

Slept in her pushchair on the way to the library - and that was it!

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threelittlebabies · 17/01/2006 22:27

Oh dear, Sorry! Better luck tomorrow. dd been pretty much the same, and ds now refuses daytime sleeps, no matter how tired he is! Also been waking up at night for hours, consequently shattered and crabby (him not me )

VeniVidiVickiQV · 17/01/2006 22:33

Fisil, you appear to have my children!

My two are exactly the same DD was a breeze, DS, my second is a total handful who thinks a big smile will get him anywhere (it kinda does...... )

hermykne · 17/01/2006 22:36

ALOHA, you poor thing, listen start at the start,is she copying her brother in any way? how does she feed? are u feeding her? how often, ( i should chekc ur night thread)whats the food intake like? its so unfair of her not to sleep for u in the day and to me that owuld be the priorirty to get sorted and do whatever it takes, what time does ur ds have to be collected at? what time is dd up at AM? and what time she she go to bed at?
jesus i know its hard with two and feel such empathy for you and that little nap in the day refreshes one for the rest of the day

kleist · 17/01/2006 22:51

My dd's 3.3 now and still napping in the day. Is there really no way your dd can be persuaded to grab forty winks in the day? Do you think she may be permanently over-tired, thus over-demanding? Or is she just one of those nippy kids with stacks of energy? Is she busy and jolly or rather more manic and grumpy?

But I'm not sure what your original question really is? Is it generally when will she become less demanding? I'm afraid I've had to accept, much as I hate to make sweeping sexual differentiation remarks, that girls need an audience. The good thing is, if they're imaginative, even a mute audience of toys will do - with my dd that was the case around 2 years old.

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