is this normal 9 month old baby behavior?

[froken]

Ds is 9mo ds is a lovely happy little boy. I am increasingly surprised by how "busy" he is.

He is constantly on the move he prefers to be standing and pushing furniture around. It isn't cruising, he can cruise but it is like he is a furniture removal man. He pushes the dining room chairs around, the coffee table, he loves to push other children around in the little trolley at playgroup.

The other thing he does is climb. He can climb out of his highchair ( even when we strap him in) he can walk up a proper big child slide ( on his handsame knees) and slide down on his tummy. He stands on his pushalong toys.

It is like ds is compelled to move constantly.

Ds sleeps well, he has a midday 1-2 hour nap he is exhausted by 5pm so we start the bath/bedroutine at 5 and ds is asleep before 6 every evening. He sleeps till 6.30/7ish sometimes he wakes for a self service feed ( we co-sleep)

Is this normal? I worry that ds might be unusually high energy. My d-sis was born when I was 18 and I was very involved in her upbringing, I was expecting a baby similar to her, she was an extremely serious and thoughtful child. She seemed to be in no hurry to crawl/walk/climb.

Yep-only got 1 but feels familiar. To be fair at 18 months she has slowed down as her brain has caught up with her legs.

Perfectly normal. There are very active children and not so active children and your DS is the active type.

Make sure you have your weetabix on a morning

And you might want to increase your vitamin intake and your wine supply because the next year is going to be fun, fun, fun!

My DS1 was a very active baby - cruising, walking, climbing. He's now a sensible well behaved 7yo.

Normal, you describe my 9 month old.
Pushes toys around, is walking, climbs stairs, climbs out of shopping trolleys, high chair. Interferes with dishwasher...climbs inside it, washing machine, cupboards.

Busy busy every minute he is awake. He doesn't sleep at night though.

An absolute delight to have around, I love his curiosity, his adventurous nature and his spirit, it amazes me.

I am glad to hear it is normal :) my friends seem to coincidently have calm sitting for long periods type babies and they are fairly alarmed at ds "enthusiasm"

Ds is hard work at home but we are lucky to have lots of groups and playgroups locally. You have to write your name on a register when you arrive, a friend said to me "froken, you are always first on the list, why is that?" I looked over at my ds trying to climb the coat rack and she understood!

yep another one hear - DS1 10mo is a absolute monkey! I go out with him twice EVERY DAY....playgroup inmorning and park in the afternoon, swimming and then shops etc etc....if I stayed home he would trash the place!

Ha! That's fab!
We went to baby sing along today & mine went from person to person sucking & biting their shoes, the sparkly ones seemed to be the best.

He fell down the stairs (about 4 stairs) yesterday, he can now climb stairs apparently!

In all seriousness, he is my 2nd child. My 1st son was the same.
I spent the whole time being anxious, alarmed, distressed thinking there was something terribly wrong with my 1st son. Apologising to everyone because my boy was all over the place at 100mph.

Now I couldn't give a shiny shite & refuse to be like this ever again. I don't compare, I don't stress & I accept this little boy for who he is. That's it.

Not suggesting that you do the same, but Lordy it took a lot of energy that I just didn't have.

I find it easier than a more sensitive child when we are out. Ds only cries if he is really really hurt, a big wooden push along toy fell on top of him last week, he just lay on tge floor looking around with a "well this is embarrassing" face until I got to him and pulled the toy off him. He does cry but only when really really hurt and when daddy goes into him if he wakes in tge evening, daddy is useless when ds needs milk!

When ds has had a cold and we have had to stay at home it is like torture for both of us, he gets so bored poor baby.

Another 'yes' vote from me. DD, 11months, is just the same.

Ok so some days I wish she would just sit still and gaze out from her pushchair while I sit around drinking coffee. But then I think how great she is.

Gymbabes (if there's one near you) is great. Right up their street.