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DD nearly 2, not running around enough?

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monal · 10/05/2015 11:49

DD will be 2 in June, she has been walking since about 13 months and is a confident walker and she'll sometimes walk quite far with me if there isn't a fascinating snail or something. She runs but doesn't tear around like other kids her age seem to, it's more of a staid jog. She loves to play in the garden, play with Lego, look at books and be read stories, and she's usually on her feet and walking around but I worry that she is not as mobile and confident as other kids. She'll climb the steps to the slide but really slowly and carefully (this is brilliant for my nerves though). She loves to go up and down stairs but really slowly and carefully. We went to the swimming pool this morning and, while it was only the second time in her life to be fair, she didn't even splash. She liked it, didn't want to leave, but she was basically immobile in my arms. She is average height for her age but on the 85th percentile for weight, last time I checked, and I wonder whether being heavy is holding back her movement? She is an absolute joy, easy-going (ha ha, so far), talkative, playful. But she just seems more timid and prudent and slower than everyone else's kids and I'm worried I'm not doing enough something with her.

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HoggleHoggle · 10/05/2015 11:56

She sounds a dream! It doesn't sound as though there's anything amiss to me....

My ds constantly tears about the place leaving a trail of destruction. There are times I would look rather longingly at your more gentle sounding dd!

I worry sometimes that he is too active - I think whichever way it falls, you worry.

ineedausername · 10/05/2015 17:35

Hoggle, do we have the same son? Since he was mobile at 9 months it's been nothing but running and climbing, falling, tripping and bumping his head. I constantly have to scream ask him calmly to walk and slow down... I'd love for a more careful, slower paced child!
I really don't think you need to worry :)

HoggleHoggle · 10/05/2015 17:40

I feel your pain ineed. Wine for me tonight, have spent the afternoon in an actual wood trying to tire ds out.

monal it's lovely that your dd is talkative, perhaps that's where she's really focusing? Ds has a few words but is definitely a doer rather than talker. I can't wait to have more two-sided chats with him!

Ineedacleaningfairy · 10/05/2015 19:05

I am another one with a very active ds, I too look longingly at parents with toddlers who don't live life as if someone pressed fast forwards. The little 2 years olds that we know come in a range of speeds, all seem to be a variation of the norm, I have one friend with a dd the same age as my ds, her shuts sits on her knee whilst we chat occasionally smiling at people whilst my ds is hanging upside down from a tree or running at 100mph towards the most dangerous thing he can see.

My mum said I was an extremely cautious child, I never hurt myself or pushed myself, that trait didn't go away I was a very sensible teenager and quite easily pleased as an adult. I am terrified about the teenage years if my ds's current energy levels and risk taking continue!

monal · 10/05/2015 20:34

Thank you all so much you are very reassuring. I will try to just enjoy it while it lasts Grin

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Yeasayer · 11/05/2015 08:00

Can we swap our children for the day Wink?

It sounds like your dd is just very calm & measured. I'm slightly jealous; my ds is a one-man hurricane. I'm constantly having fill out accident forms at nursery drop-off, he has one speed (running), seems totally fearless (apart from swimming).

Like the others have said, perhaps she's more of a talker than a walker? I really wouldn't worry!

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