6 month old baby boy is hard work

[Biebs88]

Hi there!

My wee boy turned 6 months a few days ago and he really is our sunshine. He has a smile on his face the minute he wakes up, enjoys mealtime and always wants to play. Now my issue is, he is so active and so demanding! When I go to baby classes other 6 month old babies sit nicely with their mums and join in with the class. My wee whirlwind pulls himself up on my knee, wants to jump on me, climbs on me, shouts, blows raspberries, tries to grab everything in sight (bags, toys...). Another issue is his buggy, he hates it! He will scream and cry until I take him out! So I always have him in a baby carrier- which is not easy since he's around 23 pounds! I love that he is so full of life but there's never a quiet, relaxing moment. Even when I sit down on the sofa with him with a teddy and a book, he smashes the teddy against me and himself, grabs the book and tries to put it in his mouth..

Is this normal 6 month old behaviour? If so, what can I do to entertain him (he spends some time in his jumperoo, we play with his toys, we go to baby classes, go swimming, go for walks...) and maybe calm him down a bit?

Thanks 😊

I’m not sure yiu can calm him down if I’m honest. He sounds just like my DS was. Now I have the opposite problem off getting him up and doing something. He sounds lovely btw

Honestly, it just sounds like this is his personality and it's great that he's is active as they learn by exploring. You'll probably find that he'll be much happier and easier to entertain when walking as he'll be able explore and learn to run, kick, play in the garden/park etc.

In terms of sitting still, some is obviously a personality thing but generally you're not going to have them be able to understand that they need to sit and behave a certain way until nearing 2 and even then it can be a struggle as they're so curious.