Would anyone mind detailing their LO's general behaviour at 17 months?

[y3dmm]

thank-you!

hmm general behaviour of my bloody nightmare lovable whirlwind

he trashes my house. ALL the time. seriously, i have to take him out if i want the house to stay in one piece.
he climbs up the furniture, on the tables, he drags chairs around to get to the kitchen worksurfaces.
he pulls out all the books, all the toys, all the dvds.

he is very funny though, very cute, very cuddly. likes lots of hugs and is very tactile.

erm, he eats a lot.

I knew you would be along thisisyesterday thank-you! I am just so worried as his 4 main pals are SOOOOOOOOOOooooooo calm. They just stay within arms reach of their mums, walk don't run, will read books wait for it......with out flaps or touchy things, will eat well....the list goes on!

My dd is 16 mth
she climbs on everything the table being the favourite at the minute , although she prefers the opposite of this when it comes to her cot , highchair and pushchair or supermarket trolley which she clibs out of..even if she is strapped in oh yes!!
now she can walk she likes to run , usually away from me
she drags off everything within her reach and usually tries to eat it
she is very fond of ds newly built lego constructions and dd's make up
she likes posting things , in the toilet , through the letter box outside into the street , in the bin etc

i relax when she sleeps...

She is also my number 3 and i was not in the least prepared

She pulls out CDs, books, toys.
She pulls stones out of the plant pot and throws them on the floor and giggles a lot. She runs into the toilet and pulls the toilet paper off the holder.
She climbs onto the dining room table via a chair at any chance.
She puts on other people's shoes.
She also enjoys books and eats well! She is also very cuddly, loves playing outside, loves pointing and squawking.
She has very strong opinions!

oooh did you? infamy already! lol

ahh well my first was calm as you like. totaly laid-back. but this one? my god he's a nightmare lol

Loving that girls can be like this too!!!

In the park today, he almost ran into the swings so eager to get on a moving one!!!!

Why am I surrounded by calm pals????!!!! thisisyesterday, I hope our next is calm like yours!!!!

I was thinking today what the hell do you do if your in the park with a newborn too??? Run everywhere with the pram???!!!

My ds is just turned 18 mths. He trashes EVERYTHING! He climbs on everything, runs off at an alarming speed, but if I attempt to hold his hand or put a wrist-strap on him, he lies down on the pavement and refuses to move.

He wants to eat constantly, and demands "BISCUIT!" "NANA" "pees, pees pees" (please)

He steals the older 2's toys and has a major screaming fit if they try to take them back.

He steals things and hides them- we think he has a secret stash and live in hope of finding it. So far we have lost car keys, house keys, garage keys, my credit card and the phone handset (which we've tried calling, but which we think has gone in the bin, as he also likes to rake about in there)

He takes his bear everywhere. If he is cross, he takes it out on bear. He throws bear in muddy puddles, then wails "bear!bear!" Bear gets a taste of everything he eats- cue very grubby bear! When I wash it, he sits by the washing machine, lamenting "bear, bear!"

He is obsessed with water, and has recently learned to turn on the taps (joy)

He loves books, and demands his evening story shouting "book! Book!"

He hates kisses and cudles, unless the other two are gettig them- then he shoves them out of the road to get his share.

He is infuriating and adorable, in equal measure! Just as well he's so cute when he smiles..

god, don't. our next one is due in 4 weeks. it's going to be awful lol

hehe jooly, mine is the same with eating. only he hardly says anything at all so i just keep getting dragged out to the kitchen where he points to the cupboards and shouts "DOO DOO" over and over. I have no idea what DOO means.

and he puts stuff in the bin. i recently rescued a new packet of pasta and 2 transformers belongigng to ds1. god only knows what we've chucked out without realising it

I now have no fridge magnets on my freezer as dd has posted them in the bin.
Luckily we managed to retrieve dd1 brand new crocs from the bin last week!!

Lilyloo he sounds GREAT!! Intelligent to take all that stuff and stash it!!
Poor bear!!!

dd1 was lovely and placid. at 17mths.
dd2 13mths will try to escape and fall down steps, walk into everything, go up any available steps, root in every cupboard and generally tries to get into as much mischief as possible at 13mths! Sounds perfectly normal to me

All sounds normal to me. My ds is 20 months and sounds much the same.

He loves to climb on the sofa, all my friend's toddlers climb on to the sofa and just ait there looking at books or playing. My ds just keeps climbing about and trying to climb on to the back of the sofa and nearly falls off. I have to have eyes in the back of my head all the time he's awake!

He is very rarely still, loves being outside and just picking up stones and pouring water into plant pots etc. He makes a mess what ever he does.

He hate s even being in the car for more than 15 minutes cos he's bored and wants to be off exploring .

He loves rumaging through cupboards. He's also pretty good at building towers and sorting shapes etc.

He also likes posting things out the letter box but then cries when he realises he actually wanted the object and he can't get it back .

He loves putting toilet rolls down the loo.

Has lots of words but didn't have any apart from 'mama' 'dadda' and 'more' at 17 months.

He's not really cuddly altough does just randomly demand a 'duddle' when I'm busy and then strops if he can't have one immediately. He loves giving kisses though, to anyone!

He also is rather obsessed with animals especially fish and dogs.

I want one of those laid back kids too, keep wondering what I'm doing wrong!

My DD put two bars of soap in the dishwasher at that age. She filled the washing machine with pebbles. She trashed everything in sight. We had to remove all the cupboard doorhandles as she would take them of and post them in places. We spent most of our lives in the park. She could not be left alone for a second. Oh and paddling in the loo that was a good one. Now she is a placid kid who sits and colours a lot so don't worry. She also had friends who would just sit there and they don't now !

My 20 mth old eats mud, sand, stones, dog toys, lies on his tummy and laps the rainwater out of puddles/garden toys/the dog's outside water bowl.

He climbs into the dog bed with the dog and offers an open mouth to it for 'kisses'.

Like many of the above he climbs on everything, throws all sorts away in the bin and is still obsessed with emptying cupboards/bookcases/drawers.

He hardly has any words and has started having some spectacular tantrums.

However, he has finally become interested in reading books, plays really well on his own and enjoys building duplo towers and sorting/posting shapes AND he is very cuddly, excrutiatingly sweet and lovingly cheeky.

My sides are splitting reading this!! Keep them coming!!

my dd at 18 months, flushed everything she could get her, hand on into the loo, she would open the car doors ( while we were on hte motorway usually) talked non stop and was obsessed with eating chicken poo and slugs in the garden. she also shared all her food and her dummy with dog , used to jump off the top bunk of her sister's bunk beds, oh i could go on all day...but as so gorgeous to look at that usually got away with it ( her older sister had been worse so t least i was prepared)

This is heaven to read. DS is 17 months and doesn't keep still for a millisecond. He also loves climbing, especially on to the table at meal times. He pulls earth out of the house plants, digs up any seedlings and throws compost around in the garden. He has more bruises on his head than I can count due to endless tumbles and has bitten his top lip twice after falling down two steps. He also shares his food with his bear and gets desperate when he's waiting for his dinner, getting more and more anxious the longer it takes to get to him. He throws things on the floor as hard as he can to see what will happen (invariably they break and then he says 'uh oh', or 'oh no').

He just basically marauds around the place really, and then comes over and gives you a big hug and snuggles in to you. It's gorgeous.

What I want to know is, who are these calm toddlers?!

My dd bombs around purposefully looking very busy most of the time. Will sit still for books (or 'story' as she calls them). Has an obsession for putting on shoes, socks and trousers, hers or others which will keep her quiet for a bit. Runs away at every opportunity squealing with delight. Gets so excited at the pool she's in danger of drowning. Has no fear of bigger children or large slides at the playground. Has no fear of ANYTHING. Think the word no is hilarious, especially now she can say it back. Loves her food. Loves children and plays very nicely with others. Happy, affectionate, funny, exhausting.

Most of her friends are very 'busy' so this seems quite normal to me. We meet up and let them wear each other out.

"What I want to know is, who are these calm toddlers?! "

They are all in my baby group MissM, sadly my LO is not one of them!

What a lovely thread, a whole celebration of the chaos that is living with a toddler!

DS is 21 months and like many of them is quite, er ... boisterous - but so funny and sweet. He lavishes cuddles on the poor dogs and the cat, steals food from the fridge (frequently breaking eggs in the process, and then yelling "uhoh!"), squealing with laughter until he's gasping and ending each exhalation with a wheezy "ooooooooh dear!", running and climbing on everything, earnestly telling me about the 'copter, the 'pider or the 'orsey, spinning in circles until he can't stand up straight, dancing just because he can and when I get in from work he makes me wait a minute until he greets me, the aloof little monkey, then it's all "Mummy, mummy, mulk, peeeeees!"

Of course I loved him as a baby but nothing, nowhere near the feeling I have for him now. He's exhausting, frustrating, maddening, wilful and relentless but everything he does is magical.

This thread has made me all mushy, can you tell?

AH FairMidden!!!! I can understand why! He sounds great! Its just so lovely to hear my DS is normal!!! Question is can I handle another one???!!!! I worry about the health and safety element!

FairMidden your post made me laugh and laugh. You could be writing about my DS. y3dmm I'm so sorry all the calm ones are in your toddler group. Just remember they're an anomoly. Maybe we should form a mumsnet toddler group of our own!

My DD is 18 months and I could copy and paste most of the other posts and it would describe her.

My DH says her real name should be 'free spirit'.

She escapes from everything, including her high chair and her car seat.

Anything that can move will be moved by her and promply eaten, flushed or thrown in the bin.

She runs, screams, yells, pulls, hits, climbs, pinches and sometimes bites...only me though

But then she laughs or pulls a funny face. She says 'wha da?' to everything, 'uh oh' everytime she gets in trouble, and whispers 'wow' when she sees something she likes.

She says a million words only me and DH can understand.

She takes all her food off of her plate and lines it all up on the table before eating (which she also loves to do...) and refuses to use forks or spoons...

I also have a friend with a kid who I swear I have never seen play or smile. He always sits in her lap and never moves. She always calls my DD crazy and hyper...I take offence to this as I think my DD is normal (mostly lol)

We are also due baby #2 in a few days! Praying to the baby gods that I am able to manage...but I would never pray to have a child that sat and did nothing!

I love her little personality and would not change it as I love seeing the world through her eyes

DS is a lot like the others on here.

He flushes everything down the toilet
He turns the taps on
He climbs everything
He drags chairs so he can climb onto worksurfaces etc
He pulls up all the plants in the garden
He won't eat sandwiches unless they've been lying on the lawn for 2 days for the birds to eat
He smears food everywhere
He hides the pegs
He throws things
He shouts for his dinner then shovels it in before throwing the rest on the floor and demanding to get up.

But when he comes and says 'mummy' with his cheeky grin all is forgiven (and he knows it)