14 month old with attention span of one second, running around like a crazy thing!

[TheCountessOlenska]

Is this just a phase? I have to take her to toddler groups nearly everyday for my own sanity, once there she runs around like a loon, climbs on any chair, table, window sill she can see. She won't play nicely with toys for more than about a second. She won't sit for singing time.

Is this normal for her age? Other toddlers we meet are slightly older.

Normal toddler.

sounds about right. My ds is 18 months and his has increased to about 5-10 mins - unless it's Postman Pat or Octonauts then he'll go for the whole episode. Apart from that he continues his quest to give himself permanent brain damage!

DD is 14 months also and does this. She is like a box of budgies some days.

So there's no magic pill then? Damn

Oh well, good to know she's normal!

Yep sounds like DS at that age. Now 16 months and slightly better but still won't sit on my knee for 6 pages of a book!

my ds is like this. Much more so than other babies at the groups we attend,who are a mix of ages. It's become a standing joke. I have asked parents of older dc's when theirs out grew this "phase", one laughed and said "that's his personality!" So i guess like most things there is a spectrum of normal behaviour, and our lo's just happen to be right at the furthest end of it!

Mind you i'd rather that than a glum, shy baby!

Totally normal. They're hard work aren't they, (and a bit embarrassing when they are the only one climbing the walls) but couldn't agree more with moonface - way more fun than a docile baby.