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Is this normal behaviour for a 6/7 month old?

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Birchtree4 · 07/04/2022 19:53

He is mostly a content, smiley, social baby. He is probably at his most thriving when with us and rest of the family and chatting etc with us. We do go out and about, visits etc a lot which he loves.

However, when at home just the 2/3 of us, he is difficult to entertain. He cries and gets frustrated within a few mins of any activity, seems to constantly want to be on the go and leaning forward(can't yet crawl) and won't tolerate being in his bouncer, he used to happily watch me prep dinner in it but will not have it now! Usually I end up giving in and putting him in the pram and going for a walk, but it would be nice to have the freedom to just stay at home and play occasionally!

I am starting to worry his discontentedness could be due to some kind of medical problem/pain, but maybe its expected behaviour for this age?

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saamantha19881 · 07/04/2022 20:00

No, perfectly normal

Thesearmsofmine · 07/04/2022 20:01

Totally normal, it’s a tricky phase but will pass.

AliceW89 · 07/04/2022 20:35

Normal. Nothing you have said indicates a medical problem at all. Frustration and desire for lots of stimulation and new experience hits at this age. Hence why he likes being busy, busy, out and about. It’ll likely get better when he can move for himself.

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AntarcticTern · 07/04/2022 20:37

Normal. I found this a tricky time, when they want to start moving but can't yet. It's frustrating. Hang in there OP, it will get better when he starts crawling!

MangoM · 07/04/2022 20:50

My son is 2 now but we went through a few periods like you've described which seemed to coincide with him trying to learn (and struggling) to learn a new skill. First it was how to roll, then the same for crawling and again in the leading up walking. It looked like he was just getting frustrated.

Every time, he was back to his usual happy self once he'd managed whatever he was trying to achieve.

HellToTheNope · 07/04/2022 20:52

seems to constantly want to be on the go and leaning forward(can't yet crawl) and won't tolerate being in his bouncer

Here's your answer, op. It's frustration, plain and simple. He is now well aware that there's a big wide world out there and he's furious that he just can manage to get there yet.

This stage will pass very soon, and he'll be off to a new one.

HellToTheNope · 07/04/2022 20:53

*can't manage

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