Ten months - is this a particularly hard age?

[bluegreenlilac]

DD is ten months and while she’s a lovely baby I do sometimes feel like I’m losing my mind with her a bit as she just wants to stand up. She can’t do it alone so uses me as a climbing frame and it’s almost obsessive if that isn’t too strange a word to use for a baby.

I took her to baby sensory this morning, back by 11. She wasn’t due a nap until half one so two and a half hours of obsessive standing. Got her down for a nap and then she woke up early. She’s still grumpy and screaming but the wanting to stand thing has resumed. I have to admit I’m drained and fed up with it. Pram walks and the like just have her whingeing as she wants to be on the move.

I have no idea how I’m going to get through the next four hours until bed! And I feel bad for wishing it away but I honestly don’t know what to do with her at the moment.

I feel for you! I remember this stage though it was later for mine as they were late standers and walkers.

But I think any big transition in your baby’s ability is hard, because you’ve been used to doing things with them in a certain way and now their needs are different so it requires a shift in you.

And I think this is a particularly tough one because their sheer WILL to move far outstrips their ability and common sense so it all feels a bit mad.

Anyway, what sort of things do you do with her? If you can, give her as many opportunities to move and have physical fun as possible in the day so she’s getting it out of her system. Is there a baby soft play near you? Or a toddler playground?

A godsend at this age are those little moccasin socks with a soft leather sole so their feet are protected outside, but without being shoes.

Yes! She's frustrated and you're frustrated. She's transitioning from baby to toddler and it all gets a bit more physical from there to be honest. You'll spend the next year lifting them away from or out of all sorts of shit really.

Thanks some cheese placated her very temporarily! I was feeling a bit robbed as I thought she’d have a longer nap 😂

She does have an older sibling so the week is split with activities for both and activities for just one. So this week was

Monday - swimming (DD)
Tuesday - a group for them both in the morning, soft play afternoon
Wednesday - went to a role play centre
Thursday - messy play, park
Today - baby sensory

So she does lots but not all of it is necessarily for her. She seems to enjoy it though. It’s ’quiet days’ that are the problem. (I was back at work at this point with dc1 so don’t remember too well!)

I think it's quite good that she wants to stand so much, although understand that it's very tiring for you! My son started walking at that age so I'm sure it's just a part of her development and she just wants to start moving about.

I have an almost 10 month old too and I feel you!
Beautiful day, went to the park and for a walk well queue the tears unless I fed her melty puff after melty puff.
Toys don’t hold her attention for long.
We do go to a couple of baby classes and I must say she loves them but the days we don’t like today are long.
I honestly do think she would just rather be free, crawling around and that’s why she’s not keen on the pram or car seat at the moment.

Same here! 10 months old who from the moment his eyes open to the moment they shut does not sit still!!

Climbing, crawling, standing and wanting to be into everything! I’m ready for bed by 8pm every night! I’m so glad the weather is nice this week I’ve honestly just been setting him free in the garden with toys and garden furniture pillows on the floor to clamber over. It buys me enough time to swig a coffee until he’s off in search of the next thing to get into anyway….