8 month old now crawling and won’t sit still!

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She’s literally like a Duracell bunny.
She started crawling 1.5 weeks ago.
She won’t sit still and play with her toys anymore.
She wants to crawl out of the room, under the tables, towards wires, trying to pull herself up etc
I’m exhausted!
Took her to a play centre and she would crawl towards other babies and tap their heads.

Is this normal or is this not normal?!

I visited my friends house last week who’s baby is similar age who just sat there quietly and my DD was trying to pull her, tap her etc…poor thing her DD got scared and started crying!

Sounds very normal to me!

Very normal. This is why when parents are desperate for their children to hurry up and crawl/walk, those of us who've been there say, "Enjoy it while it lasts"...

Of course it's normal. She's just found she can get to what she wants. Why wouldn't she be curious about everything??

make your home safe & watch her every move outside the house. Teach her gentle hands.

presumably you wanted a child. If you wanted something that sits quietly you should have bought a doll instead!

Exactly!! 🤣

It’s more so that my friends child the same age who can also crawl sat there quietly playing with her toys whereas mine was off trying to pull at the wire of her floor lamp and more interested in her side table!!

100% normal. I remember being the only mum chasing my son at a toddler group as he kept trying to run out the door whilst every other child seemed to sit nicely and play!
He's a very chilled kid these days!

Normal. Things to do and people to see.

I think your baby and your friends baby are both behaving "normally". A lot of babies are curious like yours and explore everything. Some are happy sitting be observing. My son was the latter.

People have different personalities and that evident from the start.

The lionesses just spent 120 minutes running their guts out and I watched it from the sofa, in my PJ's with a trifle. People are different.

Don't be alarmed because your child doesn't have the exact same personality as every other 8 month old baby.

Mine is like yours. From the moment she worked out she could move she hasn’t been still since. Even in her sleep. She’s just full of curiosity and excited to explore the world. Totally normal from my experience

I’m convinced my dd didn’t do any sitting until she’d learned to walk, unless she was eating or sleeping she was moving, from when she learnt to roll until she started walking. Other peoples babies would sit and play at toddler groups, but not mine.

She’s now 17 and can be inactive for days if she puts her mind to it!

Your friend got a chilled one, you got more of an active one. Neither are wrong, it’s just different temperaments. And yes- babies are born with temperaments, it’s no reflection on your parenting at this age.

Never compare children no 2 are the same.

You have a normal inquisitive child OP.

This is how they learn friends DD may have been though this stage already or may never do it, just the way it is.

For me I could leave my eldest with a couple of toys nip to the loo or make a brew, he'd still be in almost the exact same spot playing.
He's a very sporty young man.

However...
DD 😆 😂 just like yours, mobile early on and never stopped moving. To top it off had everything in her mouth along the way 😧fluff, stones, wrappers, grass, sticks, toys, other children fingers, never bit another child (my third was the bitter😩) It was exhausting 😴had to follow her everywhere.
She is a teenager now, happy and still inquisitive.
The third no longer bites, but has developed a growing habit I need to curb.

As new parents we think, can't wait for them to walk and talk, then we wish for them to sit still and give our ears 5 minutes rest 😂

Play pen if needed

Completely normal

Yes I was always a bit jealous of friends who had babies who could sit up but not crawl. So they could pop them in a spot and they would just…. stay there. My DD just skipped that stage. Started crawling at 7 months and before long was climbing the stairs and cruising around all over the place. She’s 3.5 now. Still never stops. Never sits stills. Runs everywhere (or hops/jumps/ spins/skips). Climbs every structure she can reach. Just generally a little whirlwind of chaos.

Yes completely normal. My dd was the same, always on the go and curious about everything. She’s now 5 and still very active with loads of energy. Teach your dd gentle hands though, she needs to learn not to round tapping/hitting other babies.

My son never crawled and started walking at 9 months!
He is 16 now and sleeps all the time so hold on to that thought to get you through it 😀😀

Yeah my 11 month old is EXHAUSTING. He was army crawling at 6 months, proper crawling by 8 months and walking (with help) at 9 months. From the second he opens his eyes it's GO GO GO. He climbs over everything, manages to make everything dangerous, our backs are killing us. He has so much energy, it's crazy. He does not sit and play unless it's with a picture book.

My DH has to go away on a work trip and I want to cry. He's done plenty of other work trips, including when DS was a newborn, and I was fine. This is different though 😭

Normal

just wait till she starts walking

😅

Yes!! My son's been crawling almost 3 months now and hasn't slowed down. He's bloody mental! To think we couldn't wait for this lol x

My now nearly 2 year old was the same and has never really stopped. Started crawling at 7 months and never stopped, basically ran before walking too. He’s always in a hurry or on top of a table or top of the sofa or climbing his wee bookcase.
Picked his toys carefully in the last year based on what I think he’s interested in. Playhouse, one of those pickler triangle things, animals sets, sand pit and cars he can race. Anything that gives me 5 minutes where he’ll be in the same place.

Totally normal, I like to think he’ll be into sports soon and he’ll tire out that way. Exhausting though and I always hear ‘he’s a whirlwind’ or ‘he’s a busy one isn’t he’. People always used to say he’ll sleep/nap well which was never really true until recently.
It’s tiring but enjoy his naps and you’ll find ways to amuse him and to be honest I now love that he’s so busy!

Oh I remember the horror, mine was obsessed with being active and was crawling at 4.5 months, which was utterly ludicrous! He never stopped, and it got worse when at 10 months he learned to walk.

So no advice, except to suggest you get cracking with baby proofing your home, and invest in a few stair gates for doorways so that you at least know your DC is safe while you cook/go to the loo etc.

This!!! Oh wait til walking/running starts 🤣 you don’t have a minute then.
I found that’s lots of snacks keep them still

This is normal and get used to watching her like a hawk.

My DD crawled at 7 months, walked at 9 months and ran at 10 months.