I have huge bookworms. My girl was the same books all the time. I would take a break saying “Mommy is taking a break you can read in your own though”. And she would.
Sha had her own shelf that was for a few toys and the rest was filled with books this was in the living room
Bottom two shelves were hers. But don’t put books in another room as she will always want to go there. And keep doing it as you have just read and take breaks as needed.
My son loves books as well . He used to even hand me books at dinner and have me read to him when he ate. (Our situation for dinner is unique so reading to him for us was ok).
As he got older still very into books and not as much constant though. But he does still want me to read to him a lot especially at night.
And sometimes now at 5 he holds the books and sometimes says he wants to read but will let me read the actual words .
I always encourage the reader because it is so important and yes at young ages you do have to read but there will come the day that it does get less and finally they read on there own.
I have almost fallen asleep reading but do get up and say I need a break when that happens. Just keep books around and toys also do stuff outside.
Get a book about plants and follow directions for growing say a flower stuff like that is also helpful.
My son also likes to act out what we read sometimes so there is that as well.

My son is 5 and autistic. He is verbal but has always played on his own very well. We have been told to just sit with him and watch and comment.
Like wow nice tower you built with the blocks!
Or he is playing with his Lego people and Lego police arrest someone I say “oh no they have to go to jail what happened?”
Just comment on what you see or hear. If they are verbal asking questions is ok or if they know how to verbalize well.
Refrain from too much talk as that is not doing a child led play. Just comments here and there on what you observe.

You need to turn it off! My son was really into YouTube and games on his phone a lot! I finally put a cap on time.
An hour or so during the week and 3 hours on the weekend. Yes first few days was hard he really wanted TV at dinner but he got used to it.
Putting his games away after 15 min he was upset but got used to it. Now he is into playing more with toys and our board games and outside time.
Baby will learn you need to set the boundary. Don’t lessen time she is a baby just turn it off and go cold turkey. But do be around to support her.
Just hold her and talk after she calms a bit try and offer some toys. Giving into the crying and putting tv on to make it stop sets up if I cry hard enough I get what I want.
Nip it now less later

Yes. My son loved to open drawers at that age. Mostly the one for the entertainment center.
When he would open we would just say “open. Now close it”. And he would push it in.
And no he never got his fingers caught either. You can see if they have their hand in the right spot 90% of the time.
If they do get caught well now they know what can happen and will do it less.

I’m sure it’s a hard habit to break, but so worth it! Remember that you are the person in charge: it’s your job to turn off the TV, and it’s your child’s job to express her feelings about that. It will be uncomfortable for her to have such a big change in her life, and it’s okay for her to experience that discomfort! You can acknowledge her feelings and still be confident and firm in your boundary 🙂 Something like, “You want the TV, I hear you. You’re feeling upset that it’s off. I’m keeping the TV off and we’re going to play here instead.” I imagine it’ll take a few days or maybe a week or two and then she’ll stop expecting it. There’s a Facebook group called Screen-free Parenting that has lots of other people in similar situations and success stories.

Turn the TV off.

I was wondering if you might be able to offer some guidance.

My son (now 11 months old) used to play by himself incredibly well. I could leave him on his play mat with some toys around him, and he would entertain himself happily for up to 45 minutes or so, whilst I did the chores/sorted breakfast etc. He had no issues when I left the room, either – he would simply continue to play, acknowledge me when I came back into the room, and then carry on as before. Occasionally, he would have a bit of a grumble or cry if he was hungry, needed a nappy change, or was uncomfortable for example, but overall he was content to entertain himself for a while.

Since he has started moving around (commando crawling and pulling himself up to a standing position), his ability to play independently has nose-dived. The set up is the same as before, but now, he will crawl over to me and start trying to pull himself up on my legs. He asks for attention constantly (and I really do mean, constantly). When I try to get down to his level, acknowledge what he is doing, how he might be feeling etc and talk with him, he clings to me and pulls himself up into a hug. If I take this as a cue, and sit with him on the floor to have a cuddle, he will play with me and some toys of his choice for a short period of time, but will quickly himself up on me again. He tries to use it as a chance to go off exploring/off walking. He just wants to move the whole time!

I’m not sure if this is a phase and his “explorer/adventurer” side should be encouraged, or if I need to show him how to slow down a bit, focus on the things in front of him, and become comfortable again with independent play. If the latter, how do I do this?

Any guidance you can offer, or any articles you could point me to, would be greatly appreciated.

Best wishes

(A slightly frazzled) Francesca

I like that – show less stress. I can’t remember who told me before I became a parent that a trick they used was to turn a no into a yes. Let’s say the child picked something they may get hurt with, instead of screaming Nooo, don’t touch that, they would name the object for the child then say, this belongs here (a drawer, for instance), show me how you put it there… It seemed to work and I am trying to do the same with my own kids now.

Hi, im new to this world and im loving it!
Im quite sad to realize that i’ve been overstimulated my 13months baby.
I had to work when she was 3 months íntimo she was 6months and my das took care of her. He told me she was so “easy going”, she watched tv all day long, even music didnt woke her up. I stop working and as much as i tryed i end up falling into the same, she “liked” the tv and until today, all day long the tv it’s on. She show me discomfort several times at day and we go out to take a walk , but return to the tv. How can I fix this!

Hi my daughter is doing same thing and I am frustrated, she is 3 months old now and she don’t like to play independent I mean when ever I put her down she cried.
Give me some tips if it’s work for your daughter