What age do they start playing on their own?

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• dinky_Cath

  Sep 23, 2008 11:34AM

  Its sooooooooo much harder when they walk on the????r own!!!!

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• missymoo-40064

  Sep 24, 2008 3:38AM

  Oh don't...really?! It's killing me stooping down to walk him around all day..he doesn't want to do anything else!
  

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• teenytiny

  Sep 24, 2008 3:51AM

  Hi Missymoo
  
  I can't really help much but totally sympathise. Emilia is just coming up to a year old and all she wants to do is walk round holding my hands and I am pregnant too. This has been going on for over a month. It is totally exhausting and I so look forward to her nap times so I can get on a bit.
  
  I read on the baby forum about a treasure basket and I made one up for Emilia. It keeps them amused for about 1/2 hour so it's worth ago. Google 'treasure basket' and it will tell you more.

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• shellyw

  Sep 24, 2008 6:19AM

  hiya. sounds like your having a hard time, i am very lucky in that my daughter is nearly 13months and has been walking since before she was one. she has always been independent and wouldnt let you hold her hand wen she was trying to walk she just wanted to do it on her own, no matter how long it took or how many times she fell! lol
  
  She's always played quite happily on her own too with her toys, which i found great wen i was pregnant too.
  
  hope things get easier for ya

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• dinky_Cath

  Sep 24, 2008 6:21AM

  I never d????d the hold????ng hands th????ng w????th L????am - I just let h????m walk around the furn????ture and then one day he let go. Have you tr????ed propp????ng LO up aga????nst a wall or someth????ng and encourag????ng them to walk to you to encourage balance. Its harder as you need eyes ????n the back of your head - Once they learn they are off!!! And then the cl????mb????ng starts!
  
  I am sure you w????ll do fab - It must be hard to be heav????ly pregnant and look????ng after an act????ve LO.
  
  L????am ????s 15 months now and has been walk????ng for 5 months. He ????s steady on h????s feet now so I just let h????m wander and explore on h????s own - Always watch????ng h????m of course.

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• joannemarie

  Sep 24, 2008 6:01PM

  Hi
  
  I think its much easier now Reece is walking rather than crawling or walking holding my hands, but he was a late crawler (10 months) and walker (15 months). He is nearly 19 months now and has only recently started playing alone say looking at a book or pushing cars about but only for about 10 mins (15 max). Is there anything else that will keep your little one entertained? Reece will sit on my knee for a good half hour reading if he is in the mood. Also if I am trying to cook, the thing that I have found keeps him quiet for ages is giving him an onion! He spends an age messing with the skin. Plus In the night garden, big cook little cook or balamory have him mesmorised if i am desperate. Hope it gets easier for you x

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• missymoo-40064

  Sep 25, 2008 3:24AM

  Thanks everyone for your replies. I really do want him to walk on his own asap but he's not having it..will try standing him against a wall but normally when oh and I try and encourage him to walk between us he flops to his knees and crawls to try and grab our hands.
  
  Bec & Emi, glad to hear someone else is in the same boat (i mean that in the nicest possible way!) How many weeks pregnant are you? I'm only 17 but I don't feel I'm going to get that energetic/glowing stage I did first time around. Looked up the treasure boxes so will give that a go.
  Joannemarie, thats funny about the onion..and since I'm desperate I'm going to try that too..hope he doesn't get onion juice in his eyes! x

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