Am I the only one with a baby who seems chronically understimulated?
My 8m old seems to just want MORE stimulation. Everyone I have talked to makes it seem like she should be easily overstimulated at this age. Like all the advice i can find is "limit amount of toys that are out." "They dont need toy rotation this early." "Try non-toy items"
I find that the only thing that keeps her interested is having a lot of toys out, rotating toys every 2-3 days, or constantly changing non-toy items. Nothing remains interesting for long. Im pretty anti-screen and even electronic toys (she only has one). And if im not constantly switching it up or taking her outside 1-2x a day she is a fussy monster!
Which i do not mind doing but everyone is making me feel like this is crazy abnormal and kids this age need to learn to be bored or need less toys, less stimulation, less rotation. But if i do that then she instead wants to be held 24/7 and im not even allowed to pee. We do music daily, walks daily, etc. Shes just only happy if its constantly changing or we are doing something. She is a SUPER happy independent player with 30-60mins every wake window but only if i switch stuff out constantly. Even someone told me to start a bucket with kitchen stuff for her and her baby thinks that bucket is always interesting. I did that. And 2 days later she wont touch any of it now. People tell me they dont have the energy for toy rotation and im like but i have to if i wanna be able to pee in peace 😭😂
So basically anyone else have a baby who is chronically understimulated because im feeling really alone here 😂😂