Hi,
I have a 16 month old baby girl. She started walking when she was around 10 months old.. But, the problem is, she doesn' t seem to have got the balancing act right !She started running even before she could balance herself properly.. and now, she runs as if in a marathon, but keeps falling down so often.. I am scared she might hurt her head, as she sometimes falls on her back, and her head hits the floor.. Its too scary, and, i seriously think of buying her a helmet !! It' s hard to match pace with hers ,and, it' s tough to make her sit in a place for more than 10 seconds.. She keeps tearing magazine pages, throws the utensils around , munches shoes and loves to pull people' s hair, opens the racks and likes to throw everything she can lay her hands on, climbs on the dining table using the chair, and tries to jump from there, and I have to run behind her every minute and catch her every time she jumps from the table/falls from the chair.. Everyone i know feels i should be happy to have such an active kid.. But, i really get tired ! She' s okay in other aspects.. She takes any food given to her, without complaining, speaks a lot of words and understands and responds to anything said to her...
Here are some of my queries..
a) How do I make her balance herself while running around, basically reduce the number of injuries she has ?
b) How do I make her understand not to go to total strangers? (She jumps into the arms of anyone who offers her a cookie)
c) How do I make her understand that jumping from high tables and cots would hurt her (She' s hurt herself lots of times, but, still seems to enjoy.. and goes 1-2-3- jump !)
d)How do I make her sleep throughout the night (I stopped feeding her, but, she drinks from bottle 3-4 times in the night, which comes to around 700 ml of milk.. Tried giving her water instead, but, she starts crying).

Swapna. gauri replied. lol...so cute ......she is jsut like my daughter my daughter too loves to run ..i dont know from whr she has learnt this....i hv got so many toys for her that keeps he r occupied better than running here n there ...but she tend to get bored soon..whn she gets bored with toys i gv her untensils..that we use in kitchen but safe ones ....
but u cant stop her from running only thing u will cut down ...this is what i do ...take care of her...
gv one toy at a time coz another prob is they get bored so soon..if there is nay other solution let me know too ..plssssssss....