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My LO was/is like this. At 2.5 she will occasionally sit and watch some tv, but never a full movie. I let her play on her own, though, so I don't go crazy!

Just now at age 3 she will sit down long enough to watch tv. Before she would cuddle though and read!

At 1.5, E will chill for a little bit. Finally. She's always been go go go. We always did some independent play for my sanity though

ahahaha! I have to laugh because I felt the same way! It just in very recent weeks where my almost-21 m/o will sit for a few minutes to color/paint or cuddle on the sofa to watch tv (and that's only really late at night, close to bed time, sometimes). I had terrible allergies yesterday, took some Benedryl and was zonked the rest of the day. All she wanted to do was drag me around to play/color/etc, so I know how you feel.

At least in the past couple of months, I've been able to let her play without having to constantly watching out things going in the mouth, falling, etc. Before that, our gated area with a rug, was really helpful for some safe independent play. Eventually she will get used to it! Good luck!

well, we are working on 8 & 11 and they are constantly on the go still....... Maybe when they move out I'll get to be lazy again. HA.

I wish my 3yo would be lazy with me. We all have colds right now and I want to lay on the couch with a blanket. Even if I get her to sit down, she's got one leg wiggling and an arm flinging around. The kid never stops moving.

T is like this!!! He must take after his dad because I am a totally chill (nice way of saying lazy) person. He always wants to be free to roll and play. The only time I get a break is when it's bottle time and he will finally sit in his bouncer and chill.

My son turned into a major cuddlebug at the age of 3. Now, he will sit with me on the couch or sometimes cuddle with me in bed, whereas he had absoultely no interest before.

He'll also take his own time outs, he'll go in his room and lay on the floor in a certain spot.

LO got lazy around 12 months. He will happily lay on the couch in the evenings now! Only before bedtime..if the suns up he's running around like a crazy person

I love the question because I think every parent has thought this. We all want our littles to snuggle with us sometimes to watch movies or shows. At 2.5 it hasn't happened yet. Only happens when she is sick.

Oh and just wanted to add something funny...mine got sick a lot last winter when they were 13-16 months old. Once I was on the phone with one of the advice nurses describing symptoms and she said, "Well, make sure they get plenty of rest...oh wait, I see here they are 15 month old twin boys. Sorry, they are not going to rest. They will be bouncing off the walls. I just have to be honest about that." And I SO appreciated that! Because rest is not something we do. Well, it's something I want to do.

D is always on the move. But thanks to daycare (I'm guessing) he's really good at independent play. We have a gated playroom with a ton of toys and he just wanders around the room playing with everything. Every few minutes he comes over to cuddle, and then he's away again. I'm usually able to just hang out on my phone if I'm not up for playing with him. But it would nice one day to actually sit down and watch a movie with him. We tried last week with Frozen because he'll stop and watch Let it Go on my phone, but a movie on the tv had no interest.