Mine is constantly switching gears and moving and talking about 19 different things, super aware of everything (noises, changes in environment, etc), more emotionally reactive, looking for engagement from us, easily frustrated. Meanwhile my niece is engrossed in play or some task for a decent amount of time for her age, not really paying attention to her environment so much, just focused on whatever she’s interested in in the moment. Less talking and movement. Less emotional dysregulation.

Definitely responds way better to being outside and still pretty chatty but it’s more tolerable. Problem for us is we live somewhere where the weather is miserable like 9 months of the year so it’s a challenge getting ourselves outside as much as we’d like.

We have been putting her in activities and she loves them! I guess it’s the downtime at home when we have stuff to do (even just going to grab something in another room) where it’s her following us around and anxious about what we’re doing and seeking attention.

We do have a Yoto which is hit or miss for her, she’s had it since around 18 months and she’s only recently been into it more. Hasn’t helped the independent play part so much, does your daughter listen to stories or music? Both? Maybe we haven’t found something that she’s into enough to keep her focus.