Lovemydd, my 2nd child was incredibly difficult to keep safe (and everything else safe from her) from 6m - 2.5yrs, maybe even 3yrs. Work would totally have been a holiday. She did improve markedly with her approach to investigating the world between 2.5-3yrs. Funnily enough she was less exhausting to me because although she required constant supervision she didn't talk quite as incessantly as #1 and #3, she talked precociously, she just didn't require (or provide) a running commentary on every moment of every day. She's my introvert...