Originally Posted by La Texican
You know how most babies are kind of lazy-eyed and are content in their swing or playpen in their own little world until they need something or you coochie-coo them.

Seriously? I've only got the one, and have never been around babies much, but mine was not happy for a moment unless she was physically attached to someone. She was the easiest baby in the world until you put her down, and then she was the shriekiest banshee baby in the world.

I've heard people talk about babies that would sit / lie contentedly by themselves, but I've always thought of them as extreme outliers, not the norm.