Thanks for starting this topic, I had been meaning to post similar about if you can play too much and is there an amount of playing on own required too.

My DD will play happily on her own too, but I also spend quite a lot of time playing with her (often because is an excuse to not do other boring stuff e.g. housework, and also because I feel guilty if don't). However she is almost 11 months and isn't crawling and only yesterday started having any desire to move forwards (about 2 inches commando style) - my mum made a comment about maybe she is over supervised e.g. because I play with her a lot maybe she hasn't got the desire to get about?

I assume that there is a balance required between interaction and them discovering things for themselves but not really sure what that balance should be?

I think she is probably not moving because she is more of a nosey parker and vocaliser and quite laid back but my mum's comments did make me wonder - should I really just force myself to do some housework and leave her to it more often.