Heaven, I was just thinking the same thing yesterday. DD asked to see videos of herself as a baby now that we have a newbie and so we watched the movie we made of her first 18 months. And yes, I interrupted her SO MUCH. I just wanted past-me to shut up and let her be her. Just revel in her gorgeousness the way she was. But the old me wanted her to perform for the camera so I keep telling her to clap and dance and sign. I hope I wasn't like that all the time. But I know I did hold the belief that I needed to entertain and stimulate and teach her AT ALL TIMES. Having recently embraced the RIE approach and really seeing the benefits already, I regret being that way and the impact it had on her, even though it was obviously well intentioned at the time. I know videos of me with my younger two will be different. And yes SJ, probably less frequent too!