Not how do I stop it. What is it looking for?Some bodies need a great deal of information to feel settled. Without enough of it, a body goes looking - and looking is what the hanging off you, the crashing into the sofa and the climbing on the back of the chair actually are.A short book about the child who is going before their eyes are open and still going at seven at night. Why wearing them out does not work, and what does.Inside:What it looks like from outside, and how the same five behaviours get read wrongly by five different peopleWhy a still child in a still chair is the opposite of what the question needsThe wall push, and why ten seconds of it works better than any instructionHeavy before still: the ordering that is most of the techniqueWhat to say instead of sit still, and what to say to the person who is watchingTwo to stop saying, and what they costThe noise, specifically - and the fact that some adults have a low tolerance for it, which is not a failingOn being the parent of the loud one, and the tiredness of always being the one apologisingThe whole book on one page, for the days when there is no time to read anythingNothing here makes a still child. That is not the aim and it is not on offer.What it does is make the day less relentless for both of you - fewer corrections, shorter flashpoints, and a clearer sense of what a body is actually asking for before it asks louder."Give the body what it is after."For the parent, not the child. Sixty-four pages, small enough for a coat pocket.This book supports everyday emotional awareness. It is not a screening tool and it is not a substitute for professional guidance.From the Little Signals world: quiet stories and tools that help small humans notice their signals and find their way back to steady. No quick fixes. No hype. Regulation before optimisation.
