You must have a busy BUSY bee. Ours was determine to be on the ground starting at the age of 14 months are so. but we parenting by letting her do what she wants within a safe reason. This means, one of us was on duty watching her, while the other setup camp, cooked, clean, etc.
Oddly, she did not liked to be held, but if she was in the sling, she was totally fine, and could stay in that for a hour at a time. But we prefer her playing and burning energy to help with sleeping. When the cats away the mice will play.