Once the baby figures out how to walk, there is no way he can spare the precious time for the cards or other sitting down activities. Don't despair, there are plenty of "work around solutions" to keep his attention and interest.

Thank you very much to Laurie Tiemens, the moderator of TeachYourBabyToRead and the Home Schooling Mother of 10 kidos for sharing other member's suggestions.

Here are some ideas for your to try. And if you are still not sure, you can reread Doman's method results for some encouragement. It has some highly inspirational stories about kids who also were losing interest only to surprise their parents in the end.

Thanks to smorgasbord for these ideas:
1. Put the cards on the counter or table, hold your child in your arms and whirl around after you've read each word.

2. Put word cards on the floor and let your child jump from one to the next to the next.

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My daughter was like that, so I started using the computer (powerpoint) to show her, she's very interested in the computer, I let her push the button to move to the next word and now she asks to "see words"

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You might want to try hang the words on a hallway wall so you child has to see them when she passes by throughout the day. You could also put them on the floor and make some type of game. Play follow the leader and you hop over each card or hop on the correct word(the card may get bent out of shape).
You may also try just showing 2 or 3 words at a time. It can be hard showing a 2 year old words since they are so mobile. Also, show her words that you say to her frequently i.e. Mommy, Daddy, love, hungry, food.
Showing words to your daughter should be a fun activity for the both of you. Make sure you stop showing her words before she wants to stop. This may mean showing only 1 or 2 words.

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You've gotten some good ideas. Here are some others to try:

1. Make up word cards with her favorite foods on them. Then right before you serve them say, "it's time to eat" and then hold up the card and say whatever the card says.
2. Make up word cards for her favorite activities like walk, swimming, outside, bouncing etc. Then when you are ready to do one of them say, "it's time to" and then hold up the card of what you're about to do.

3. When she's drawing, right a word that she's just said or that she's especially interested in on her paper.

4. You could try showing her a BIT (Bit of Intelligence flashcard picture) and then show her the matching word.

5. Since she likes looking at books, you could try making books with one or two words per page about her life using photographs.

6. She may be one of those munchkins who has got to be moving all the time. If that's the case then try to make it a physical game. Make a whole bunch of verb cards. Show her "jump" and then you jump and encourage her to jump. Show her "stomp" and then you stomp and encourage her to stomp. Etc.
I agree totally with Pete. She has got to enjoy her exposure to words.

Don't force her. She's got to want to see them.

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We also put an easel by my daughters table where we eat breakfast and lunch. A few days ago I wrote breakfast in crayon and pointed it out to her. This morning she pointed to it and said "breakfast". I have also written juice and lunch and plan to continue with other food related words.
To teach empty and full, I made up word cards and as we were eating I sat a bowl on the appropriate card. This is a much sneakier and more creative way to teaching than sitting
down and doing cards which she doesn't enjoy either.

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I found a way to get my extremely active toddler to actually look at the cards so I thought I'd share. It is a little unorthodox, but here goes.... He loves to get behind open doors and shut adults out and sit behind the door and laugh as we poke our fingers under and play. So, yesterday I
started poking the flash cards under! Obviously I can't see his face but I know he enjoys it and he was definitely looking at them because he kept grabbing at them.

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Since your daughter is so active then maybe you can get index cards and label all the things in your house and walk around each day and read the words. Label her room, bed, window, curtain, toys, etc... Make a book of the people she knows and loves. Just put their name and then their picture.
Make a treasure hunt where you have a stack of 5 or 10 words and you have a match somewhere and she has to find it. It can be obvious for younger children and more hidden for older babies. Get some words of objects outside and take her for a walk and show her the cards as you look at trees, sand, grass, etc... I believe you have the inner wisdom to know what you should do. It is nice to have an outsider's opinion though. I think you are doing wonderful and your efforts will pay off.

To add to it (really unorthodox, but as long as he enjoys it!):

• My son loves cleaning and washing, so we've vacuumed cleaned and "washed" every possible card
• We take the cards from the Intelligence Bits and "introduce" them to each other, new words, or new dot cards.
• Our cards dance to the music we listen
• My son takes the cards for a ride at home - to show the fish in the aquarium, the birds at the bird feeder, or to take a nap in a stroller.

Looking forward to hear the comments on some fun ways you got to show the words!