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June 2011 Moms
Turtle143
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just not interested in toys
Turtle143
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I feel like Liv has never been much for her toys since i can remember. These days especially she'd much rather explore non-toys items in the house at every nook and crannies of the house. Anyone else? DH really wants to put her toys away (tea set, musical table, alphabet train, etc) because they are just taking space. We also have a huge play yard with musical thingamabobbies and it kills her to be confined in it so it's really just taking space in the family room. Only purpose it serves now it to keep the toys she never plays with. Should we just put them away?
Anything that keeps your LO's attention these days? When she's not exploring the house, she is dangling off my legs and asking to be picked up instead. I think she loves when I hold her because it's a different view point and she can actually see things on top of the table/counters, etc. And then she starts pointing to each of them and can't mad when she doesn't get them. Oi!
I'm just rambling and not sure what to do. I've been looking at indoor play activities like swings and slides set but I know DH would say it won't keep her interested and part of me tells me he might be right. Am I just not giving her enough activities to let all the wiggles out?
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Re: just not interested in toys
well it seems there aren't a lot of LOs like our who are not interested in toys. Sigh.....
well I guess each baby is different, right? I just wonder if I am not giving her the right toys.
We're going to look at this Step2 Indoor Climber..and a cottage playhouse tomorrow. We saw it off craigslist. She got ourselves a little climber so maybe she'd like them.
Yea, Q is pretty much the same. He'll play with toys when one of us is playing with him, but for the most part, he prefers to wander around the house and explore. He has a drawer in the kitchen with all his sippy cups, bowls and spoons and his favorite thing to do is empty it. My kitchen is constantly a minefield of baby utensils and bowls. At least he is entertained by it though.
I figure as he gets older he'll start to be more interested in his toys. I hope...cuz he received lots of toys for his birthday!!
My food & craft blog: Fraises et Tartines
BFP #2: 9/29/12; EDD 6/8/2013; m/c 10/5/2012
BFP#3: 1/29/13; EDD 10/5/2013 - Baby Claire arrived 10/6/2013
Hmm....maybe I should get her a drawer in the kitchen too. I love that drip pan project you have on your blog! Great idea! I think I am going to try and find me a drip pan tomorrow!
ETA: I love your blog! You are so creative. I wish I was too!
You actually read my blog! I'm honored.
I thought only my husband and a few crafty friends I'm made through the blogosphere read it. You made my night!
And the drip pan idea I got from pinterest. But it is pretty awesome! I need to get some new magnets for it. DS is bored with the ones we have.
My food & craft blog: Fraises et Tartines
BFP #2: 9/29/12; EDD 6/8/2013; m/c 10/5/2012
BFP#3: 1/29/13; EDD 10/5/2013 - Baby Claire arrived 10/6/2013
DD isn't very interested in her toys anymore, either. I try to take her out places in the mornings because she much rather explore things that she's never seen before. We usually come back in time for lunch and her nap. If we stay home, she's much more likely to cling to my legs and constantly want me to come up with some new form of entertainment. There are only so many options inside our apartment!
We live down the street from the zoo and there is a great toddler splash area there. Some days we go just for the splash park and other days we go just to walk around and see the animals.
We do music class once weekly and I also have an indoor playground membership as well.
I'm moving to Seattle and I noticed there is a nice looking children's museum. You might consider getting a membership to there, or the zoo, or the aquarium....seems like there are lots of neat places around there for LO's to explore. Have you seen this website .... https://www.redtri.com/seattle-kids? Lots of cool ideas for things to do on there!
DH: 34/Me: 35
Married: Feb 2008
DD: June 2011
TTC# 2: April 2014
BFP!! 8/29/16 --> EDD: 5/11/17....it's a GIRL!!!
Great idea! Maybe I'll give Anneka a drawer to herself. Might keep her occupied (for a few minutes anyways!) :P
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Oh yeah, DS totally does not play with his toys. We bought him one of those plastic wadding pools. I was sure he was going to love it - no way. He can't do the same thing for an extended period of time. I finally started just putting a little bit of water in (and I mean like a cup) so that he could wave his hand around and then go off to explore the next thing.
DH was insistant about buying him "something active". DS now has a basketball hoop, a slide and a swing. The basketball hoop falls into the toy catergory. DH and I have way more fun with it than DS, but it is good to be a "big kid", right? :0). The slide is mixed as we don't allow him to climb up/slide down himself. The swing is AWESOME. We put it up in our garage so that it is something we can do with him when the weather gets cold. Other than being in the stroller, it is the thing that DS will do for an extended period of time (15 minutes).
Most of the toys you listed sound kind of large. Does she have many smaller things - you mentioned the tea set. I assume it's like a little tea pot and some cups and saucers. What about other "sets" like that? Perhaps you could try setting up little "stations" around your house of small toy sets to discover. I don't think you should be worried about her only wanting to wonder around and explore, that's how they learn right now. They're curious and newly mobile. They've been sitting around for their entire life and are now enjoying this new freedom of getting around easier. But, maybe if you have a little tea party corner and then another corner with some play food and then another little area with magnets in a drip pan like you were interested it, she'd have fun exploring and playing with her toys when she discovers them.
It's kind of how our living room is set up - one spot Em has a Noah's Ark with Little People animals that she loves to get into. Another spot has her play kitchen with pretend food and picnic basket. Another has some books. And then there's the box of her shoes. She LOVES her shoes. She loves wondering around and getting into everything. It makes for a big mess at the end of the day but she's playing with her toys, exploring, and learning a little independence. All that being said though, we still have some days when she hardly gets anything out, she's just too busy walking back and forth or going after the remotes and my phone.
Edit: I just saw my siggy pic and it reminded me of another fun idea. I made a little tunnel for Em to crawl through with two pillows and a blanket. She played with that forever. Oh, and as for putting some toys away - it might be time. Maybe even if you put them away and then got one or two back out in a couple weeks, they'd be new again and she'd regain interest. Oh, and one more thing! lol Every now and then I switch some of Emma's living room toys with her bedroom toys. It seems like the new environment makes them new and exciting again. I do the same with her books.