When do babies start to grab things?

dalzien · May 2013

DH and I had an appointment with our doctor this morning and he was surprised that she hasn't started to grab/reach out/hold things. Our LO is 10 weeks old tomorrow and I thought we were really on track with the milestones. When did your LO start to hold things? What did you do to promote grabbing/holding? Should we be worried?

TIA

Shel79 · May 2013

My girls will sometimes hold small toys if I put the toy in their hand. They love to reach out to the animals on their gym and bat those around! They have probably been doing these things for the past two or three weeks, and they will be 9 weeks tomorrow. All babies are different though, so I probably wouldn't be worried!

diana.filipi · May 2013

For both of mine it's been around about 3 months. They may have reached out sooner but really reaching for hanging things or stuff like that it seemed closer to 3 months.

leahstarrh · May 2013

LO will be 11 weeks on Saturday and doesn't really reach for or grab much unless its our fingers or clothes. She won't really hold toys or grab for them yet either

mnj05 · May 2013

DS hasn't really started this yet. Sometimes while he's on the play mat, he'll grab one of the toys but I think it's purely an accident. I keep a toy hanging from his car seat now and he doesn't care to even look at it. My pediatrician didn't say anything about grabbing things, I personally think it's still too early for a lot of babies. I've got a lot of experience with babies and I haven't seen many reach this milestone before 3 months, a lot happening closer to 4 months.

youenjoymyself · May 2013

mnj05:
DS hasn't really started this yet. Sometimes while he's on the play mat, he'll grab one of the toys but I think it's purely an accident. I keep a toy hanging from his car seat now and he doesn't care to even look at it. My pediatrician didn't say anything about grabbing things, I personally think it's still too early for a lot of babies. I've got a lot of experience with babies and I haven't seen many reach this milestone before 3 months, a lot happening closer to 4 months.

This. DD is 11 weeks today. She'll hold on to things if I put them in her hand.

InkedMegs · May 2013

I think at this age (also 10w tomorrow) babies are really working more on their gross motor skills. Grabbing onto toys would be fine motor skills (from what I know of gross and fine). LO still makes fists 95% of the time. Some of the few times her hands are fully open is when she is sleeping.

When she is on her activity mat she bats at the different hanging toys. She has a plush doll that is usually with her in her carseat/bouncer and she'll move that around with her fists or arms, but she isn't really using her fingers, yet.

I wouldn't worry.

dande2129 · May 2013

Hmm.... LO hasn't really grabbed anything but my hair yet. I was just wondering the same thing the other day.

sdemilio1231 · May 2013

Jack will swat at his toys on his activity mat, but he doesn't actually grab them. Sometimes his fingers will hook on, but I think that is accidental. He will 12 weeks on friday. If I put something in his hand he will hold it and swing it around, but he doesn't grab on his own. The only things he grabs are my shirt and hair!

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