Showing interest in toys/rattles

Kota · Mar 8th, 2010, 07:22 AM

What age should this be happening?
My LO seems to show absolutely no interest in the things around him on his play mat or if i have him on the couch next to me.. I play with them in front of him and it just doesn't seem to phase him at all.
What age do they start reaching out and grabbing things at?

dani_tinks · Mar 8th, 2010, 07:30 AM

Jacob is now, not that he can control his movements etc but he loves his stuffed pink bunny and is constantly trying to hit his rattles and toys, infact, gets very frustrated when he can't. He is my first though so I dunno and can't compare. But I guess every baby develops at diff rates

x

wishuwerehere · Mar 8th, 2010, 07:32 AM

Isabelle is a few days older than your baby, and whilst she doesn't reach out and grab things, if I have her on her change mat and hold a brightly coloured toy above her she'll usually follow it with her eyes...or her current favourite toy would be a muslin if I wriggle it on her tummy

My health visitor said that mum is baby's favourite toy for a good long time though

Seraphim · Mar 8th, 2010, 07:38 AM

Hazel didn't start batting at things until 3 or so weeks ago.
I worried the same, but now she's at everything

Even has her favourites

sweetlullaby · Mar 8th, 2010, 07:39 AM

Agree that mum is favourite toy first the first month or so at least! Do you have a cot mobile? Matthew loved his from when I put him in the cot at about 6-7 weeks old.

Jchihuahua · Mar 8th, 2010, 07:43 AM

Daisy started showing interest in her mobile and toys at about 6 weeks. She doesn't try and grab things yet but will hold onto things like rattles if I touch her hands with them.

Kte · Mar 8th, 2010, 07:45 AM

Rattles and similar toys, Chloe got into them at about 3 months.

Laurn82 · Mar 8th, 2010, 07:51 AM

Dakota has no interest in toy etc at all. She has managed to grab her dummy a couple of times but think that was accidental cause she doesn't know what to do with it when she has it! She just looks at it as if 'what do i do now?', lol! Its very cute! I worried when I had my son and pushed him to do things early, this time I'm quite happy to let her do things in her own time - I want to keep her a baby a bit longer! x

sobersadie · Mar 8th, 2010, 07:57 AM

My daughter showed no interest in anything but people until about 4 months. Now she has started grabbing and shaking things. My sons i think were a wee bit younger at a boout 3 months but they are all different. Your Lo is still pretty young to be grabbing or holding anything yet.

jacs · Mar 8th, 2010, 08:33 AM

Evan just stared at the lights and the curtains at that age!

At 11 weeks he really started swiping at things, then grabbed and held/studied his toys when he was a few weeks older.

Mar 8th, 2010, 07:22 AM	#1
Kota Other BnB Elite Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: In a land down under.. Posts: 10,360	Showing interest in toys/rattles What age should this be happening? My LO seems to show absolutely no interest in the things around him on his play mat or if i have him on the couch next to me.. I play with them in front of him and it just doesn't seem to phase him at all. What age do they start reaching out and grabbing things at?

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Mar 8th, 2010, 07:30 AM	#2
dani_tinks Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 6,349	Jacob is now, not that he can control his movements etc but he loves his stuffed pink bunny and is constantly trying to hit his rattles and toys, infact, gets very frustrated when he can't. He is my first though so I dunno and can't compare. But I guess every baby develops at diff rates x

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Mar 8th, 2010, 07:32 AM	#3
wishuwerehere Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,567	Isabelle is a few days older than your baby, and whilst she doesn't reach out and grab things, if I have her on her change mat and hold a brightly coloured toy above her she'll usually follow it with her eyes...or her current favourite toy would be a muslin if I wriggle it on her tummy My health visitor said that mum is baby's favourite toy for a good long time though

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Mar 8th, 2010, 07:38 AM	#4
Seraphim Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dartmoor, Devon Posts: 7,082	Hazel didn't start batting at things until 3 or so weeks ago. I worried the same, but now she's at everything Even has her favourites

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Mar 8th, 2010, 07:39 AM	#5
sweetlullaby Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Uk Posts: 6,338	Agree that mum is favourite toy first the first month or so at least! Do you have a cot mobile? Matthew loved his from when I put him in the cot at about 6-7 weeks old.

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Mar 8th, 2010, 07:43 AM	#6
Jchihuahua Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: W. Yorkshire Posts: 4,919	Daisy started showing interest in her mobile and toys at about 6 weeks. She doesn't try and grab things yet but will hold onto things like rattles if I touch her hands with them.

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Kte Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 4,533	Rattles and similar toys, Chloe got into them at about 3 months.

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Mar 8th, 2010, 07:51 AM	#8
Laurn82 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Perthshire, Scotland Posts: 1,032	Dakota has no interest in toy etc at all. She has managed to grab her dummy a couple of times but think that was accidental cause she doesn't know what to do with it when she has it! She just looks at it as if 'what do i do now?', lol! Its very cute! I worried when I had my son and pushed him to do things early, this time I'm quite happy to let her do things in her own time - I want to keep her a baby a bit longer! x

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Mar 8th, 2010, 07:57 AM	#9
sobersadie Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: East Kilbride Posts: 901	My daughter showed no interest in anything but people until about 4 months. Now she has started grabbing and shaking things. My sons i think were a wee bit younger at a boout 3 months but they are all different. Your Lo is still pretty young to be grabbing or holding anything yet.

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Mar 8th, 2010, 08:33 AM	#10
jacs Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 580	Evan just stared at the lights and the curtains at that age! At 11 weeks he really started swiping at things, then grabbed and held/studied his toys when he was a few weeks older.

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