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8 wks old - shows no interest in toys.... NOT concerned - just curious!
Just curious - BTDT moms - were your babies into toys - like the plastic keys, and other little rattle toys?
I'm not concerned - I'd much rather him be into people anyway, which he is - but if I shake a toy in front of him, he doesn't even look at it - he just looks at me 
He likes the birds that go around above him on his swing, but thats it...
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Nope not at all. She would "watch" things and maybe swat at the toys on her play mat, but couldn't really handle a toy until 3 1 /2 - 4 months.
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Posted by Charly
Nope not at all. She would "watch" things and maybe swat at the toys on her play mat, but couldn't really handle a toy until 3 1 /2 - 4 months.
Yeah - the activity mat is so not anything exciting for him - he stares at the bottom of one of the toys feet because they are black and white polka dots, but thats it!
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Posted by lipglossjunky73
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Nope not at all. She would "watch" things and maybe swat at the toys on her play mat, but couldn't really handle a toy until 3 1 /2 - 4 months.
Yeah - the activity mat is so not anything exciting for him - he stares at the bottom of one of the toys feet because they are black and white polka dots, but thats it!
oh just wait - he's going to just start attacking those animals in a few months. Now she pulls them off the hooks and holds them over her face and yells at them  
Toy playing for DD started slow - she'd hold a soft rattle, then a teether, than it moves onto a ball, etc. Now she needs to grab everything - she even tries to open the refrigerator door when I walk by with her in my arms.
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| Posted 5/30/07 11:03 PM |
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
she pulls them off the hooks and holds them over her face and yells at them
Awwwwwwww.... 
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
I'm not concerned - I'd much rather him be into people anyway, which he is - but if I shake a toy in front of him, he doesn't even look at it - he just looks at me
DS too! I still shake it in front of him but he doesnt seem to care. He loves to look at the mobile when he's in his swing. And when I put him in the Rainforest bouncy seat, he will swing at the little animals that hang, but I dont know if it is even on purpose. He is more interested in looking around at everything.
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Posted by lipglossjunky73
Yeah - the activity mat is so not anything exciting for him - he stares at the bottom of one of the toys feet because they are black and white polka dots, but thats it!
But that IS exciting to them at that age. It might not seem exciting to you, but to a tiny baby, the contrast of those black and white polka dots is fascinating. I do think the activity mat and lots of time with you are the two best things at that point. There's plenty of time for toys and jumperoos and exersaucers. You will NEVER get this time back, be his most intriguing form of entertainment because soon he won't sit still long enough to look you in the eye!
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| Posted 5/30/07 11:07 PM |
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Posted by jellybean1420
I'm not concerned - I'd much rather him be into people anyway, which he is - but if I shake a toy in front of him, he doesn't even look at it - he just looks at me
DS too! I still shake it in front of him but he doesnt seem to care. He loves to look at the mobile when he's in his swing. And when I put him in the Rainforest bouncy seat, he will swing at the little animals that hang, but I dont know if it is even on purpose. He is more interested in looking around at everything.
I think the rest if the world is just as fascinating - if not more so - to new little minds - mean, think about it - everything must look like a mobile to them at this age!!!
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Posted by prncss
Posted by lipglossjunky73
Yeah - the activity mat is so not anything exciting for him - he stares at the bottom of one of the toys feet because they are black and white polka dots, but thats it!
But that IS exciting to them at that age. It might not seem exciting to you, but to a tiny baby, the contrast of those black and white polka dots is fascinating. I do think the activity mat and lots of time with you are the two best things at that point. There's plenty of time for toys and jumperoos and exersaucers. You will NEVER get this time back, be his most intriguing form of entertainment because soon he won't sit still long enough to look you in the eye!
Yes, the black and white dots are exciting to him for a few seconds - but they are no match for the rest of the world, which, thankfully, is THE most exciting for him. He just loves to look around at everything and everyone.
I completely agree that every second with him is precious. I have never felt more in the moment than the day he was born. He is a blessing, and I tell everyone that I vowed to never wish any second away. I will never say, "I can't wait until he..." Because I love every thing he does now. I love him in each second... He grows everyday.
I spend all day with him - and we just stare and stare at each other. Like I said, that is more important to me than toys for many reasons - besides the bonding, the social aspect is very important to me... between what I do for a living, and knowing I'm sending him to daycare where we wont have this time together anymore 
I just have been trying to engage him with toys to encourage tummy time, but since he's not motivated to grab at toys, he is not motivated to lay on his belly and look up - he likes the mirror, so sometimes that will get him... I just wanted to see where most babies are at 8 wks old when it comes to interest in toys
I was curious about the other toys (jumperoo and exersaucer) for the future - not for now. I get tired "jumping" him all the time because he's almost 10 pounds, and after a few more pounds, the mommy jumperoo just may not cut it for him anymore...
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Can I be honest? I have a really hard time understanding you, Liza. You seem like a nice girl, happy to be a new mom, but I just can never understand what you're posting for. I mean, are you just posting to get thoughts out, or do you actually want thoughts and answers from us? Either is fine, but I can't for the life of me figure out which one you want. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, and I don't mean it to be mean, and I am far from that kind of person, but I feel like everytime I post a response to a question you have, you just respond with your own answer that you probably already had before you asked the question. So maybe I'm just reading you the wrong way, but I feel like I'm spinning in circles sometimes with your threads. Again, I'm not trying to offend, but I just need to be honest because I really get confused sometimes.
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
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Can I be honest? I have a really hard time understanding you, Liza. You seem like a nice girl, happy to be a new mom, but I just can never understand what you're posting for. I mean, are you just posting to get thoughts out, or do you actually want thoughts and answers from us? Either is fine, but I can't for the life of me figure out which one you want. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, and I don't mean it to be mean, and I am far from that kind of person, but I feel like everytime I post a response to a question you have, you just respond with your own answer that you probably already had before you asked the question. So maybe I'm just reading you the wrong way, but I feel like I'm spinning in circles sometimes with your threads. Again, I'm not trying to offend, but I just need to be honest because I really get confused sometimes.
But I was agreeing with you in my above post!
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Posted by lipglossjunky73
Posted by prncss
Can I be honest? I have a really hard time understanding you, Liza. You seem like a nice girl, happy to be a new mom, but I just can never understand what you're posting for. I mean, are you just posting to get thoughts out, or do you actually want thoughts and answers from us? Either is fine, but I can't for the life of me figure out which one you want. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, and I don't mean it to be mean, and I am far from that kind of person, but I feel like everytime I post a response to a question you have, you just respond with your own answer that you probably already had before you asked the question. So maybe I'm just reading you the wrong way, but I feel like I'm spinning in circles sometimes with your threads. Again, I'm not trying to offend, but I just need to be honest because I really get confused sometimes.
But I was agreeing with you in my above post!
No, I know, but I feel like you already know the answer to half the questions you post because I answer or someone else answers, you seem to repeat the information adding more to the answer, as if you had the answer all along, just but wanted to see if anyone else could get it right. I don't know, maybe I'm not making sense. The point is, I'm not trying to be b-tchy, but I feel like I never know how to respond to your questions because I feel like I'm just going to get the response of "I know that already, but...."
It doesn't really matter in the end. Like I said, you seem like a nice person, and I thought I'd be honest and tell you that I have a hard time reading you. Maybe I'm just dense
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Posted by prncss
Posted by lipglossjunky73
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Can I be honest? I have a really hard time understanding you, Liza. You seem like a nice girl, happy to be a new mom, but I just can never understand what you're posting for. I mean, are you just posting to get thoughts out, or do you actually want thoughts and answers from us? Either is fine, but I can't for the life of me figure out which one you want. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, and I don't mean it to be mean, and I am far from that kind of person, but I feel like everytime I post a response to a question you have, you just respond with your own answer that you probably already had before you asked the question. So maybe I'm just reading you the wrong way, but I feel like I'm spinning in circles sometimes with your threads. Again, I'm not trying to offend, but I just need to be honest because I really get confused sometimes.
But I was agreeing with you in my above post!
No, I know, but I feel like you already know the answer to half the questions you post because I answer or someone else answers, you seem to repeat the information adding more to the answer, as if you had the answer all along, just but wanted to see if anyone else could get it right. I don't know, maybe I'm not making sense. The point is, I'm not trying to be b-tchy, but I feel like I never know how to respond to your questions because I feel like I'm just going to get the response of "I know that already, but...."
It doesn't really matter in the end. Like I said, you seem like a nice person, and I thought I'd be honest and tell you that I have a hard time reading you. Maybe I'm just dense
When it comes to the fact that the time I spend with my child is limited and he will grow up before I know it, and the fact that the time I spend with him is precious - that stuff I know. I wasn't asking anyone that... I knew from the moment Cailen was born that my time with him was going to be limited because I was going to have to go to work in 8 wks. And I spend every moment with him knowing this, and wanting to fill every moment with as much as possible.
I was curious to see when other people's babies showed an interest in actual toys. I stated that my child, like others, shows a lot of interest in patterns around him, and what is going on around him - which is wonderful. I was just curious as to when he is supposed to show an interest in a rattle, grab at it, and use it. And when he can use his other toys because I wouldnt want him to outgrow his jumperoo.
I work with kids with autism, and I spend more time with kids with developmental disabilities that I'm not always sure what a typical child should be doing....
I agree with points that people say, and tend to add my own perspective as well.
I think a lot of questions people ask are for information, and they may already have their own answer and add it to other people's answers. But I always thought thats what these boards are for?
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| Posted 5/31/07 12:01 AM |
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
I am sorry but I have to agree with Rachel on this!
You seem to make statements or ask questions, both of which is TOTALLY fine, god knows all of us vent on here about the most random things BUT in the end, I think so many of us are open to other peoples' suggestions. You ask for advice but then when somebody gives it, all you do is try to prove your point over and over, even if that means changing a story around to fit the situation..I have noticed this a lot. I also agree when Rachel says you seem like a nice person. You truly do..you seem to love being a mom and that is absolutely wonderful. But a lot of times, I dont get where you are coming from either.
I think a lot of questions people ask are for information, and they may already have their own answer and add it to other people's answers. But I always thought thats what these boards are for?
This is what you said..but that brings up another question that you may have answered before, and if you did, I am sorry, I didnt search for it..but dont you think that others with the same questions would learn a lot from your posts? But it seems as if when you dont get the answers you are looking for, you pull the post. I dont see the reasoning in that.
Not getting down on you or anything, I am just trying to understand a little bit better.
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
I agree with the other girls, you are obviously enchanted with Cailen, you must be doing a wonderful job of mothering him! You have made it this far with a complete lack of sleep! But sometimes I wonder who you are trying to convince with your posts! You post that you do someting that in the baby world is quite "outrageous" but then you take your posts down when you have had enough of people disagreeing with you!
Please keep up your wonderful posts and the pictures! But relax, let your hair down, go with the flow!!!
eta...Cailen is probably fascinated with people, but he probably can't see them all that well yet! Thats why staring at the black/white/red contrast of the playmat is fantastic for him. Noah wasn't interested in toys until he was like 6 months old...a lot of toys went to waste in our house!!!
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
same here...no interest really..jake swats at it randomly---(toys) but is more interested in the moving parts above swing.
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Both of my kids were around 4 months old when they started to grab at toys and shake them around.
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| Posted 5/31/07 7:55 AM |
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
AT 8 weeks Andrew was only into sleeping, pooping and eating really.
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Posted by 5ofClubs
AT 8 weeks Andrew was only into sleeping, pooping and eating really.
Same here.
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Luka was intrested in anything that moved over his head. So any kind of mobile kept him entertained for a while.
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
DD really didn't get into toys until about 4 1/2 months- before that she was much more interested in the people and the World around her.. which I think is totally normal- there is a lot to take in! (especially around my house w/ the people and pets)!
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
nope, not really. Roman had a musical carosel thingy on his infant seat he'd stare at but that's about it.
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Thanks for the information ladies - that is what I was looking for. Not an analysis of how I post. Sorry - I AM a nice person, but this jumping down my throat thing when really, I JUST wanted to know when people's kids started playing was toys, was a little much.
I sometimes feel attacked on here, so yes, at times I do get a bit defensive. This may be where the over explaining comes into play.
As for my outrageous antics, that is an opinion. I get a million FMs from people saying they do the same thing with their kids, but are afraid of getting flamed. Outrageous is doing things to endanger your child, which I would never do. Letting your infant cry for a few minutes (how many times have you stepped out of the shower when your infant was sleeping, and hear them screaming? How long were they crying for? Who knows... Were they traumatized as a result? Get a hernia? High blood pressure? Babies CRY, its what they do...) and Giving your child a few teeny tastes of cereal - which I think were the only 2 "outrageous" things I posted about, are not anything that other people have not done. I removed the posts because I kept feeling attacked over and over again when I was just asking a few simple questions. I got the info I needed, and that was it. You know keeping it up for future moms is a moot point - no one does searches on here - the same questions get posted again and again - so someone was bound to ask it again at some point....
I noticed that other newer moms also took down their posts for the same reasons.
Go easy on us newbie moms. When all is said and done, we are all going to raise our kids successfully, whether they cry for 5 minutes when they are 6 weeks old, eat cereal when they are 8 weeks old, or bounce around in a jumperoo when they are 12 weeks old.
I am going back to work on Monday, and a lot of my posts are going to cease anyway.
When Cailen and I go skydiving together next week with our steak knives, I will just NOT post the pics...
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Re: 8 wks old - shows no interest in toys....
Posted by lipglossjunky73
When Cailen and I go skydiving together next week with our steak knives, I will just NOT post the pics...
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