when do babies know a toy phone is a phone?

[thepixie]

I think DD was just over one when she started holding things up to her ear and saying "hewwo" Mind you it didn't need to be a toy phone or a real phone, her hand, a flat rock, just about anything was fair game to be used as a phone for a few weeks. I would just give it to her maybe for xmas she will figure it out

[AliBaby]

I have a friend whose little girl picks up anyhting that looks like a phone, eg remotes,etc and put it up to ear. She is 11months old

[tenar]

Thanks everyone, that seems like good advice. I think I'll give it to her soon (I'll pick a relatively boring afternoon to introduce the new toy). It certainly does have stuff that is suitable for her now: the ring to chew, the bead on the ring to move around, and the buttons to press that make the sounds happen. And we'll see if she actually gets the phone idea later on.

Thanks for not laughing at my question, too

[{sarah}]

Juliette got one last Christmas at 8 months & she played with it opening & closing it, munching on it etc, but it wasn't untilabout 12 months when she realised it was a phone & what she should be doing with it.

[Lolli]

Juliette got one last Christmas at 8 months & she played with it opening & closing it, munching on it etc, but it wasn't untilabout 12 months when she realised it was a phone & what she should be doing with it.

:yeahthat: Same as my ds.

I found it weird that ds thinks anything with two bits and a string in between is a phone, yet I can count on one hand the number of times he has seen someone use an 'old style' phone like that- we only have mobiles...

[Cassius2]

yeah i reckon give it to her now! the drooling and munching will turn into chatting on the phone in no time!

Our DD really liked it when we would 'talk' on her toy phone too. and now at the age of two we need to make sure that she hasnt started talking on the real phone LOL!