Hi peanutter, DS is only 6 months old and things may change as he gets older but I think he does both! plays with toys and like to grab/destroy/eat anything I will allow him to touch He is pretty gently though really but I gave him a junk mail catalog yesterday and he tore it up which wa sreally cute lol but with toys he has figured out what makes them open and what makes the noise and what's good to chew etc and I think he really enjoys them. As I said when he's older and can get around crawling or walking things may be different.
Yep totally normal!
Neither of my kids have been real toy fans.
When DD was little she had a little basket of 'stuff' balls, bottles filled with rice/pasta/coloured water. She had a few toys but I just put them away as she wasn't interested. I felt bad one day when I went to a GF's house and her little guy had thousands of toys so bought a heap, but she still wasn't interested.
DS is just 2 and and has only started really playing with toys this last Christmas.
My DD has toys and does "play" with them in the sense that she will sit and touch them and be entertained by them. Her favorites are ones that make noise so her "Scout" as he not only speaks, sings but also has a name that lights up and then her blocks which she likes to put in her mouth or let me build a stack and then knock them over. She has a sleep toy which is bunny which she cuddles but that's pretty much it. She has a heap of toys in one corner of the room (yes, they are sitting next to or on top of the toy box - ) and very occasionally she will crawl over and choose a toy and play. Mostly though she is the same as your DH, she likes paper, toilet rolls, my shoes etc.
I don't think kids play with toys until they are able to project "personality" onto them (which in turn won't happen til they realise THEY are a person and that other people are NOT them, if this makes sense?)
I think Flynn was obsessed with anything with wheels at that age, to the point where my mum (a childcare worker) was worried he was autistic.
He is pretty gently though really but I gave him a junk mail catalog yesterday and he tore it up which wa sreally cute lol but with toys he has figured out what makes them open and what makes the noise and what's good to chew etc and I think he really enjoys them. As I said when he's older and can get around crawling or walking things may be different.
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) and very occasionally she will crawl over and choose a toy and play. Mostly though she is the same as your DH, she likes paper, toilet rolls, my shoes etc.
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