to think why did I bother spending all that money buying 8mo DS toys...

[BouncingTurtle]

when he has spent 15 minutes entertaining himself with an A4 sheet of paper?
He is having a great time crunching it up, waving it around and passing it from hand to hand.

I may have to take it off him if he tries to eat though...

[moondog]

Exactly.
Tis nowt but ascam.
Ispend nothing on my kids and are 4 and 7.

[BouncingTurtle]

I've told DH we're not buying him Christmas presents, we're just going to wrap some cardboard boxes and let him have that!

[pamelat]

I am wondering if my DD (7 months) may show more interest in her toys if I were to act like she shouldn't have them.

All she wants are my car keys, the laptop, the cat and my mobile phone. Mmmmm maybe a reflection as to what "mummy" does with her day!

[moondog]

BT, very good idea. one of my fireinds wrapped Argos catalogue for her kid. He was made up!

Yes Pam, brill tactic.

[BouncingTurtle]

Pamelat - yep that's my ds, he wants my phone, the lead on my laptop, and anything on the coffee table!
He is still playing with that piece of paper!

[pinata]

my DD is completely the same. I was in early learning centre today with a friend who was returning something and tempted as i was i bought nothing

8mo DD's current favourites are: laptop lead and all cables in fact, wooden spoon, ikea catalogue, her own shoes, baby wipes and the toggles on zips. oh, and my new chunky necklace, which is a proper pain as she lunges for it and almost strangles me. and if i dare to get on the phone she almost passes out with frustration at trying to snatch the receiver off me

[mamadiva]

My 2YO favourite toy is not his £50 slide, his bloody expensive playhouse or any of the fancy singing and dancing vtech toys oh no!

It's a bloody 99p micro machines car that he found on the way home from nursery! LOL.

I'm resigned to spending £50 on him at christmas and thats it!!!

[PinkTulips]

my 3 year old stole the cardboard tube from a kitchen roll i'd given the kittens to play with earlier.

they have a playroom full of toys and she was entertained by that for an hour!

[petitmaman]

my 18month dd2 has not played with any toys since she started crawling at 8 months. she just spends her life going round and round the house, opening cupboards etc. seriously she doesnt touch a playroom of toys. occasionally she absorbs herself in one of dd1's (non picture)books.
dd1, age 6. in the past 3 YEARS has played with: jigsaws, colouring, and books. THATS IT . toys? one big marketing scam!

[bookswapper]

i spent all yesterday sitting in a (large) cardboard box with my two!

[domesticslattern]

Give him an empty bog roll and a wooden spoon and, if anything like my DD (same age), he'll be in seventh heaven.