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5 month old not playing with toys - normal?

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MedicalEd · 31/07/2011 08:10

DD will play and grab at things on her playmat but won't shake rattles or even hold them really.
She is very interactive with people, smiled at 3 weeks and makes lots of noises but just does not seem interested in toys. I have got things with lights on, shakey things, crinkly soft toys ect.
She looks at them a lot but not much else.

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breatheslowly · 31/07/2011 09:39

Yes, normal. She will play with the toys you have bought, but later.

tawrag · 31/07/2011 09:40

Perfectly normal. If she interacts well with people, you've nothing to worry about.

MedicalEd · 31/07/2011 09:51

Thank you. She is my pfb so I worry about everything.
And I know I shouldn't but I compare her to the other babies in my NCT group. She is the youngest but was first to roll over and is much more smiley at people than the others.
I just see them playing with toys and look at my DD and feel a bit sad for her. She likes to watch other babies playing.

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TimeWasting · 31/07/2011 09:56

People are much more interesting than toys. Smile

hiccymapops · 31/07/2011 09:57

Definitely nothing to worry about. Ds1 had no interest at all (apart from sucking labels from about six months). Ds2 was pretty much the same, to the point I didn't really bother getting toys out for dd, which I have now rectified, because she loves them at 5 months.

Just goes to show they're all different Grin.

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