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what does your dd play with - nearly 3years

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cba · 30/04/2008 14:36

ok my dd is rather demanding. She is three next month and constantly follows me round, mummy mummy. It does not matter what toys I get out, I tend to rotate them so she doesent get bored, she still constantly wants me.

She goes to playgroup two mornings a week and loves it. I just cannot get things done.

So, what does your dd play with and what does she enjoy?

I also have two boys who were completely different this.

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Seeline · 30/04/2008 15:01

My dd is 3 1/2 and is so much more independent than her brother was at that age. She loves drawing, puzzles, dolls that she can dress (especially polly pocket) crafty thins like threading beads and peg boards, play food etc. Hope she is just going through a phase and things will improve.

Spidermama · 30/04/2008 15:04

Dolly in buggies.
Lego duplo (lots required).

lizandlulu · 30/04/2008 15:11

my dd is 2.6 and like yours. always wants mummy. she will play with toys as long as i am there and taking some sort of interest. she wont just play on her own.
her fave things at the moment are her doll's and pushchairs, tea sets, crayons and a peppa pig play house set.

cestlavie · 30/04/2008 15:13

Thomas and friends and train track. But much prefers company in doing so to be honest.

I find CBeebies is a great playmate for her as well!

Kif · 30/04/2008 15:15

Dd liked jigsaws at that age. I had to do them a couple of times with her, then make appreciative noises as she did them, but it won me lots of precious time sitting on the sofa snoozing! (Ds was born around that time)

Kewcumber · 30/04/2008 15:21

like cestlavie - trains and tracks and cars and loves his cooker but often wants me to be in the same room whilst hes doing it. If he is cooking I send him off on errands to get "stuff" to cook with - it gets him more into the habit of going off and getting things for himself.

TeeBee · 30/04/2008 16:32

Get her involved in whatever you need to get done? Helping get stuff out the washing machine, 'cooking' with you, dusting, etc. Maybe do a tick-list for yourself and her to complete after each job? Might take a little longer to get things done but hey ho.

annoyingdevil · 30/04/2008 16:45

DD's just turned 3 and the one thing she loves is riding her bike. WHich is a pain as DP or myself have to stand in the street watching her.

MNersanonymous · 30/04/2008 19:16

Ds is a similar age and loves 'cleaning'...he has a big hoover and also a mini cleaning set from Labour and Wait (online) which is great and really cheap.

Loves magnetic letters, making a town (has road track, people, trees, puddles for the road (bits of silver foil made by me!) etc.

I've found his imagination has really kicked in in the last month or two - can you somehow fuel this sort of thing? Get her to host a teddy bears' picnic?

Maybe none of this helps though if it's actually that she wants to hang out with you whatever she is doing. Can you start playing with her and then sneak off and leave her to it? I do this sometimes if ds is having a demanding day and it works quite often!

CristinaTheAstonishing · 30/04/2008 19:17

Drawing, tea parties with her dollies, picnics with me.

JiminyCricket · 30/04/2008 19:24

'want to do a job mummy' mostly, and helps me load wash machine, lay table etc but does love going in the garden (needs supervising as our garden not the safest). She has a big sis so mostly they play together. It is hard to get on with anything at times but i think its par for the course at this age..fwiw I have a theory that if you make an effort initially to play/do something for a while, then they are happier to potter and let you get on with something after, or maybe I just feel less guilty saying 'it's play by yourself time'. I get the playdough box out sometimes - not lots of stupid fiddly things they need loads of help with, just lots of playdo, plastic scissors, a rolling pin and a few cutters. Loads of mess but they will do it for a long time. My dh thinks putting background music on helps.

liath · 30/04/2008 19:32

My 3 yeay old dd is a total clingon, always has been - mercifully her baby brother is now old enough for her to play with! They are in the utility room at the moment and I think by the sounds of things are taking turns inserting each other into the washing machine .

Before the only respite I got was playdates as she'd go off and play with a friend.

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