I don't know if I'm being really really PFB or I'm just ignorant of normal child behaviour, but I'm wondering if the things that DS (1) is doing are typical for his age? He has totally average development in terms of mobility (just getting going with walking now, super fast on all fours still) and verbally (babbles loads, knows a few words that he uses appropriately 'dada' 'cat' 'sock', ahem, when asked to say mama he blows raspberries. Cheeky sod). He's always been a happy, sociable little thing - doesn't scare easily at loud noises or new or busy places, happy to be passed around, happy to be left alone while I cook or MN ,is a total granny magnet and is a dab hand at getting biscuits out of old ladies.
BUT, he doesn't really 'play' very much with toys. He rampages around, and his favourite thing to do it hit things, and hit two things together. He is pretty brutal with our poor cat, no matter how many times we show him how to gently stroke him and encourage him when he's nice. He smacks people in the face and seems to think it's funny to be told to be kind and not hit. And nothing holds his attention for more than a minute. He's not interested in the TV, and goes from toy to toy, pulling everything off shelves but only playing (mainly just chewing them) with things for a few seconds and then discarding them. He understands some games, like using the shape sorter - he gets that the things need to go in the holes, but he gets bored so quickly that he never really manages to do it. All he really seems to do with toys is chew them (he was a late teether so we're still just getting numbers 5 and 6 through at the minute).
When he's tired he also does a weird thing where he pats himself on the head and kind of sways side to side (like a bored animal at the zoo) occasionally. But it's not repetitive (he just does it once or twice).
Sorry this is so long - all my friend's babies are a couple of months older than him, and due to illness and busyness, we didn't spend a lot of time with them when they were his age, so I have no idea if I'm just being an obsessive PFB parent who thinks too much, and what he is doing (charging around bashing stuff against other stuff) is totally normal. Or if it's not, and these are the early signs of something being wrong?
Tell me if I'm being stupid, please? 