13 month old

[penguinparty00]

DS is 13 months and honestly all he does is throw things around the floor, I know I shouldn't but I follow people on Instagram who's 12 month olds know how to build bricks and walk and sign for things and I'm just feeling the mum guilt that all he literally does is throw things, should I be doing something I'm not? It's just me and him at home all day every day apart from 1 morning at nursery a week. Just wondering if I'm being too panicky or if I should be doing something

Mine mostly likes chewing anything he can get his hands on, changing the TV channel with the remote, banging toys together and climbing the stairs.

You can model play but at this stage I find they just do what they want. It's probably more fun to throw bricks than use them to build a tower anyway!

Get some beanbags, and make a game out of the throwing. Into a bucket or a hoop or a bin or a box. Whatever. At least he'll be practising a skill. lol.
Apart from that, do you get down on the floor with him and his blocks, and show him how to build a tower? Try it. Talk about the shapes, the colours. Sort them into size order. Ask him to pass you a block. (these are to stop you getting too bored, rather than for educating the child lol.) Play WITH him, he needs you to role model how to play with his toys, he can't read the instructions. Show him that there is more that can be done than simply throwing them or kicking them.

My DD wasn’t interested in stacking blocks until around 15 months.. before that she’d make me stack then knock them over. Now she likes to stack so I knock hers over

Anyway, what I’m saying is ignore the insta mums otherwise it will drive you crazy - just enjoy your DS, he sounds lovely

My son is 13 months and he's doing this as well, whatever I give him whether it's food or toys he just throws it. He can't build blocks or anything like that and can't walk or stand yet. I wouldn't worry, I'm hoping it's just a phase

Do you go out and about? Toddler groups, library song sessions, swimming? I ask because you sound a bit isolated. Ceebies have baby and toddler group shows where you can ideas of different activities to do.