PEGS!!! WTF!!!! I know it's trivial.......

[ScarletTiger]

My DH gets so wound-up that I let DS2 play with pegs.

I even bought him(DS2) his own set of pegs so he wouldn't offend DH by playing with the 'normal' pegs and put it in a bucket for him and he LOVES the pegs and plays with them everyday.

My DH keeps taking the pegs off him and saying pegs are not a toy! Seriously WTF - they are just pegs, and easily replaceable...I cannot even talk about the stupid arguments we have over the damn PEGS!!! and why I shouldn't let DS2 play with his bucketful of pegs!

[HairyMuff]

Is he worried he will pinch his fingers in them?

[AnguaVonUberwald]

WHY is he obsessed with the pegs? Did he hurt himself on them as a child?

[GypsyMoth]

hey,great idea!! my ds would happily play with pegs in a basket! i will dig mine out!!

assuming you mean the plastic ones? can anyone remember the old style wooden ones?? did you make peg dolls? had hours of fun with those as a child

[stuffitlllama]

i thought this was going to be a thread about those horrid trews

[warthog]

pegs are brilliant! esp if you put them in a tin bowl. they make a racket and the dc's love it!

[HairyMuff]

Oooh yes perhaps he trapped a part of his anatomy on one as a child and they bring back flashbacks for him

[ScarletTiger]

I have no idea why he doesn't want him playing with them, I can understand if he's worried about him trapping his fingers - but if you put one on a little finger I don't think it will hurt - and DS is 2.4 and all he does is count his peg collection (not that he can count).

[drinkmoretea]

Playing with them is good for developing their fine motor skills...

[ScarletTiger]

He has a mix of wooden and colourful plastic pegs - and I have drawn faces on the wooden ones. They are just harmless and when I told him he was over reacting by 'confiscating' the pegs we went into anothe rpeg argument.

[Mamazon]

my Ds plays with pegs as well. it drives my mum mad as he pinches hers off the washing line

but if he has his own set then i can't see the problem.

[Frizbe]

He's bonkers, dh agrees. You make peg dolls with pegs in crafting all the time! dual use items

[Kathyis6incheshigh]

What a great idea to draw faces.
My dcs love playing with pegs though that normally consists of pulling them apart and saying 'Mummy mend it!'

[jenwyn]

Is this about something other than playing with pegs? Is it perhaps about playing with only pegs to the exclusion of anything else.Which might hint at a 'problem'?

If its just that he objects to pegs as a poor substitute for real (ie bought from a toy shop) toys then he is being daft. All the best toys are in your head .

However if it is that he wonders if your DS has a problem this is something you both have to address rather than argue about.

[dizietsma]

That's... really odd.

Toddlers are known for their fascination with ordinary household objects- pegs, hoovers, pots and pans etc.

DD's playgroup (ages 2 1/4 up) used to set up a washing line at toddler height with pegs so they could hang up doll clothes and tea towels. Good for building up fine motor control. Kids happily and safely played with it for years.

Tell your DH he's being overprotective.