Toddler not playing with toys

Yes!!! Our flat is overrun with toys yet he doesn’t touch them. More interested in pulling things off the bookshelf to chuck about or dive in the bins and toilet 🤣 if I had a penny for every time I say “put it back” or “don’t touch that please” I’d be a multi millionaire !!

I’m going insane with him 😂😂 the word NO is like a bomb going off. Going to work is like a break !!

Oh mine plays with his toys but also wants the hoover (he has his own but mummies is far better) and the bin. It's just a phase. Like to push boundaries

at least you get to go to work 🤣 getting out of the house alone for 8 hours sounds heavenly right now

I agree with Ellie. Just 2 hrs alone would be lovely.

Yep same, putting his hand in the toilet or banging on the bin to open the lid 🙄

exactly the same behaviour my little one 😨😂😂😂

Yes! My boy has never played with toys! He’s so inquisitive and would rather play with the plugs and cables which obviously aren’t safe! Drives me insane! He also isn’t interested in books so doesn’t just sit and entertain himself so needs constant attention it’s really draining. Totally get it xxx

Yip!! So we've been showing him how things work and that seems to help him leave things alone. So we ask him to put things in the bin so he goes and does that, we show him how the toilet flush works and why we flush etc After a while of doing it, he's just not bothered by them and has gone back to being interested in toys. Though everyday a roller coaster so who knows what he'll be into tomorrow haha

omg I could have written this myself! Why are they obsessed with bins 😫 also loves broom stick, switching on all the stove knobs etc 😫

i say no and he says no back at me shakes his head and runs 😅

my son does all that too 🤣 get him a toy broom, we got one for our son and now he doesn’t touch ours but will sweep the floor with his one!!

We do toy rotation. Have a cupboard and a play kitchen in our living room where I store a select few toys and the rest are in a ikea storage unit thing in another room that she rarely goes in.
When I think she is starting to get bored with them and not playing as nicely I switch them out and it’s like she has been given new toys to play with again.
We always have some crayons and paper out which she loves also.

If I’m feeling organised I will set some toys out, so this week I put out some of her plates and bowls along side a couple of her babies and let her play with them. Last week I set up a dolls house and the week before she has a little till so we had that out with a little basket and plastic food- running out of ideas though!