Please tell me. Why is it...?

Question

...that when I put my baby on the floor, with two zillion baby toys, wooden spoons, plastic cups, etc. for him to play with, he makes a beeline for either a.) the entertainment center with all the wires in the back, or b.) his dirty diaper pail?

Why is my baby so irrational? I tried to reason with him, but he's just not hearing it. :P

Answer 1

LOL!  My baby is the same way.  No matter what toy I give her she always charges for the cat food or cat litter box.  It's just one of those mysteries I suppose.  Just like where does that other sock go when you put them in the dryer!

Answer 2

he wants what he sees you "play" with.  

Answer 3

heck with the toys. Give your little man a box big enough for him to crawl in and then maybe put some toys n it to entice him. He will LOVE IT.  

Answer 4

lol cuz thats what kids do.  try limiting the area he's in.  IE  a play pen, or baby gate the area.  but in reality, his exploration of his area is how he learns.   its your job to "safety up" the area to work with his Curious George stage of life.  

Answer 5

i know! i set up everything safe and fun for my daughter and she goes after everything dangerous and stuff she should not be getting into.  

Answer 6

jacob eats our mail. I'm so cautious about introducing foods at the right age and making it the right texture, and he's off eating all my mail. maybe I should puree it for him?!

Answer 7

I hate to break it to you, but it doesn't get better!!  My daughter is 18 months and loves to play (ok, eat) the dog food, play in the dogs water bowl, and her newest trick was to stuff Elmo into the toilet.  She *claimed* Elmo was "wimmin" (swimming)

Answer 8

My baby is the same way. She can also find the tiniest piece of fuzz or crumb and try to stick it in her mouth.

Those little stinkers think they are so clever....

Answer 9

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you have an unruly child - that is not normal baby behavior.

You should have, from the beginning, trained him to play ONLY with his toys by sitting him down to play with them no matter how much he didn't want to, yep.

It's gotta be done.

Er.... my daughter isn't taking DVDs out of their cases and taking the covers off of the books on the book shelf as I type I swear.... ;)

Answer 10

Because he's a baby and thats what they do. Move the diaper pail and put something to block the wires and stuff.