[suprgrl]

So what do you do? Is this normal. DS is just over 8 months and seems to have no interest in playing with me anymore.

He plays with DH for about 10 minutes when he comes home, but other than that I am only good for providing food and helping him sleep.

All he wants to do is move around...crawl, climb, bang things.

So I tend to let him do his thing, but then I feel bad like I am ignoring him and he is not getting human interaction.

To think that a couple months ago I felt burnt out from being needed so much!

So my question is:
What do you do with them when they are at this age? Will he want to play again someday, or am I just a boring mom?

Ronna

 

[ntresser]

i am sure it is not you. i don't think your dc thinks of you this way - sounds like he is content being independent and exploring his world independently. i have no experience in this but thought you might like the uplift to your spirit.

Much Love!

 

[Chanley]

Bwhahahaha!! Take a deep breath and ENJOY it! This too shall pass.

Just you wait until he is a few months older, he will be so clingy. Both of mine went through an obsessively clingy stage at 14 months old. I was ready to run away. I needed space and I felt like I was living with a large barnacle.

8 months was one of my favorite ages.

You will have to wait until adolesence before you are truly a boring mom. Then the cobwebs will start growing.

 

[NewMomNicole]

I was just rocking her tonight and thinking - what will I do when I'm not her favorite person in the world? The past few months, I feel like a rock star in my own home. Anytime she sees me, she lights up. What will I do when she rolls her eyes instead of squealing for my attention?

 

[suprgrl]

Yeah, I know this is nothing compared to the lack of "cool" that I will have 13 years from now

He is just so different from the babe he was a couple weeks ago. I feel like I spend my time watching him play (making sure he doesn't bust his head) or moving him away from trash cans, plastic bags he manages to find, electrical cords, cat food, toilets.. yk...

Things I thought of since last night that I could do with him include:

Making an obstacle course for him to climb over in the living room and setting up the tent in the living room and playing in that..peek-a-boo is something he enjoys.

This independance just happened so suddenly.... and to think MIL thought that our AP practices would make DS clingy. I remember her saying when he was 1 month old "If you always hold him he will never let you put him down. What are you going to do when he weighs 20 pounds and only wants to be held?"

As soon as he is done eating he is squirming to get away from me!