Sneaky Buttons

[SilverSabre25]

I don't tend to notice buttons and sound effects on toys before I buy them. Things like trucks that have a button to make horn honks or motor noises. Or Little People toys with one button to make a couple sounds. And I usually don't mind a couple sound effects; my own children never over-use them.

But this 22 month old....good gravy, the boy has no clue how to play. He finds a toy with a button and then sits and pushes the button over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and...you get the picture.

He has an older brother who plays fabulously so I don't really get it. No red flags of any issues like autism. He just....pushes buttons. He pushes mine, too, come to think of it ::

Has anyone else run into this? removing all the toys with buttons/removing batteries isn't really an option because it hurts my son, who plays with these toys too. And he knows allllllll about changing batteries so convincing him "it broke and I can't fix it" isn't going to work either. He knows where the screwdrivers and batteries are kept

[NeedaVaca]

You could always put duct tape over the speaker area so it's not so loud and annoying.

[mountainside13]

You could always put duct tape over the speaker area so it's not so loud and annoying.

This is what I do when a toy is too loud or really annoying!

[SilverSabre25]

That's a good idea! I think I'll use packing tape so it's less obvious, . I can see the tape being repeatedly picked off otherwise.

Now the child in question is angry and screaming because i won't let him chew up toys the way the dog just was. I'm SUCH a meanie-pants, you know. He keeps looking back over his shoulder at me to see if I'm watching him while he has a toy aimed at his mouth.

[nannyde]

https://www.daycare.com/nannyde/do-a-little-get-a-lot.htm

[Blackcat31]

Part of the reason I do NOT use/allow any battery operated toys.

There is plenty "LOUD" that comes out of a child already that I certainly don't want to give them a way to be even louder....

Plus, I kind of feel like battery operated toys **** the imagination out of them.

[SilverSabre25]

Part of the reason I do NOT use/allow any battery operated toys.

There is plenty "LOUD" that comes out of a child already that I certainly don't want to give them a way to be even louder....

Plus, I kind of feel like battery operated toys **** the imagination out of them.

My own kids and most of the older kids do a great balance with it. I don't MIND how they use the toys with a few select sounds and stuff. They either don't use the sounds at all or incorporate it into the play. It's not like these are every toy or anything...a few trucks, a few Little People objects, etc. And most of the noisy trucks ARE my son's, which he chooses to share.

It's the fixation on button pushing from this kid who's been here since he was 6 months old. it's perplexing, given his older brother who is a fantastic Toy Player. I redirect, but it's just perplexing. he finds buttons and noises on toys I had forgotten had them! And if it's a button that isn't electronic, he likes it too (a ball popppy baby toy thing, the toy piano, etc) and still fixates.

The other kids are sitting in the middle of a block world they have built, complete with an elaborate tunnel that is a first invention from them, and is a collaboration between Mr 5 and Mr 2.5 aka "Destructo Man". Trust me, imagination is NOT lacking!

Except from Mr 22 mos, whose play is VERY limited and basic, and fixated on just a few things. Like honestly, I would be worried about autism or something similar if he wasn't so very verbal...expressive anyway. He is either delayed in receptive language or he is playing dumb. It's hard to tell. But the play ****s. He fixates on the buttons and noises, and that's new since I took away the pretend vacuum he would stand and roll back and forth endlessly, usually slamming into something while he did it. it shocked the pants off me this morning when he sat and focus on the tinker toys for awhile (new thing, haven't been out in forever). Then I had to redirect him away from trying to EAT them.

[daycarediva]

Part of the reason I do NOT use/allow any battery operated toys.

There is plenty "LOUD" that comes out of a child already that I certainly don't want to give them a way to be even louder....

Plus, I kind of feel like battery operated toys **** the imagination out of them.

OMG I wish I could take the batteries out my constant car engine noise kiddo. Now he is on to siren noises. He also has two volumes- loud and deafening. LOL!!!

He MAY still have autism, speech can be impeccable, even advanced with aspergers.

He MAY be put in front of a screen, where he just pushes buttons so he hasn't yet learned to play.

He MAY be a sensory seeking kid and he likes the electronic noise.

He MAY be just different.

It would annoy me, too. I like the tape idea if you don't want to remove all toys. I think trying to get him to stop voluntarily would be counter productive.

[Blackcat31]

My own kids and most of the older kids do a great balance with it. I don't MIND how they use the toys with a few select sounds and stuff. They either don't use the sounds at all or incorporate it into the play. It's not like these are every toy or anything...a few trucks, a few Little People objects, etc. And most of the noisy trucks ARE my son's, which he chooses to share.

It's the fixation on button pushing from this kid who's been here since he was 6 months old. it's perplexing, given his older brother who is a fantastic Toy Player. I redirect, but it's just perplexing. he finds buttons and noises on toys I had forgotten had them! And if it's a button that isn't electronic, he likes it too (a ball popppy baby toy thing, the toy piano, etc) and still fixates.

The other kids are sitting in the middle of a block world they have built, complete with an elaborate tunnel that is a first invention from them, and is a collaboration between Mr 5 and Mr 2.5 aka "Destructo Man". Trust me, imagination is NOT lacking!

Except from Mr 22 mos, whose play is VERY limited and basic, and fixated on just a few things. Like honestly, I would be worried about autism or something similar if he wasn't so very verbal...expressive anyway. He is either delayed in receptive language or he is playing dumb. It's hard to tell. But the play ****s. He fixates on the buttons and noises, and that's new since I took away the pretend vacuum he would stand and roll back and forth endlessly, usually slamming into something while he did it. it shocked the pants off me this morning when he sat and focus on the tinker toys for awhile (new thing, haven't been out in forever). Then I had to redirect him away from trying to EAT them.

Um, yeah that would have me in the looney bin FAST!

I think if a kid can't actually play with the toy, then definitely take it away from him. If he is simply fixating on the button, then I wouldn't let him have it.

Like anything else at daycare, if you play nicely with it you can play with it. If you use it inappropriately, you don't get to use it plain and simple.

Atleast half of my no-battery rule is me. I cannot stand the repetitive noises over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.....

I'd rather have my fingernails peeled off.

[MarinaVanessa]

I have TWO 1yo's just like that. For my own sanity I keep those toys in my DS's room and they are not DC toys. I'd go crazy listening to ambulance noises ALL DAY LONG.

[mountainside13]

https://www.daycare.com/nannyde/do-a...-get-a-lot.htm

That was a wonderful read! Thank you for sharing! I am seriously considering changing to no battery operated toys after reading that.

[SilverSabre25]

When I notice him doing it, I definitely redirect/stop/take away the toy. Hence no more toy vacuums. (That's another in my list of "yellow flags" for him--he is obsessed with vacuums both real and pretend).


The tape will help. And I guess I just keep up with what i'm doing. I have had enough 1 yos that I know they tend to go through phases of not playing, so I will keep up with what I'm doing, and watching, and waiting. It should swing the other way soon....or not...

[Blackcat31]

When I notice him doing it, I definitely redirect/stop/take away the toy. Hence no more toy vacuums. (That's another in my list of "yellow flags" for him--he is obsessed with vacuums both real and pretend).

The tape will help. And I guess I just keep up with what i'm doing. I have had enough 1 yos that I know they tend to go through phases of not playing, so I will keep up with what I'm doing, and watching, and waiting. It should swing the other way soon....or not...

Oh my...if you could get him to "really" vacuum...that would be a major bonus! :: ::

No, seriously....it could be considered a wonderful learning opportunity

I wonder if his mom would mind if he was in charge of all the vacuuming that needs to be done... ::

[SilverSabre25]

Oh my...if you could get him to "really" vacuum...that would be a major bonus! :: ::

No, seriously....it could be considered a wonderful learning opportunity

I wonder if his mom would mind if he was in charge of all the vacuuming that needs to be done... ::

if i had a kid sized one that worked, i might...except he mostly just wants to knock it over and investigate the moving parts....

[Patches]

I have quite a few battery operated toys, but none of them had batteries. They were toys that kids could still play with, even without the batteries. Well, when my Dh started as my assistant, he noticed that none of them working. So when I was gone one night, he put batteries in everything! He thought he was helping, but OMG the noise the next day! I want to replace them all someday. It will just have be a gradual, little by little, change.