playing - Autism Spectrum Message Board

garnold · 09-01-2005, 10:48 AM

My daughter always wants a bottle (a plastic coke bottle with a lid) she just likes to twist the lid on and off. She does this a lot. About 5 times a day she wants her bottle. The only thing she does with any toys is a push buggy. She doesn't play with anything. Another thing she likes is for me to give her my ring off of her hand and she like to hold it on her finger like she is wearing it. She will tote it around for a while. We also have a small exercise trampoline we bought for her b/c she loves to jump. She will jump for a long time. These are about the only things she does when we are at home. Also my cell phone she loves to tote around. This seem so strange that she has no interest in toys whatsoever. These few things she likes she will just repeat over "bottle, bottle" over again until I get it. I wonder if she'll ever like dolls or barbies or anything"normal"????

claste · 09-01-2005, 01:14 PM

hi, you mentioned in another thread that your daughter will be 3 in december, she will pickup playing but its something that will have to be taught to her, my daughter is just 4 and she has started to become interested in pretend play, she will watch her twin sis and daddy playing and will attempt to copy, at the moment the toys she plays with kiss alot! and her play is very structured, her toys will say hello to each other and i think shes beginning to understand that toys can be more fun, we still have a problem with sharing, but again i think shes started to understand what the word sharing means, my daughter loves her books, bouncing, and doing headstands, shes also into dancing and jumping (i think we have a budding gymnast in the making!) she plays more at nursery as she has 1-1 support and with it being the school hols, i've found it difficult to play with her as they do. she also has a play house in which if you ask her she'll get you a cup of tea and some toast, however, she won't act out the sequence of events to making the tea, you'll just get the cup or a saucepan thrust into your face! and she won't act out the making of the toast she just picks that up and thrusts it into your face too! but thats something we can work on. your daughter will most definitely play with toys, but i guess you'll just have to be patient, your daughter will be a different child in a years time, someone said that to me last year and they were right, hope what i've said has reassured you, again, your daughter sounds very similar to what my daughter was at 3.

Kempsmom · 09-01-2005, 01:29 PM

Hello. My son who is almost three only has a few toys he will play with too. One is his matchbox cars, second one is his bike car, and the third one is golf. He will hit the ball for about an hour probably more if I let him. And the bike car all he does is get in most of the time he puts his head on the wheel and push has to be with out his shoes. IF and I mean IF I get shoes on him he takes them off to ride the bike. I am trying to teach him how to play with other toys but it is hard! I hide his fav. and encourage other toy but sometime I have to give in cause if I don't he will get aggressive or just sit there and watch dora over and over again.

Jana2676 · 09-02-2005, 03:17 AM

My little girl had to be taught to play with dolls. She never paid much attention to them, but once I showed her how to kiss and hug them, wrap them in a blanket, etc, she does it. She has things she must have with her all the time. They are small barbie accessories, but never the barbie. She also likes purses and boxes. She has tons of boxes where she stores her barbie accessories. We also role play so she understands how to do things. She loves anything with music, so that's a nice way to break the ice with her.