Wednesday, May 26, 2004

 

Why bother with toys?

I think the toy-designers have it all wrong. They obviously do not have babies of their own. Don't they know that babies are very smart and instantly recognize that anything in a primary colour is NOT to be played with?

Leelee has quite a few toys. Not as many as most babies, but she has a small basketful. She seems to have outgrown the Gymini. Now that she can sit and crawl, there is no need for her to stay in one place and play with one toy. She does like the little pig finger-puppet that I got her. She also likes the orange star from the play-mat that Sonu gave her.
But mostly she likes things like the phone, remote, wires of any kind etc. She has a special love for the Dyson.. she chases after it when I am vacuuming.

Maybe I should become a toy designer and design toys that resemble remotes and cordless phones. I bet babies would detect that they were fakes and reject them.

Comments:
It may also be that we dont let them play with the non-toys so much so maybe they are curious and think - hmmm she did'nt let me touch that - bet its an awesome thing to play with. Babies are defintely cleverer than we think.
 
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