At what age to babies cry when their toys are taken away?

[AlwaysPraying]

My son is 7 months in a few days and just this week he's been quite posessive of his toys. He plays and has a good laugh, when I need to change him or move him, I usually take the toy away from him and go about whatever I was planning on doing. Now though, he instantly bursts out in tears, like a tantrum stretching his arms for the toy I took away. I was so shocked the first time this happened that I didn't quite believe it. I gave him the toy back and then took it away again, just to see. He cried again! Now it's happening all the time. He will only have these tantrums for a few moments until I distract him, then he's fine, but I'm just surprised it's happening so young, or is this when it happens?

 

[llsarahll]

Yes Ryan has been doing the same the last week xx

 

[bbyno1]

Aliyah screams if i take her toys off her now or anything for that matter lol. She has been doing this for a good 2 months i would say x

 

[anna matronic]

Evan did it for the first time today with a hello kitty doll

 

[mumtobeplus1]

^^ Aww Evan, Thats so cute!

Yep they do it because they have began to recognise things and they
have no concept of time, so when you take something they think
its gone forever so cry (they cant understand that they will get
it back later) Same goes for crying when you leave the room,
they think you've gone forever - understandable really, id cry if
i thought my mum had left and gone forever.

 

[AlwaysPraying]

Sounds like he's right on target! It's weird I half expected him to stay a little baby forever, but I guess they are little people with little personalities! I never expected his to be so feisty! Just like his dad, oh no!

 

[Sarah&Ady]

^^ Aww Evan, Thats so cute!

Yep they do it because they have began to recognise things and they
have no concept of time, so when you take something they think
its gone forever so cry (they cant understand that they will get
it back later) Same goes for crying when you leave the room,
they think you've gone forever - understandable really, id cry if
i thought my mum had left and gone forever.

Awwwwwwwwwwww thats so sad Bless them

 

[LesleyP]

^^ Aww Evan, Thats so cute!

Yep they do it because they have began to recognise things and they
have no concept of time, so when you take something they think
its gone forever so cry (they cant understand that they will get
it back later) Same goes for crying when you leave the room,
they think you've gone forever - understandable really, id cry if
i thought my mum had left and gone forever.

Oh my god that's so sad!

I'll never want to leave my LO now lol

 

[stardust599]

My nephew is 8 months and today I got a shock when I took a toy off him to swap for something else and he burst into proper tears and crying! Poor soul xx

 

[mumtobeplus1]

It is sad, But doesnt it make you feel better when you understand how
they are feeling, rather than thinking they are just crying for the sake
of it; Makes you much more attentive to their needs once you understand
them and can find ways of minimising their distress. x

 

[Faerie]

Alejandro's been doing that for a week or so too, he cries in frustration if he can't reach a toy and if I pick him up when he was trying to play with something he properly cries, but is soon over it.

 

[AlwaysPraying]

His cries are mad though. Are your guy's kids mad or sad? It's like he's instantly frustrated. There's no gearing up, just full blown mad cry! I think today he was having a growth spurt though. He slept 12 hours straight last night and had an extra bottle today. I just have the feeling he's extra sensitive and the toy thing just sent him over the edge. I hope its not a sign of times to come

 

[littleemma]

Mine started doing it a couple weeks ago, at 7 and a half months. At first i would just give her another toy and she would completely forget about the first, but not anymore! It's like she knows i'm trying to trick her and gets even more upset lol

And they are definately mad cries!

 

[joeyjo]

Playing peekaboo and similar games hiding toys under a blanket and then popping them out helps them learn that they haven't gone forever

 

[kc1980]

Hmmmm I thought it would come later because my LO doesn't seem to care. She just moves onto the next thing! But she does want to play with whatever I play with and takes it away from me. I don't know how she is at nursery but I suspect that because the other kids are bigger ( mostly) she gets things taken from her all the time

 

[AlwaysPraying]

I wonder if it's more when he's tired? It's happened again a few times today. Once in the tub before bed. He was holding onto a duck with both hands really tight and I needed to wash his arms and hands. I grabbed one arm so he would still have a hold of the duck but it slipped out and he screeched loud and started to cry! I quickly washed up and gave the toy back. He was calm quickly but it escalated so instantly.

Am I over reacting by thinking this is all a bit much? It just started one day this week and now I'm worried about anything I take away from him.

 

[kmac625]

Clara has started this recently. Today she grabbed the plastic bag that a toy that Grandma brought her to play with and she threw a mini temper tantrum over it. We all just laughed at her (which probably didn't help the situation ). She always gets over it within a minute or two though.

 

[special_kala]

Try not to think of it as a tantrum its just normal baby behaviour. If we had to take a toy off River for some reason we explain why so "mummy needs to change your bum but you can have it back in a minute" sounds silly as the cant understand yet but River does now and we have minimal problems with it.

 

[xemmax]

Oli does this too and also hates it if he's trying to get something and I stop him. Last night he was trying to crawl towards an electric heater and when he got close I picked him up and turned him around and he was not happy!

 

[peanut84]

for the past 2\3 weeks my LO has cried if i take her toys or anything that she has been playing off her