My 18 month old is totally not interested in stacking blocks or stacking rings on his rock-a-stack. I'll show him how to stack and he just likes to knock them over!! He doesn't spontaneously try and stack blocks on his own either. He's just not interested lol. He's a smart kid, I think, knows all his body parts, obeys commands, says a bunch of words.
I think I read this is an 18 month 'milestone.' Anyone's child start doing this later?
Not seeing this as a problem. Boys loves destroying things lol. Knocking down blocks is so much fun. Relax and let him have fun. Sounds alike he is a normal 18 month old.
Some kids just aren't interested in stacking. It's not that they can't, they don't want to. Just like some kids go for stuffed animals, others want their blanket, and others gravitate towards a ball. It's perfectly normal.
All kids hit "milestones" at different times.
I always say that it's important to remember that kids can't read the manual. Some do things sooner, some later.
In the case of stacking blocks, I wouldn't be too concerned.
Just my opinion.
He likes knocking them over :). It's much more fun, than stacking.
This is SOOOOO not important. Those milestone lists include maybe 15 items - if your kid is doing 8 or 9 of them he's just fine. AS your children get older and you deal with speech therapy or a mean basketball coach, puberty and such you'll giggle at this quesiton.
Your son likes to knock things over - don't we all? Sounds perfectly normal to me!
Knocking blocks down is loads more fun than stacking them, don't you agree? Why should he stack them when he has you trained to do it? ;-) You said it yourself... he's just not interested. He's probably just busy doing other things. The milestones in the books are just "suggestions" and not "they MUST be doing this or it's a sign of something wrong." He would have to be consistently missing several milestones at every stage.
Kids are not robots. Just because some book says they "should" do something by a certain age does not mean they will. My grandson is 22 months old and refuses to talk. He understands words, babbles all the time, but will not use words. The other day he wouldn't wear diapers, apparently he wants to use his potty. He will do interactive play, roll a ball back and forth ect.
All kids are different.
Some kids just don't like doing those things. At 18 months, my son preferred to knock down what I built.
Don't look at the milestone lists. They are irrelevant for most kids.
I agree with everyone else here, he may be ABLE to stack blocks and achieve that milestone, you'll never know cuz he isnt interested. And we dont remember when our kids started stacking blocks, that's how important it is! i can tell you when my kids started walking, crawling, talking, drinking from cup, I have no idea when they started stacking blocks, though I did read all those books, so I'm sure at the time I payed attention....
Not a big deal...as long as your child is using his hands to touch, to grasp and to explore with...he is fine...he will find his own interest in his own time...
My 19 mos old granddaughter doesn't stack her Lego blocks but she takes them apart once they're stacked. 18 mos. is just a guideline. Be patient. He'll get to it when he's ready.
