How do I entertain?

Hi friends! I have a 22 month old and a 7 week old and I am having a hard time with ideas to keep my 22 month old busy. Right now we are having entirely too much screen time. My 7 week old is very fussy, as most 7 week olds are. My biggest issue is that she doesn’t sleep well. Whether it’s swaddled in her bassinet, in her rocker, or being held. She takes 15 minute cat naps. But she’s exhausted so she screams cause she’s still tired, between every little nap/feeding. She’s not colicky though. My 22 month old has been incredibly patient about all of it, but I need ideas on how to be with both at the same time and not involve the tv. Walks outside aren’t an option at the moment since we’ve had a week of rain and still have 3 days of rain to go 😩 HELP! Thanks 😅

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we have a ball pit with 300 balls in it. Tonight there are 300 balls on the playroom floor because we mostly just wanted to sit in an empty ball pit 😅 and no, she did not feel like helping me pick them up. So they’re still all over the floor until her dad gets home and can take the littlest nugget. I’ve been looking into sensory bin ideas we just can’t swing a sensory bin table at the moment and putting a bin on the floor = everything just gets dumped cause we like to dump things. We color as much as possible for as long as she’s interested. These days it’s not as long anymore. Right now she enjoys breaking her crayons more than coloring. I love my little tornado. I honestly think she just needs outside time to get her energy out, but with weather this past week it’s just not possible for us.

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