How are you playing with your 6 month babes?

We do tummy time still but I feel like it might not be very engaging anymore? I try rotating toys often. I also tried the ones with a kicking keyboard and it didn't amuse baby boy for long so I returned it.
He's still doesn't roll tummy to back consistently so I'm trying to encourage it.

We also have a standing activity center which he lasts in for 5-10 mins lol

What keeps your baby entertained? Any favorite toys?

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Have you tried a rolling walker? My kid is obsessed. They’re just at the age where they get bored so easy. We do patty cake, listen to music, go outside and sit in the baby bjorn bouncer - and he’ll just tune into the music and bounce and bounce. Just keep trying diff things… sending you love! It feels like you need to bring the circus to town sometimes, I know. 😂

I give my baby things to chew on mostly. She likes the little silicone spoons for babies. I also move stuff from one side of the room to the other so she crawls to it. I try to break up everything with play time. Eat, then play, then read, then play, then nap, then play, ect. Good luck!

My kiddo can sit now, so we play catch with a ball to improve motor skills & I make a big deal when he throws it back to me too. I also stick things, like sticky notes, to the wall for him to pull off and I also have him pull baby wash cloths out of a box with a hole in it. He has a baby Einstein piano he loves playing. We do have an activity center with a seat that he can move around but I limit his time in there to make sure I don’t cause any problems & we are practicing getting on his hands/knees to crawl.

Mine is only happy doing one thing for about 15 minutes before we have to change it up. We rotate through different things every 15-20 minutes lol. We have one of those water mats which helped him engage in tummy time a bit more. And tummy time in different places I've found has helped. On our bed, on the couch, on the change table 😂 just gives him different perspectives.

He also has an activity center, the skip hop one, he loves it but gets easily overstimulated by it after 10 minutes or so. I carry him around the house a lot, show him photos, how to turn off lights. He's obsessed with my electric toothbrush, can't even brush my teeth in peace anymore 🤦‍♀️

He also loves mirrors!!! Loves looking at himself, watching our dog do literally anything. I have this pillow that looks like a heart pizza and he's obsessed with that too. Idk I just literally try anything and everything around the house to keep things entertaining for both of us 😂 definitely exhausting but it won't be forever

@Hailey I now want a pizza pillow 😆

I do lots of peek-a-boo, bouncing together , playing with food/eating together. They learn so much from watching us and us intentionally making eye contact during these activities.
We do sound making with different safe toys on various surfaces, we go on house tours touching all the different textures we can find and talk about each item, we splash in the water with 1 cup and one chewable toy, we love to play in the mirror to just swinging closer and making funny faces and sounds, pointing to her face and mine and verbally identifying myself and mama while pointing and her as her name while pointing at her. We read books too.

Thank you so much ladies!

My guy loves crawling and exploring, so I set aside our whole front room for him. It's babyproofed and has a gate, so I can sit in there with him while he just cruises around and grabs his toys. That's his current favorite activity.

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wtf moment?

I have been going back and forth with my husband lately. Well not lately it’s been years. He is the best husband and father you could ask for; for two weeks. Then he’s inconsistent. It drives me mad. Then he’s back to husband and dad of the year , then back to same inconsistency. I talked to him about this last night and he said “if i was lovey dovey and acted like this all the time you’d get bored and cheat on me.”

Ok so for starters i know some of you are going to say omg omg omg super controlling omg leave omg. No im not doing that. Im happy he finally admitted his wrong doing and taking accountability for it but id like to know the deeper reason, the what the f has him thinking like this reason, the personality trait reason. He’s obviously scared I’m going to leave him; so much so that he’s doing this dumb shit to prevent it. Past trauma? What do y’all think I can do to get him to see I’m not going anywhere? I’m consistent already, I married him, we have a baby. He really is the love of my life. I have never loved another man like this before.. but this shit is for the birds and he thinks he’s keeping me doing this but in actuality it’s making me lose respect and detach.

worried about a family members baby

So this child is three months old and she isn’t being fed from 10pm till 6/7 am idk if this is normal or safe and it’s been like this since 2 months i believe as she won’t wake her for feeds she goes to the pub drinking most nights with her baby and her baby has already been in hospital with a very low temperature bc she was outside but as soon as she was in a warm car she warmed up and doctors said she was fine she lets cats play with her bouncers toys that go over her and doesn’t strap her in she is cold from what i’ve heard from other family members and they’ve tried to warm her hands and she’s wet herself at my parents and she hasn’t had a spare vest to put on her and i offered her a blanket as she didn’t have one and she declined and she won’t listen to anyone about it she’s already left the baby with my parents for the night to go out drinking and personally i couldn’t leave my three month old because my parents said she just cried and im really unsure whether to report her or not and her house smells of dog wee/poo as she’s never home to look after them and that’s not safe for the baby i understand being lonely but she doesn’t need to go to the pub every night her friends could
go
to hers or her she could go to a cafe that has closed doors not sat outside a cold pub and it’s a bit of a rough pub in my opinion

my parents are concerned btw but they say i shouldn’t report her as it’s not fair but i feel how the baby is treated isn’t fair

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I’m now a little over 2 months postpartum and I’ve struggled with genuinely just not liking my partner anymore since we found out I was pregnant last year. I catch myself just staring at him with hatred because I’m so sick and tired of his bullshit. He is just now getting a job and has not had one since THANKSGIVING!!! Meanwhile I was working full time until I finally got too sick to be able to work. I genuinely want him out of my house but I depend on him as far as driving goes bc I don’t have a car. I also still love him deep down and don’t want to put him out on the street but he’s driving me genuinely insane. Any advice?

Heartbreak

After years of trying, months of back and fourth on the fate of our marriage, indecision, fights. The whole enchilada my husband and I are separating, divorcing. Whatever. I'm so goddamn heart broken. I feel like it's a death and I'm in mourning. We have a 3 year old son and currently and for the foreseeable we are going to coparent and live together. This makes things harder because neither one of us can really move on but it's how it is. He understands and he's trying to heal too. But I can't understand why now that things are over he can be kind. He's been more amazing in the last week since I ended things than ever. Why couldn't he do that when we were together for years I begged for change, we saw a counselor I tried everything and he just wouldn't. Now he seems to turn a switch and be able to just do it all. But it's too late. My heart aches. My body aches. Love sucks.

Help!!!

Am I wrong if I secide to stop doing baths etc for my little ones. We have a 3 and 1 year old. I do all the baths wake up in ams cooking etc. I dont want them to be dirty but it's like I need a break and Im tired of doing it all by myself. He will come up and help after they are out the tub every now and then and that pisses me off. Im taking care of 2 littles one by myself makes no sense. I asked him to give them baths tonight he said I worked all day what did you do...ive had the children all day. We went to church he didn't go. We all know how little ones are.. but what should I do bcus it feels like I'm going crazy

Partner works incredibly long hours, how much do they help out?

I'm struggling. Have been for a while. I've had one break from parenting my daughter, that was for 3 hours in December when I left her with her dad.

She's 14 months old and I'm just tired. I've done every night by myself. He's out of bed at 4am and doesn't get home until 7-9pm. He drives for work, very physically tiring.
On the weekends he was doing 6 days, one weekend day off, but now has both off.

He doesn't sit on the floor and play with her, he doesn't read to her because he says she doesn't have the patience.
He will pick her up and hold her whilst he's cooking.

Recently I've been "snappy" with him.
He got back from the mechanic last weekend, she was getting onto the sofa and he put his headphones on and started to watch Netflix on his phone.
The same day I told him I was going to run her bath and to watch her whilst she was still eating, he fell asleep on the sofa.

Today he went to football after going shopping, so was out 1-3 and then from 4-8.
He got back and I was snappy.

"I don't get why you're so snappy with me"

I said - Probably because I haven't had a break since December.

"Do you think I don't know you haven't had a break. I haven't had a break", "I just won't go to work, I'll sit at home all day".

Then "do you think I like not having a connection to my child"... But that's on him? He never sits to play with her. He "doesn't see the point". He's stated that this age is boring to him.

Since she's been born, he has been to a friend's once a month. Football - He stopped going for 7months, but has been the last two weekends.

Are these not breaks?

He does do the washing/washing up/cooking/vacuuming when I haven't had a chance to; but I'm the one in charge of feeding her, naps/bedtime, teeth brushing, hair brushing, baths, dressing her, making sure she has the right shoes, appointments etc. Everything falls on me.

If your partner works ridiculously long hours, how much do they look after your child? Do you ever get a break?