7 month old anxiety

Don’t be to hard on your self mama you are doing great :) babies at this age don’t have a large attention span so moving around and playing with many toys is normal. They don’t start imaginative play until they’re 18 months or so. Some days I feel like my little is so bored and I think it’s normal. You can always try putting some of baby’s favourite toys in a box and letting them take them out.

It sounds like you’re doing great! I would try to be easy on yourself and know you’re doing your best. We have toys upstairs and downstairs, if my son seems bored we move to a different area of the house with different toys. I also rotate his toys, I keep maybe 5 things out and then rotate them either weekly or biweekly. You can also go out for walks, we do this 1-2 times a day even in 30 degree weather! We have cold weather gear so we just bundle up and may not go for as long, but I think getting them outside is important. My son occasionally plays alone for mayyyybe 10 minutes. I have some cabinets baby proofed, but others I let him play in with some pots and pans. It gives me a few minutes to get things done in the kitchen and he gets to explore his environment.

Mine was the same month at 7 months now at 8 months he’s so different .
He sits in his play pen for 45 min before he gets bored , it used to be 5 min max .
Also make sure her toys are toys for her age , too easy or too hard doesn’t interest them .
And I have to say you guys are sooooooooo cute 😍❤️

You’re doing great from the sounds of it! I felt the same way at 7 months and feel like 11 months still needs lots of engagement and activity but now she’s getting into wanting to help unload the dishwasher and clean up. So maybe your little one just wants to be a part of everything you do too. I find water play a big hit, and we can spend 30-45 mins in a bath or with a little tub of water and floatie toys. Water mats too!

I always say does your baby act and looks happy and loved and fed etc? Yes to all of them? Then you are doing great!!

I swear you’re doing great! As a FTM with all of those issues +PTSD, I was constantly feeling like that, like I just wasn’t doing enough. But I promise, if you’re little is happy and healthy that’s the greatest thing you could give her. That and being kind to yourself. I still struggle with that sometimes but between surrendering it and my kids &marriage to God and FINALLY going to therapy and doing the work… motherhood looks very different ❤️

No judgements coming from me Mama! ❤️ I have a 10 year old, a 2 and a 1/2 year old and almost 11 month old twins 😵‍💫 so I'm probably the queen of finding ways to distract the kiddos and keeping them busy! Some of the ways I do, other Mom's might judge me on but IDGAF lol 😆
My little ones like to do ziploc bag painting (squeeze a few drips of WASHABLE paint in a sealed zip loc bag, tape it to the floor it their high chair, let her press away and mix the colors. Make an "in-home" water table ( get an old utility tub that you don't use, fill it really low with warm water and bath toys, cover your floor with towels lol and let her have at it) just stay with her so you can keep an eye on her of course with the water ❤️

Screen time is ABSOLUTELY FINE, it's how Mom's get shit DONE ❤️

Amazing has super cheap baby friendly ball pits that are amazing and sooooo easy for clean up 👌🏾

You are all good! It’s so easy to beat ourselves up for not doing enough but just keeping them warm, fed, changed, and loved is a LOT. You are doing plenty. They’re allowed to just chill for a second. They’re allowed to play independently. They’re allowed to play with things that aren’t toys.

Im also a FTM to an 8month old recently took my baby to the beach and was stressed because I didn’t have a blanket or sand toys. I almost didn’t even go because we didn’t have anything to “do”. I’m so glad we went anyways because she sat in the sand SQUEALING with glee for almost 2 hours. She didn’t need me in her face singing or talking she just wanted to explore her world and had the best time. Sometimes less is more.

Girl you are doing great. Here are a couple ideas. YouTube music has some great baby nursery rhymes/action songs. Listen to those and do the actions with her, make a sensory bag once a week and make an attempt at getting her to interact with it, using kitchen utensils as play toys while you cook, do a house tour and interact with different items/pets at the home, look outside and talk about the weather, FaceTime a relative, go for a walk and stop and point out things to babe, make a water table/bucket and fill it with measure spoons or little toys or items to grab, read books with animals noises. Those are my ideas. You are doing great 👍