Can your lo self play or quiet play?

My little boy can self play for around 30 mins. If I need to cook meals or attend to his little brother. Sometimes he will be at the back of me etc. I used to put him in his high chair and talk to him when I was cooking and telling him what I was doing or give him a little activity that he can do in his high chair xx

My little girl can self play apart from when I need to get things done 🙄😂

Mine can but because our kitchen is just off the living room he would rather stand at the stairgate and moan at me while I cook 🤦🏻‍♀️ 😂

I found sticking lo in her in her high chair (actually a booster) at the kitchen table with colouring book or paper and crayons are good for tasks in the kitchen. She’s actually quite good at playing without me unless she knows I need to do something but I also found wooden dominoes were a hit

She’s got a lot better but as soon as I’m in the kitchen or leave the room, mate…classing her as a shadow wouldn’t even describe the clingyness.

My little one has always been an independent player, but as soon as I wanna cook she’s clung to my legs 🤣🤣

my boy is exactly the same 🤣

My little one will play on her own so I have stuff for her to do in each room.
In the kitchen she has magnetic letters and numbers on the fridge which she’ll pull off and on, we have a jar of coins and keys which I’ll pour it and she’ll put back in one by one 😂 sometimes she’ll just have a dance as we always have music on. If everything fails and she’s at my feet i save tv for then and i know she’ll sit quietly then xx

haha same ! They are like oh mums doing something let’s make it fun for her 🤣

My LB can self play but this unfortunately involves trying to grab things he shouldn’t and climb on things he can fall from 🤦🏼‍♀️ So the only way for me to get things done is to either let him play close to me occasionally dragging him away from stuff he shouldn’t be playing with or otherwise put the tv on for a bit. Otherwise I get things done when he sleeps 😬

The only place I can get things ‘done’ around her is her bedroom - I take up laundry to sort and fold, hang up clothes, etc. It’s a baby friendly room with carpet and nowhere she can hurt herself. Downstairs she can play independently but needs supervision as she’s moving so much, so I can’t get a lot done around her, sometimes a bit of cleaning and dusting. For cooking I stick her in her high chair and give her a snack. Would love a toddler tower at some point as well but not got a good place to put it at the moment.