Keeping them entertained / happy all day
Ladies, what are we doing to keep our little ones happy / entertained throughout the day? Idk about your little ones but mine has like zero interest in toys anymore, he just wants anything he shouldn’t have and he won’t sit and play by himself usually for more than say 5 mins before crying and fussing to be picked up. I’m struggling so much to get stuff done around the house unless his dad takes him out (which I hate as I’ve realised I have massive separation anxiety with him!!) or if he’s asleep…
Like all he wants to do is hold my hand and stand up, walk around holding my hands or try to grab things he shouldn’t have (my phone, random unsafe objects stones, etc etc!) and I bought him a playpen too so I can put him in there and do stuff but he just cries at the begging for me to get him! I know I could probably let him get on with it more than I do but it’s not in my nature to let him cry, I rush to him straightaway and I can’t change that. So what can I do to keep him happy? Any suggestions would be amazing 🙏🏼
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Having the playpen where you are? Kitchen etc.. more engaging open ended toys also could help
My lo spends most of his time in his playpen because we have hard laminate and I’m terrified he’ll fall and hurt himself badly ! I use a rotation of toys , in the morning I usually have quiet ambience and toys like crinkle books etc, shape sorters so on after lunch I pull out noisier toys like ball poppers and stackers etc he doesn’t necessarily play with them as intended but he enjoys the toy rotation ! Then after a couple of weeks I take them and swap with other toys .. I’ve got a few that I leave out then swap over seems to work well… I almost always have music of some sort playing too incase I’m out the room for a moment
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