BG has started being awake for longer periods of time and I overthink about whether or not i am having enough quality activities with/for her
she gets floor time usually will go 15-20 minutes cooing and kicking....not grabbing anything thing hanging from the playmat yet, but swings arms to hit them
She likes her swing....
She will stay on my lap and chatter giggle for 10 minutes or so
We will dance to a song ..
But honestly that all gets kinda dull day in and day out..... and sometimes I just want her to sleep so I can play/read/chill.... and then i feel like a terrible person
I guess my question is Should i be doing more structured interactive playtime already or is OK to let her entertain herself so much???
Re: wakefulhours.. what to do..opinions please
I lay him on his back which he could do forever, but I'll do that about ten minutes... then just when he gets really into it, I'm mean and flip him on his belly. He'll only do about five good minutes of tummy time. Then I'll flip him back over and let him kick around on his back a while longer.
We walk the house and look at everything and I point to stuff.
I sit him up against my knees facing me and talk, sing, make faces....
We call grandma and put her on speakerphone. He likes that.
We do a lot of airplane flying around the house.
I raise him up above my head.
Read books. Go "shopping" and let him look at stuff.
Of course, bath time! He loves bath time.
Anyway, really I think this is true for most babies, but especially C, he can only be up for an hour and a half or less or else he gets fussy and hard to put down.
So it may get repetitive, but I find I get enough breaks in between naps and can mix it all up a bit.
Oh. Also. His new favorite way and the new sure fire way to zonk him out in no time flat is holding him while bouncing on an exercise ball. He loves it and then... he doesn't know what hit him! He's out!
Agreed!!!
When I'm making dinner she hangs out in her bouncy chair in the kitchen.
Laundry and such gets done while she's playing on her back. I feel bad that I'm not interacting with her, but then her nap times actually gets to be me time and I have my sanity.
I felt the same way for a while, but we do many of the same things mentioned. He loves his piano kick and play mat so he does spend a lot of time on there. Sometimes on his own and sometimes I play with him. Like Rach, I will flip him to his tummy to break up stretches. But right now, it's the only other thing other than his changing table that amuses him well!
Other times I will read and sing to him. I sit him on my lap and make faces with him. That often gets him going.
He likes his bouncy seat too.
I go back to work in a week and I know both grandmas won't do as much holding and playing as I do. I stress about that. They are so old school....they think they will spoil him...they believe he needs to learn to play on his own. It's a learning process....they are getting better...but its hard to teach old dogs new tricks.