2u2 no bad-so far!

MrsBeckaT615

DD was born April 18th and the last two days by myself haven't been too bad. We're slowly developing a routine. I'm trying to still read to DS as much as possible, but what other things do you recommend to keep DS occupied? I prefer to not allow him to watch more than 30-45 minutes of TV a day. DD has been cluster feeding so I feel like I'm always tied up to my boppy nursing. 

 

Thanks ladies! 

 

 

ShannonSky

Congrats

DD has a water table out on our back deck, that keeps her pretty occupied. And sometimes I put her in her high chair and give her some finger paints, that keeps her busy, too, but does require some clean-up after. She'd do that for an hour, though.

kcisthebombdotcom

When I'm feeding DD and DS wants to play, we sing songs a lot. I'll put on a kid's cd and sing to him. We also do a lot of homemade toys-I'll give him a wooden spoon with a plastic bowl and he will have hours of fun playing with that.   He also likes things he can shake that make noise-we did easter eggs with large jellybeans. He has a fascination with the vacuum hose as well, so I let him have that and walk around the house with. Lastly, our dog does a lot of "babysitting", lol he loves to chase the dog around and play with him.

Mrs.JBowman@gmail.com

we read, finger paint, coloring (both in the booster seat), wooden puzzles, some tv but not a lot, and then she plays by herself pretty good sometimes.  i also let her "help" with a lot of stuff that i do...cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc.  she thinks it's fun and she's learning.  most things that we do, we try to teach while we're doing it...we count things, talk about the colors or letters or just the item in general.  i also make up silly songs, constantly, about whatever it is we are doing.  Also, she has a small bottle and feeds her baby doll, changes their diapers, wraps them in blankets etc...she gets to play mommy and mimic everything that i am doing.  these are just some of the things i can think of off the top of my head!