Playtime with Little One...

ClandestineX

So what do you all do for playtime/time when they are not sleeping or eating...or fussing?

I usually sing patty cake a dozen times, read him little baby books I recently bought, tummy time, sing the ABC's while moving his arms (like patty cake). I have some toys that make noise/squeak... but he doesn't seem overly interested in them. So here I am trying to get new ideas by listening to what you do with your little one.

jkuhmann

Dance around the living room, go for walks, lay him on his playmat on his back, walk around the house and describe what we see.  Head Shoulders Knees and Toes is popular in our house.

tig594

Same as PP plus DD loooves to look at and coo to the pretty baby in the mirror.

Annaeliz84

Every evening, DS and I "take a tour of the estate" a.k.a. just walk around our tiny garden, haha.  I talk to him about what is blooming etc.  It's fun for both of us!

MKC12/22/2006

He loves his activity mat and grabbing at the toys hanging there. The Pandora toddler station is very popular at our house too!

MrsHartman7

MKC12/22/2006:

He loves his activity mat and grabbing at the toys hanging there. The Pandora toddler station is very popular at our house too!

Yep, mine just started waving the arms and legs like crazy this week so we are doing a lot of time on the activity mat swatting at the toys

VPGIRL06

 It just depends on where she is developmentally. She's recently starting hitting her toys with her hands, so I put her either under her activity mat or in her monkey bouncer with dangly toys so she can bat at them for awhile.  We always do tummy time a couple times a day, which she's more into because right now she's starting rolling to her back so she'll try to do that right now on her tummy.

 

Before, when she was more into looking at my face, we'd spend some time in front of the mirror, or she'd be laying on the bed and i'd just make faces at her and it would crack her up. So, I just kind of go with what skills she seems to be working on and that dictates our play time.

For wind down she sits under the mobile where she laughs her head off at the monkeys.

 

 

ClandestineX

Some good posts that I will have to try out. I just invested in a boppy, so I have been laying him over it so he can have tummy time like that. He seems to like it for a few minutes at least, lol. I will get an activity mat tomorrow then and see if he likes it.