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April 2011 Moms
Activities you're doing with LO
I know it's early for my LO is only 4 weeks old, but just wondering if I'm out of the loop with things I could be doing with LO.
DS normally sleeps a lot, but when he is awake I feel like I should be doing stuff with him other than plopping him in his bobby, or bouncer. We have a "gym" for him, but he hates it! I still try to put him in it so he can see the bright colors and maybe even get tummy time, but after a few minutes he is like "Get me out of here!!". I also read to him, but that is about it.
I'd like to take him for walks, but DH has yet to put the stroller together, and I haven't had a chance to do it either. We did go for a short walk last week with the moby!
Any activities that you find fun to do with you LO at such a young age?
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Re: Activities you're doing with LO
At this point, it's still just a lot of holding her and carting her around with me. I talk to her and sing songs, we do a little activity mat/tummy time (she's not a huge fan, either). I put her in her vibrating chair or the swing for as long as she'll tolerate it.
Sometimes, when I'm tired and if she's been really fussy, we just plop down on the couch, cuddle and watch TV. She seems to like the voices/noise and it gives me a break. I feel not at all bad about needing to do that at times.
That's about it. I don't think you need to do too much more, this young. When they start to stay awake for longer stretches and interact more, then it might be time to bust out more activities. Right now, DD seems happy to just listen and look around.
Your little guy is adorable!
I talk to my DS, and make different sounds and make faces at him (he seems to like it) or if I'm watching TV or doing something else I position him so he can look at the windows or the ceiling fan, or artwork and change positions when he starts to get fussy. I know it sounds boring, but he seems really interested in it. I think because they can't really see much, he likes to look at the different shapes and darks and lights that the windows/blinds make.
I also have a 4 year old, so she sings and dances for him and reads him stories and stuff when he's awake.
Things to do with your LO
Look in the mirror and make faces at him, babies love to study faces,
Read stories even though they don't know what your reading or understand a word of it they look at the pictures and the tone of your voice helps sooth them.
Play music and dance with him.
Tummy time is good interaction time, talk to him, hold up toys, put a mirro in front of him so he can look at himself.
Going for walks (put the stroller together) there is nothing better then getting out of the house.
I follow EASY (EAT/ACTIVITY/SLEEP/YOU TIME) very flexibly and after she wakes and eats, we burp for a while (she's refluxy) and do a little snuggle/chatty time with her sitting up on my lap (she hates being cradled unless she's feeding), then I walk her around the house a little bit (look in the mirror/go to the kitchen/get a snack and chatting all the while), then we do a diaper change and she lays on the table a little extra time and looks at her stim mobile and we do a little song and I move around her legs and arms. Then we go back to the living room, I put her under her activity mat and she does that for a while, then I turn her over for a quick tummy time (she hates that) then I put her in her bouncer that vibrates and she settles down while we sing a little more or just listen to music (FIOS TV has a station called 'Toddler Tunes') and chat and coo at each other, then she starts yawning and fussing (means she's tiring) and I put her in her swing, then she stays awake for 5 minutes smiling and talking to the little mobile above her swing (she LOVES the swing) before passing out - she sleeps for three hours and then we do the whole thing all over again when she wakes. Her awake time is usually 1 hour and 15 minutes (give or take) and that includes feeding time.
BFP 3/28/16 (EDD 12/9/16) * Chemical pregnancy
ME: 40 yrs.old
DH: 41 yrs.old
DD: 5 yrs.