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Quickie

5 to 15 minute of baby distracting fun. The best part is you can do it all again tomorrow or even later today.

Activity #26: Get butt naked

March 25, 2008

First, my apologies to any pervy googlers. Next, the activity: At least for a little while each day, allow baby to have some time naked, unencumbered by the shackles of a diaper. Just think, this is how your kid lived inside you, just last month in fact. You may want to put an underpad (chux [...]

Activity #493: Take a tour of other people’s nurseries

March 7, 2008

I love Apartment Therapy. Probably it’s not the style of everyone who reads this blog, but it’s full of stuff I love. For the most part it’s a blog about decorating, from storage solutions to wall art to paint colors. One of the most fun parts of the site are the tours. You can look [...]

5 to 15 minute of baby distracting fun. The best part is you can do it all again tomorrow or even later today.

Activity #424: Play with safe household objects

September 24, 2007

A friend of a friend, Missy, who is now known as GearHead Mom told us that she invented a new game for her toddler that she found quite entertaining: Ever since the massive toy recalls have begun, I’ve been a bit more hesitant to pull out Sy’s legos or other plastic boxes of fun. So [...]

Activity #438: Have some no-impact fun

August 15, 2007

We’re not so big into TV at our houses but as our babies turn into toddlers, you will find our sets tuned into the odd Wonder Pets, Signing Time, or Sesame Street at various times throughout the day. So as we struggle with new babies and clever little toddlers and our creativity is starting to [...]

5 to 15 minute of baby distracting fun. The best part is you can do it all again tomorrow or even later today.

Activity #136: Row your boat

July 17, 2007

This is a quickie little game that I do probably once a day… it’s easy to do when Holden is already in my lap or on the glider and he likes it about as much as me playing with his little piggies. Easy steps to fake boat rowing: Sit on the floor with your legs [...]

Activity #206: Be a roller coaster

June 7, 2007

Yes, your emotions are on a roller coaster; now your baby can be too. My friend Jeanine makes herself into a human roller coaster for baby Pepper. This is how to do it yourself: Lie on your back Curl your legs up with baby on your shins (on her tummy) Rock on your back to [...]

5 to 15 minute of baby distracting fun. The best part is you can do it all again tomorrow or even later today.

Activity #452: Complete the sentence, “Real moms…”

March 21, 2007

Over at MuchMoreThanAMom.com, Rylan’s mommy challenges us to finish this sentence and share with each other. I’ll go first, based on an experience from last week: Real moms wish their kid wasn’t sick so that they could go to daycare. Real moms fear they can’t handle ten hours at home with their sick kid.

Activity #414: Change your radio station to one that you can’t understand

August 3, 2006

Jayashri from Toronto and YuvaStudio.com suggested that parents should play songs in other languages for their babies. Our album recommendation: Manu Chao’s Proxima Estación: Esperanza… and turn it up loud!

5 to 15 minute of baby distracting fun. The best part is you can do it all again tomorrow or even later today.

Activity #170: Fake a sneeze

July 7, 2006

Really. Almost always makes a baby laugh… if it doesn’t work the first time, try again and really draw out the “aaahhh aaaahh aaaaah” part before the “choo”! At 13 months old, Holden has a “joke” of his own. He can say “aaah aaah chooo” without being prompted (and usually not when he is prompted!). [...]

Activity #178: Build a tower

July 3, 2006

For a quick indoor activity, you can stack different toys on top of each other and invite baby to smack ‘em down. We have some really handy, soft blocks for this purpose (pictured). Do you see how quickly Dylan crawled over to destroy my work — it’s like warp speed? We also have some excellent [...]

5 to 15 minute of baby distracting fun. The best part is you can do it all again tomorrow or even later today.

Activity #400: Think about the future

June 18, 2006

Some nights are rougher than others. If you had a rough one, think about this: In just two years, you too will experience as rewarding a moment as this one must have been for “mommy”. And there will be plenty of other amazing affirmations along the way. If the video does not display properlyclick here [...]

Activity #307: Make wild animal gestures

May 31, 2006

My husband walked into the kitchen once last week to see the tail end of a very special performance. I was caught in the act performing Old MacDonald for my baby by making grand animal gestures and noises. I spice it up by including some rather unusual “farm” animals… like peacocks, rhinoceroses, and snakes. I’ll [...]

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