Save old sunglasses, cell phones, remotes and key chains that are no longer needed in a drawer.
As a good rainy day activity for baby: pull them out one at a time. As junior plays with one, you can usually sneak another back in the drawer for an endless supply.
Sometimes when I need to remove my cell phone from Julian’s little paws, a decoy cell phone is the way to avoid a mini-tantrum.
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We love using our old cell phone for this! I’ve put on a lock code so baby can’t make any calls unless he gets really, really lucky (a 4 digit code). I periodically put it on the charger so he gets the full gratification of lights and beeping- otherwise he knows he has a fake.
Ah, yes. using a decoy old cellphone. Didn’t work after the first couple of times. DD knew which phone was ‘real’.