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Keeping 15 month old occupied at home
I just wondered if you have a child of a similar age what you do to keep them occupied when at home? I have found in the last few months that my little boy gets very bored with all his toys very quickly. I read to him and we listen to baby CDs but his favourite way to occupy himself is going up and down stairs, opening and closing drawers, pressing buttons on the washing machine etc. It's sometimes really hard to keep him busy for long stretches of time though. Any suggestions??
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it doesnt matter many toys they have they will always wanna play with the washing machine drawers et so let him thats how they learn. i just removed anything dangerous from the drawers and moved them up high and let her play with the rest. i got so fed up of hearing myself say no i just thought ill just make it safe!! the washer i let her put what ever she wants in she plays happily with that the brush and dustpan and brush is another favourite . my cupboards all have locks on except my pots and pans one!!! she goes in there a hundred times a day and she is allowed to play with the collonder and wooden spoons etc. i must say no!!!!! out the bin 2 hundred times a day lol but in general she likes to do anything im doing or finds destructing paper magazines letters and toilet rolls the most enetertaining. again within reason i let her do waht she has to whilst im doing something else then clear up what little mess she has created.
i have realsied that is soooo hard to 'play!' all day and actually they dont want to they want to be doing real things with real things!!!!
i actually find that my day goes really quick and sometimes i think i havnt actually played or read t her .
I've done what Westbrom1 has done & just made everything as safe as poss. We also go out most days to swimming, playgroups etc etc which usually takes a few hours out of the day.
I bought a colouring-in book yesterday, so we can sit together & do that...he seemed to like it for all of 15 mins!
Sarah x
Baking is fun too. Mostly she likes to watch and help with the occasional stirring and adding things to the bowl. Again, I put her in her high chair so she'e the right height and can see everything.
Gabe likes being read to though & would be all day if it were up to him....if he wants a story he throws the book at me!