Baby entertainment

[allycat]

Because their attention spans are shorter than this sentence, let's hear it:

How do you keep your baby entertained?



Edited because OMG why are my gifs stupid on tapatalk? I swear it was fine on here. Cannot stand to watch that thing glitch. 

[allycat]

My contribution:

A while ago my husband found the Sesame Street website, and Franklin is OBSESSED with the Elmo videos.

www.sesamestreet.org/

His particular favorite is the Elmo's Ducks song. Makes him smile SO BIG.

Just throwing that out there. I open it up in one window and open up whatever I need to do in another, side by side. Doesn't buy me a ton of time, but I can usually fire off an email or work on our budget for a few minutes.

[littleredfish]

She will occasionally watch Curious George with DD1 but not often. Sometimes in the morning I'll put on a YouTube video of like 80 mins of kids songs. It seems like the variety keeps her entertained a little longer.

I try to mix up her toys. I have 5 bins of baby toys and rotate them out every day. She has toys she only plays with in her car seat, a chew she can only have on the change table, bathtoys only for the bath or bathroom if I need her in there with me, etc.

Her favorite though is DD1s toys. When she gets to play with Beanie Boos or the tea set, forget about it. She knows that's a special treat if big sister is willing to share.

[colinsfebmommy]

Besides baby toys. I have a mirror I put on the floor, she apparently adores herself and will talk to herself for a 20 minutes. different textured material squares she loves to touch and rub on her head. Take an empty wipe container and fill with stuff and links and she loves emptying it over and over again lol

In the kitchen she gets wooden spoons and plastic bowls she loves to bang.

In the bathroom, she loves make up brushes and a mascara to hold lol Oh and her brothers stool he stands on

[ashleymarie26]

Mostly things that are not toys.

Examples include spatulas, whisks, plastic bowls, cups (she loves cups) blush brushes, Xbox controller, dog toys, and DVD cases.

She pretty much ignores her actual toys and she's never shown any interest in TV or videos, despite my efforts.

[ldubhawksfan]

Lots of toys, exersaucer, floor mat, music, and we play her baby signing time video once a day. She loves walks too.

[sunfrogger88]

Guys- so what toys so you have? We have approximately like 6 that she likes to play with and I think we're bored of them. She won't tolerate the Jumperoo anymore because she wants to get around and not be stuck. Haaaalp

[pearlvirus]

We're getting a lot of mileage out of this... But mainly just since she started standing up:
Anatex Deluxe Mini Play Cube www.amazon.com/dp/B00009IMDI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_VFnGxbKPYM649
I also use the basket of random crap approach. She likes to rummage and it takes about a week to get old.

[sunfrogger88]

Wow! Yeah we have a bead coaster, a popper toy (not the walking one, she's not using that quite yet) , a walk/ride toy, her baby Einstein piano and the stackable rings and shapes box. That's about it.

[schmella]

I cannot tear them away from this: m.target.com/p/fisher-price-laugh-n-learn-puppy-and-pals-learning-table/-/A-14555199?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Toys%2BShopping&adgroup=SC_Toys&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=m&location=9021660&gclid=CPbPx6_Q5s0CFZA8gQod3ucPgg&gclsrc=aw.ds

But all the toys mentioned before are currently on a shelf... I'll be pulling out all the stacking toys, shape sorters, blocks etc after this nap

[younglove316]

We have an o ball that has little beads inside one part so when she shakes it, it makes noise. She's obsessed with it and will play with it for a long time.

We also have a stuffed piglet with the crunchy ears, her teething toys, and today a rubber spatula was a big hit.

[bunnyfer]

Basically his sister is his main source of entertainment. He loves the crinkle books as well. His sister has the Vtech Go Go Animals, and he loves those as well...He puts them to his ear to hear them talk. He will also crawl around and find random things to play with as well...like the cat food, or the cat litter...ugh....mobile babies are hard.

[fuzzylogic]

My kid is all over the place. She'll play with one toy for just a few minutes. She enjoys knocking things down so we stack her rings and blocks and I let her go all Godzilla on them.

New things include the dog toys that the dog doesn't play with, so at least I'm getting my money's worth? I'm looking at one of those activity tables now that she's pulling up.

We're pretty much just at the point where I chase her around the house because she wants to explore.

[littleowl913]

I think my kid hates toys. His favorite is a plastic easter egg and his brush. When I need to do something, I'll put him in his crib and turn on his mobile. That will give me about 15 minutes until he realizes he can stand up him in his crib. As for TV he loves watching the Mets and Steve Harvey.

[flyliceandcoffee]

we fill those fabric cubes full of random toys like sensory balls, o-balls, crinkle books, touch and feel books, etc etc. plop him down in front of it and he usually figures out how to tip it over and starts plowing through the toys one by one. i think because we change up what toy ends up in what box it's always "new" to him so it gives me around 5-10 minutes now before he starts to hunt me down with his army crawl....

[justbeth]

A friend gave us their old Bright Starts Zippity Zoo and that is his happy place. It's kinda like a walker that only walks around a circular activity table. He likes to run in circles, then pick up his feet and 'ride'. It's hilarious to watch because he can actually get it going really fast. He can seriously entertain himself in there for hours. Other than that he likes this little einsteins turtle that plays music and anything he can chew on. It's his goal in life to chew on everything we own.