Games to play with older babies?
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Topic: Games to play with older babies?
Posted By: KiwiWonder
Subject: Games to play with older babies?
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 12:32am
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I'm still relatively new here but am hoping some of you bright ladies can help me out a bit.
I have a 10 and a half month old girl. She's a bright spark, into everything (we try to allow her as much freedom as we can realistically) and very curious about the world around her. But I'm a bit of a fuddy duddy myself and we only get 'out' maybe once or twice a week. So most of the time, we're at home. And I think Z is getting a bit bored with the same stuff. She does like her toys, but they don't hold a lot of mystery for her at the moment, iykwim? So what sort of games can I play with her? Currently we can do chasing games (on all fours) and a weird version of fetch but that's about it. Also, what other 'household items' make good baby toys? I did give her a wooden spoon, which she was quite fond of, but then MIL came over and said "no, she can't have that, they're dangerous!" (apparently if they fall on them at the wrong angle they can do serious damage) ------------- Margo |
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 12:51am
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omg @ the spoon comment.. what next?!
pots, pans, wooden spoons  , measuring cups. Pegs to "post" in an icecream container with a hole in it. In Little Treasures this issue they suggested tying scarfs together and putting them in an empty tissue box for baby to pull out.
Found this for you: http://www.articlecity.com/articles/parenting/article_650.shtml - Link better go to bed now  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 7:58am
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washing powder scoops are fabulous for bathtoys
as for games. my boys always loved singing row row row your boat and heads, shoulders knees and toes |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 8:36am
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this little piggy went to market..
and the boys favourite was twinkle twinkle little star with actions...my fingers as twinkling stars really fascinated them... plastic stuff seems to be a fave here too and still is. things that stack or go inside each other... and i second the pot cupboard and as to wooden spoons being dangerous...what the...??? oh and congrats on the pregnancy... 
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 10:04am
Mum is always buying Caitlin "developmental" toys, but her fav toy is pegs! tipping them out of the basket, putting them back in, throwing them, going and getting them, chewng them, putting them inside other toys (like shapesorters etc), banging them together 
She also loves to make noises with an old glad wrap tube and you can also put a scarf or similar through the tube so they can pull it out We do the PAFT system (Parents as first teachers) and they advocate using normal household items as toys, pots and pans etc. We've just put all of the child locks on the kitchen cupboards but whilst I'm cookng dinner I'll let her into the cupboard that has measuring cups, bowls and lemon squeezer (her fav) she loves it! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 11:11am
I second what Toni has said, Erin has 'bought' toys, but the ones she seems to love the most are just regular things like ice cream containers, paper rolls, even the round plastic tray that our frozen quiche comes in ! Really not sure how wooden spoons can be *that* dangerous, Erin loves hers. Pegs are a favourite here too, sometimes I will get a bit of string and line the pegs up on it, and Erin takes great delight in yanking them all off ! |
Two Blondinis wrote:Posted By: KiwiWonder
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 5:44pm
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Well we're definitely fond of pegs as it is... they've been a fave since she could hold on to them.
As for the wooden spoon thing, MIL says that if she's chewing on it and tips / overbalances / falls it'll go straight through her mouth to the back and can do serious damage, or poke an eye out... Not sure if this is dependant on size of the spoon, I had just given her a normal cooking one, but we have a truly massive thick one that was given as part of a nappy cake, maybe that was the intended purpose? ------------- Margo |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 8:52pm
Well I'm sure they could hurt themselves on a wooden spoon if an accident happens, but need I list all the other things that could also hurt?  ummm like everything? lol
Sounds like you have some pretty good ideas there. What about hiding toys (or selves) under a small blanket? -------------  |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 02 June 2007 at 10:44pm
I agree - if you really think about each and every "baby proof" toy each have their hazards even with the best intentions. Just use your Mummy instinct ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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