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To ask what you are actually meant to do with a 3 month old?

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SlightlyChilly · 15/01/2013 13:35

At the risk of sounding like a useless mum, what are you actually meant to do to entertain a 3 month old. She hates going out in her buggy and screams the whole time, she will go out in a sling but usually just closes her eyes. She has no interest in toys yet, and will sit in her bouncer for a few minutes if im bouncing it, but not alone.

She spends pretty much the whole day being held/in her sling and half asleep, which doesn't bother me, but it just doesn't seem like she's getting much stimulation, though she never seems bored.

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givemeaclue · 15/01/2013 13:39

Sing, tell stories, talk talk talk. All she needs. Narrate your day to her

HazelnutinCaramel · 15/01/2013 13:41

They don't do anything at 3 months. Just go about your day with her in tow, chatting and singing.

ll31 · 15/01/2013 13:41

Cuddle, talk to, continually, sing, peekaboo, look at books -basically talk to her, !

WileyRoadRunner · 15/01/2013 13:45

As Hazelnut said.

MacaroniAndWalnut · 15/01/2013 13:55

Snuggle. Feed. Strap on and go about your daily business; shopping / coffee or wine with friends / country walk / museum / visit friends / visit a castle / go to the beach / climb a mountain

I SO miss maternity leave. I loved it

AnyFucker · 15/01/2013 13:57

Feed/change/sleep/feed/change/sleep/chat a bit/go out for a walk/shop/out for lunch......back home and more of the same

what more is there ?? Confused

BabsAndTheRu · 15/01/2013 14:03

Agree with Hazelnut, also a great age to go visiting, shopping, do lunch etc, they love just watching what's going on.

valiumredhead · 15/01/2013 14:04

What hazle said - just go about your day and include her with lots of eye contact and chit chat.

valiumredhead · 15/01/2013 14:05

Personally, I'd get her used to the buggy by doing 10 min walk and increasing otherwise it's going to be hard to get out and about as she gets older unless you plan to use the sling the whole time.

theidsalright · 15/01/2013 14:08

Just let baby tag along with whatever youwant to do. The world is stimulation enough!

mademred · 15/01/2013 14:10

Have you not got a playmat and activity gym thing for over the top? My lb is 3 months old and between sleeps and feeds he likes to look at that, also we got a little steering wheel thing from mothercare for his bouncer chair.hes started playing with it now.

theidsalright · 15/01/2013 14:10

I did pram with sling along too, so we could chop and change, along with carrying of course!

BouncyPenguin · 15/01/2013 14:17

Hazelnut is right. They don't do much or need much as that age. And it's a great age. You will look back and think, "Wasn't it great when they just couldn't do anything/move/get themselves into trouble..."

applepieinthesky · 15/01/2013 14:21

DS is 2 months old. He enjoys laying on his playmat listening to the music, playing with toys in his bumbo seat (or rather I sit them in front of him and push the buttons while he watches and listens) and trying to talk to me.

TerrariaMum · 15/01/2013 14:22

Do what you like and chatter to her as you do so. It is wonderful as you can say any sort of nonsense and she will love it because it is you doing the talking.

Also, if you feel up to it, take the time to do things you might not normally get a chance to do. I went to loads of museum exhibits with my DD in the sling and had a grand time. Now she is 2 and it is much harder.

Nicknamegrief · 15/01/2013 14:23

Yes to all of the above I also did baby signing, rhyme time at the library and baby massage and went to an NCT (but open to non members) coffee morning every week. By escaping my own company for an hour or two it made the rest bearable.

I never used a buggy just the sling as I felt I included mine more in my day without any extra hassle (I don't get on very well with buggies/prams).

I did find it harder at that age and that is got easier month on month as they did more and responded more.

eggs11 · 15/01/2013 14:24

You put a 2 month old in a bumbo applepieinthesky OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

eggs11 · 15/01/2013 14:27

visions of a tiny newborn being hoisted into a really uncomfortable position having to hold his poor head up! :( I used it when my son was learning to sit, more like 5 months!

gillian88 · 15/01/2013 14:28

A 2 month old in a bumbo???? I've just started putting dd in and she is 5 months.

valiumredhead · 15/01/2013 14:30

It says 3 -14 months on the Bumbo site. 14 months? No way would ds have sat in one of them at any age tbh - wriggly little child he was! Grin

GregBishopsBottomBitch · 15/01/2013 14:31

Get a book of Fairytales and read them too her, she'll love the stimulation.

CaptChaos · 15/01/2013 14:32

Talk talk and talk some more. Describe what you're doing, sing, laugh witter away. Do what you would normally do, meet friends etc etc, and chat away about that.

I think people must have thought I was insane, DS2 bundled up in a tie on sling so you could hardly see him (in Winter) and me gabbling away like a doofus.

Chunderella · 15/01/2013 14:34

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valiumredhead · 15/01/2013 14:35

Baby gyms are good too!

plantsitter · 15/01/2013 14:35

On the Bumbo site it says as soon as the baby's supporting their own head. No need for such hysteria fgs.

By the way, op, you are not a crap mother. People assume you know what to do with babies when you have your first but of course you don't necessarily! Lots of good advice here. Both DDs liked lying down and looking out of the window at the wind blowing the trees at this age. For about 5 minutes.