What do you do with your baby all day - wear/bouncer/mat

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Ughhhhh, had a G&T and have been doom Googling and now I’m sad and nervous for tomorrow and am genuinely at a loss as to how to “place” my baby throughout the day.

DS is three months and for some reason rarely naps, maybe 10 to 20 mins a couple of times so he’s awake a lot.

I’m just not sure really what to do with him.
He hates being held like a baby lied down now he can lift his head up a bit so we had been popping him in his bouncer, talking to him, napping, playing, watching Miffy etc all whilst he’s in it. Doom-Google has said you’re only supposed to keep them in bouncers for a little while though and they’re dangerous to sleep in.

I honestly don’t even know how to begin constructing a different routine so just want to know what other people do with their babies psychically.

He can’t be laid on the floor all day surely that’s not good for them though?

I feel like he’d get so bored in a sling too, unless I popped him round the other way so he can look out at the world? He hates it when I sit down though so I don’t think sitting and having him with me would work and I can’t stand up all day, I get so feint.

Sorry for the massive ramble, I just feel like everything I do at the mo I’m suddenly seeing Facebook links telling me it’s dangerous; formula feeding, sleep, trying to shade them, getting too much sun, sleeping in a car seat. Obviously am happy to know this info but it’s a bloody minefield out there and I’d just like to cry

TIA xxx

Baby gym/mat, bouncer, baby swing, walk in the pram. Mine used to nap in the bouncer sometimes, always supervised. I think they say a lot of things are dangerous so you don't just leave them in there.

Tummy time
Sling (inward facing)
Tripp trapp highchair with newborn attachment if needed hand free in kitchen
Some time lying on back on floor playing with baby gym
Lots of feeding

That's how DD spent her time. By six months you can wean and they're learning to sit up and crawl. Then the trouble starts as they don't stay where you put them! DD hated the pram and car seat. I chose not to use a jumperoo or many 'aids' from an AHP angle.

It's been a while since mine were babies but I recall doing a mix of all these things. A while in a bouncy chair, a while on the floor under a play gum, a walk in the pram and left in there if sleeping, cuddles and a carry a round in my arms or a sling, naps in the cot. Just do what works for you and your baby and stop looking stuff up on Google! I am glad there was no such thing when mine were tots.

Mix of bouncer, play mat, being fed, out in the buggy. As such a young age you should be able to go about your day and just take them with you. Don’t worry about napping in a bouncer.

I a walked 6-10 miles a day with Dd in the pram that age otherwise we both got bored

Leave the house! I took DD to a toddler group every weekday morning from four weeks old (had PND so was struggling with being at home with her). Toddler groups have baby areas too.

So, toddler group 10-12. She either slept in sling whilst I ate cake and people brought me tea, or would lie on a mat or a bouncer looking at everything. She was much less whingy out of the house. And other people love interacting with babies.
Then round the shops or library in pushchair before going home so more stuff to look at. I had lunch and she sat in bouncer or playpen. From five months I sat her in high chair so she could see what was going on. Afternoon she'd have a nap (usually still in sling at that age but we moved to cot naps from six months), then have some more tummy time etc in playpen. Would read a few books with her to vary it a bit. If I was doing something in kitchen I'd put her in bouncy chair or ring nearby so she could see and talk to her about it (felt a right wally narrating emptying the dishwasher but she seemed to enjoy it). Give her things like wooden spoon or plastic sieve to wave around at same time.

Do as many chores as possible whilst they're awake - gives them stuff to look at, involve them (eg sieve to wave as above). In warm weather when hanging washing out I sat DD on the grass and put a small Tupperware with water in in front of her. She also liked lying on the grass watching the washing blowing in the wind.

That means when they do nap you have some time to do what you want to do!

Floor time is meant to be the best thing for a babies development (as opposed being 'contained' in bouncers etc) so don't worry about him being on the floor.
4 month old here spends majority of awake time on his mat and just started grasping/playing with toys. Also, going for walks in the pram/sling, 10 mins a day in bouncer whilst I'm cooking etc, on my lap facing me whilst I talk to him - but generally he just has to get come along and get on with whatever the toddler and I are doing that day!
Change of scenery - Lay him on the grass/on a blanket outside? Lay him on the bed with a book open/mirror for him to look at?