I'm not sure how much activity I should be doing with DS so can some of you with more experience let me know what you think. Today has been fairly typical so far so I'll let you know what we've done. Got up at 7.30 - DS had wash, cuddles & bottle. Then he had 30 minutes on playmat while I had breakfast and put washing in. We then had about 30 mins sitting on sofa just doing noises and faces - smiling and tickling. After this he seemed to just want to relax so sat on my knee for probably an hour while I read the paper etc. After the second bottle he had an hour in his bouncy chair while I did chores then a bit of time with baby gym. He's now having his late morning nap (normally a couple of hours) before he has another bottle. This afternoon we'll have a little walk to the shop before he'll sit in his pram in the kitchen while I do chores, get dinner organised etc. - I normally sing to him while I'm doing this. He normally has another nap about 4pm for a couple of hours after which we'll have a play together on his playmat and do story time and tummy time then a bath before bed. My question is - should I be 'playing' with him while he's in his bouncy chair, on his mat etc. or is it ok to just leave him to it? I sometimes feel guilty for sitting reading a book or watching TV rather than play with him, but neither do I want him to grow up unable to entertain himself. This is a fairly typical day - sometimes in a different order but activities much the same. What do you think - should I be doing more?