How to you entertain a 4 month old ?

[Snowdrops17]

Just wondering how others entertain / stimulate a 4 month old she's actually 15 weeks but close enough . I don't like putting her in her bouncer too much so I also lay her on her play mat , I play with her to make her laugh . She isnt reaching grabbing for things yet . I feel very guilty if I leave her down to get things done I feel I should be stimulating her more ?? I also bought her a little otter that plays music and breaths but maybe a bit young doesn't pass any seem on him yet but leave him there playing music . I e also started butting her in a carrier for short periods around the house to try get her used to it .

She’s so tiny- she doesn’t need extra stimulation- the world is enough! Really don’t worry about this. Just talk to her and make sure she’s clean and fed and warm and cuddled- that’s literally all she needs.

Thank you 😀

Sing to her, put her in a baby chair for her age and size and let her watch the world, kick her feet, bounce, watch the washing machine go round, carry her and cuddle her and talk to her. Tummy time for a wee while on her mat.

Do you have a mirror or window at floor height? You can lay her next to it on her mat and allow her to watch herself or the outside world

Miss Rachel.

Has she got a playmat with dangling toys? Or a pram toy that dangles and she can bat at? Those sorts of things are fab. Or a foil blanket is always good.

Carry her and chat to her. She doesn't need anything else at this age.

DD loved watching the washing machine go round at that age.

Just take her along when you do stuff. I don’t really consciously remember entertaining any of mine at that age, other than reading to them. Basically, we just went out and did stuff I wanted to do: cafes, walks, museums, food shopping, etc and then went along for the ride. We did a lot of cleaning the house in a sling. They just need to see life and have you talk to them really.

My little girl is 15 weeks too, and we have a massive array of toys and shakers (most given to us by friends), but she isn’t big enough to appreciate most of them. She mainly plays with anything she can bat with her hands or small rattles, she also loves a tiny light-up piano she bashes. She looks through black and white books with me for three seconds.

However, the thing that makes her smile the most is sitting in the kitchen with music playing, watching me making dinner and doing silly dancing. She loves to just watch people, and lights up when her siblings show her attention and copy her speaking. She loves company and attention.

One other thing - she loves light and we bought her a glowing egg, not realising what a hit it would be if her brother juggled it. So we get him to juggle one egg every night during ‘witching hour’ and when nothing else works.

Oh - tried to clean house with sling, but she almost fell out. Now house is a mess, and gave up on that.

Everything is a novelty at this age so just let her watch you getting on with stuff/look out the window/watch the washing machine going round. Talk to her. Cuddle her. Play peekaboo. Do some rhymes with physical touch (round and round the garden etc). Give her some tummy time, time to kick about on her back and time in her bouncer/sling/buggy.

Walk and talk and cuddles