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What do you do to entertain yuor 8mo? Today is going so slowly...

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wonderstuff · 26/06/2008 10:58

Her fave things to do are blowing rasberrys, pulling herself up on the coffee table and crawling into the fire if I'm not looking. We are currently knocking over stacking cups but we're getting a bit bored/tired, been for a walk already..

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TattooedGrrrl · 26/06/2008 11:01

me too!

mine loves the bath, and scrunching paper on the floor.

meep · 26/06/2008 11:02

get a big cardboard box and fill with old wrapping paper interspersed with toys - this will still keep dd amused and she's nearly one!

KnickersOnMaHead · 26/06/2008 11:04

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nailpolish · 26/06/2008 11:05

have a midday bath
banging pot lids and aother kitchen utensils
take the car to the carwash
weeding the garden

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wonderstuff · 26/06/2008 11:06

Fab idea KOMH, think the cat might have an ishoo with it though..

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nailpolish · 26/06/2008 11:09

haul everything out of your kitchen cupboards and give them a good clean
a. you will have lovely clean cupboards
b. dd will be fascinated at being allowed to 'help' and to be honest my 2 always preferred doing this sort of thing to playing with toys

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have a clear out of the wardrobes
same effect as kitchen cupboards

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wonderstuff · 26/06/2008 11:10

Just trying old wooden spoon bashing np, dd prefers to eat spoon..

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wonderstuff · 26/06/2008 11:13

Will try cupboards clean next week (dh will be shocked at such extensive housework) kitchen not baby proofed yet, maybe a trip to mothercare for cupboard locks is in order though..

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meep · 26/06/2008 11:13

or let her have a kitchen cupbourad of her own - fill it with wooden spoons, tupperware, plastic plates etc - works a treat!

KnickersOnMaHead · 26/06/2008 11:14

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nailpolish · 26/06/2008 11:16

doyou ahve a fitness dvd?

my dds have always found great entertainment value watching mummy and her jiggly belly bend and stretch and get red in the face

or put on some music and have a disco

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wonderstuff · 26/06/2008 11:18

Meep how big is your kitchen??? DD has her own tupperware box!! Glad its not just me who struggles, was having one of those 'god I'm such a crap mum' moments.. Life was so much easier before she started crawling.

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KnickersOnMaHead · 26/06/2008 11:22

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meep · 26/06/2008 11:30

wonderstuff my kitchen isn't that big - but I do have one huge drawer full of tupperware [you should have heard my dh sighing whenever he unpacked yet another plastic box/recycyled takeaway box when we moved] - but it now comes in handy!

I miss the plonkable baby too - which she was until a few weeks ago - now bum shuffling has been mastered and I have a very cute little shadow!

[meep rushes off to try to work out how to fix the stairgate onto teh stairs.......]

KnickersOnMaHead · 26/06/2008 11:32

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meep · 26/06/2008 11:35

have you got a story to tell/confess to knickers..........?

(dd drew blood last week after a tumble - but not stair gate related )

Niecie · 26/06/2008 11:38

I was talking to somebody the other day and I said I loved newborns. She said that she only liked them when they got to 6 mths +.

But no way - much to much hard work. They don't sleep as much, they have the attention span of a gnat and they get themselves into trouble at the drop of a hat. You can't take your eyes off them for a second and they don't like toys.

V. Hard work.

I was going to mention the kitchen cupboards too when I read the OP. Could you get a bowl of water out for her to play with outside or blow bubbles maybe?

KnickersOnMaHead · 26/06/2008 13:18

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ILovePudding · 26/06/2008 13:32

Have you heard of a treasure basket? dd loved hers and it's easy to set one up with stuff around the house.

Or maybe set up an obstacle course with cushions, sheets etc and favourite toys for her to find along the way.

wasabipeanut · 26/06/2008 13:37

Knickers, if its any consolation my ds has sported some cracking bruises lately after pulling himself up and then losing balance and smacking his forehead on the floor.

The other day I caught him pushing an inflatable roll along thingy up against the sofa and trying to use it to climb on to the sofa. I quietly congratulated him on his problem solving skills before trying to persuade him to try safer activities.

I do like the sound of the obstacle course idea though!

MrsJamin · 26/06/2008 13:45

That's a lovely link to the treasure basket - it's exactly what I've been making for my DS, it was quite fun rummaging through cupboards thinking about what he'd like to handle.

meep · 26/06/2008 15:23

dd has just been playing with a treasure basket while I had a shower (yes - I know it's after 3pm !)

and it was full of .......... tampax and pads - she loved it, especially when she worked out how to peel the back of the pad to get the sticky bit!

Oh dear!

wolfrunner · 27/06/2008 21:03

my 8 mo old isnt yet mobile although he's just on the verge of it...i know everything's gonna change totally!

we go out most of the day bc i run out of ideas in about an hour at home and our place is just too small, esp the kitchen. I find it's best for us to go to music groups (free ones wherever possible), we walk a lot with her in the sling or buggy, visit friends, go to coffee shops etc. at the moment the fave game is passing a ball back and forth, and throwing a bit of material over his head (covering his eyes)and then pulling it off again - he thinks that's hilarious.

it's good now that it's sunny so we can sit in the park, go on swings, sandpit etc. I like some of the ideas on here though, we have some creative moms!

HensMum · 27/06/2008 21:17

DS (8.5 months) loves bubbles. He's had a right grump on today but blow him a few bubbles and he's happy for a bit.
Peepo is always good fun. Chuck a muslin over his head and he'll pull it off. He likes it when I hide behind the sofa and jump out at him. It's good when I vary where I'll pop out. He likes to get a bit of a fright.
Or sometimes I'll get the saucepan and a couple of wooden spoons out and let him have a bang.
He loves to watch me put my make up on. I am sometimes tempted to put some on him but manage to resist...
He'll sit in the garden while I put the washing out or do a bit of gardening. Loads going on out there - birds, bees, clouds, cat, strange sounds, neighbours poking their head over the fence for a chat/coo. And fresh air helps him sleep so we do that as much as poss.
Books of course. We have two sets of books, one for reading and one for chewing.
Mirrors if your DD likes blowing raspberries. Get one that you can both look into and blow lots of raspberries or just make funny noises. I was doing this with DS today and he loved to watch my mouth. More so in the mirror than if we did it face to face for some reason...

MissLiss · 27/06/2008 21:28

It's an exhausting age. DS2 is 8 months and on the brink of moving, but so frustrated that he's not as quick as his big brother. I plonked him in the kitchen with me today on the floor with a sponge and a big bowl of water - the idea was to scrub the cupboards (very useful), the reality was a complete floor flood. But fun nevertheless. Oh, and he'll sit and watch the washing machine when it's going for at least 5 minutes - no mean feat at his tiny age and normally gives me enough time to grab the next load!!