Marley loves dancing, peekaboo, luuuurves the bath and splashing in water, blocks (mainly knocking them over but she has started trying to build them too! lol).
We started reading to DD1 a lot more at this age, and started talking about things with descriptions ("Look at the green block!" etc), playing with toys with wheels - we pull them along and she has a ball walking around trying to grab them.
Swings are a big hit, as is dirt and sand. I usually set up a large mixing bowl and some measuring cupes, tea strainer and things outside on the table and she plays with them for ages.
I never really planned anything with the girls, I would just let them explore and take their lead. Putting it that way sounds a bit slack but we are always busy, even now. I know they both have always loved their books and discovery with toys and what not. I found planning to do something with them was pointless if the interest wasnt already there, so I just them pick the interest and extend it from there. Sorry for being a tad vague
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Jun 2004
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at that age, peekaboo with silk scarves (from opshop), she wasn't walking yet, but was practising her crawling everywhere. Playgroup taught us heaps of things to do, with ordinary household stuff, so i know it was on my radar (at the time), gee it's hard to remember now (my child has just turned five).
I remember going from thinking "i don't have all the stuff in the toy catalogues, she'll be bored", to realising, babies are much more entertained often, with simple things, like pegs, scarves, and the thing they really love, is eye contact, you down on their level, and people talking to them, smiling at them. Bilby loved making faces, would squeal with delight if you made faces back at her. And discovering what a mirror does - they think it's another baby.
we didn't have access to a sandpit, but i know that's a good one, and water play too (with your supervision of course). and i think she used to crawl to the fridge, and play with magnets (low down). But not drawing at that age. i had the chunky and triangular crayons, but didn't bring them out until later on.
at 10 months, most of our time was spent outside, tending to the garden!! we'd spend hours outside with the animals, teaching her about different animals, different colors/textures etc. we were teaching her about growing stuff in the garden etc. Now, at 2.5, she maintains her own section of the vegie patch, and can tell us what vegie is what. love it!
can't remember a lot of what other stuff we were doing, as i went back to work at 10ish months. it's become a bit of a vague memory lol
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