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.

oh, and scrunching up paper.