I have been trying to organise an activity every day to do with C during Baby B's naptime. Today however I've been disorganised and had nothing planned. I therefore got our bean bags out of the cupboard and hoped an activity would develop as we went.
First of all we got out the sensory bean bags and discussed which were shiny, which were soft, which were rough and which was spotty and stripy. I wasn't 100% C knew concepts like soft and shiny but she correctly identified all of them and we sorted them into piles.
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Showing posts with label #BabyBsNapTime. Show all posts
Monday, 3 March 2014
Bedroom Tea Party
Last week C and I held a dolls' tea party in her new bedroom. Well.... that's what I intended it to be. It was supposed to be a quiet activity to occupy C during baby B's naptime. Baby B must have thought this sounded like great fun as he refused to have a nap. I therefore modified my plans to include him which actually made the whole thing a lot more fun!
I set up cups and saucers for the 3 of us and bought up the baskets of toy fruit and veg from downstairs. Baby B's head control is getting so good these days that I was able to just prop him up with a nursing pillow.
C was happy to take over at this point, pouring out cups of tea for everyone and dividing up the fruit and vegetables onto our plates. She then proceeded to feed baby B his food and drink while he watched her in awe. The poor dolls didn't get a look in He really does enjoy watching her; I guess it is because she is always on the go, never still.
It was lovely to be able to include both of them in an activity... hopefully the first of many :-)
I set up cups and saucers for the 3 of us and bought up the baskets of toy fruit and veg from downstairs. Baby B's head control is getting so good these days that I was able to just prop him up with a nursing pillow.
C was happy to take over at this point, pouring out cups of tea for everyone and dividing up the fruit and vegetables onto our plates. She then proceeded to feed baby B his food and drink while he watched her in awe. The poor dolls didn't get a look in He really does enjoy watching her; I guess it is because she is always on the go, never still.
It was lovely to be able to include both of them in an activity... hopefully the first of many :-)
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Utilising a 3 Hour Nap
This afternoon baby B had a rare 3 hour nap.
This allowed me to have a good stretch of quality time with C and I was determined to make the most of it.
First we got out the playdough. I had been intending just playing with the shape cutters however C immediately ran to get her plastic animals... the result of a previous activity making footprints in the dough.
The animals walked along train tracks, up hills and over bridges.
C is really in to imaginative play at the moment and was in her element.
This allowed me to have a good stretch of quality time with C and I was determined to make the most of it.
First we got out the playdough. I had been intending just playing with the shape cutters however C immediately ran to get her plastic animals... the result of a previous activity making footprints in the dough.
The animals walked along train tracks, up hills and over bridges.
C is really in to imaginative play at the moment and was in her element.
Friday, 17 January 2014
Baby B's Nap Time
I am becoming increasingly aware that since baby B's arrival I am not spending as much quality time with C as I would like. Yes I take her to toddler classes 3 days a week which she loves but that isn't really one on one Mummy and C time. Baby B is yet to be in any type of routine so planning time to do anything when I am home alone with both of them is hard.
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