BabyWhispererForums.com

ACTIVITY => Activity Time & Toddler Activity => Topic started by: Maia&Lia on December 05, 2006, 21:11:44 pm

Title: Any ideas...19 months and BORED!
Post by: Maia&Lia on December 05, 2006, 21:11:44 pm

Title says it all...
Our daughter is 19 months old and is BORED silly.
We have a newborn who obviously requires quite a bit of attention so "entertaining" our 19-month-old is a little harder to do. She's got loads of books, toys...you name it, but isn't interested at all in playing with them. Today I had to chase her around our bedroom to get her out of every little thing.

Anyway, I was hoping someone might have some suggestions on activities that could be used to entertain a younger toddler. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Or...if anyone has a child who attends a playgroup or daycare, what kinds of things do they do with kids this age? I'm at a loss, I think.

Title: Re: Any ideas...19 months and BORED!
Post by: Samuel's mum on December 05, 2006, 22:22:06 pm

I bought this book a while ago and it has some fun ideas in it:

http://www.amazon.com/Toddlers-Busy-Book-Trish-Kuffner/dp/0671317741/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/103-1834320-2744662

If you click on the above link and do 'search inside' you can read the index and see lots of things to get you busy.

I would start by making your own playdough - there are various recipes on the net - and doing some cutting/shape making.

Title: Re: Any ideas...19 months and BORED!
Post by: Caroline-Charlies Mummy on December 05, 2006, 22:37:56 pm

Ds is just a little older than your lo, but he's OBSESSED with the sink at the moment. He'll spend ages stood on a (secure) chair playing with plastic cups/spoons/containers/etc - anything unbreakable really. He loves to fill containers with water and pour the water out.

It can get a bit messy, but a few well-placed towels avert too much disaster ;) :).

Title: Re: Any ideas...19 months and BORED!
Post by: Maia&Lia on December 06, 2006, 03:34:52 am

Thank you for all of the great suggestions! I'm going to check out that book and try a few of your ideas. I'm sure she'll love them!

Any other ideas that require a little less supervision for those hard moments when I'm tending to dd#2? I know it will be tough for a while regardless, but I'd like an arsenal of fun activities that I can draw from when things are really complicated.

Thanks again!

Title: Re: Any ideas...19 months and BORED!
Post by: Erin M on December 07, 2006, 01:55:38 am

Check out the toddler activities sticky at the top of the forum -- loads of ideas there!  Ugh, and I hear you about needing #1 to be entertained while you're tending to #2, your two are very similary aged to mine.  It's quite an adventure, isn't it? :)