That treasure box sounds like a good idea! I have recently washed out a milk jug and her old formula can and Allison loves playing with those. She also likes grabbing any mail--junk mail or magazines or even newspaper-and waving those around and crunching them up to make noise. But you have to watch that, because she likes to stick everything in her mouth and she ate some paper last week!!!! :oops:
The great thing about the container is that you can hide little toys in there, and she can then find them! Plus, it makes lots of noise as you shake it!
My dd is 9 months old as well, and I am wondering if I am either not stimulating her enough or too much. She starting crawling very early, and has been pulling up for a long time. In fact, she takes 5-6 steps on her own, without holding onto anything. then she falls down and goes again! She is very active and spirited, but doesn't sleep well at all. So, her awake time is all day--sometimes from 6am to 8pm with 1-1:30 hour nap total, if that.
During the day, she has her run of the house, but prefers to play independently (as long as I am in the room, since we have massive separation anxiety) and goes all day long. She is very hard to wind down. She crawls everywhere, pulls up on the couch, takes steps , etc. She plays with all her toys, taking them out of the toy chest and plays with her exersaucer toys. When I try to play patty-cake or anything like that, she smiles, but isn't interested.
Any ideas? Should I have more structured play time? Is it too much? I've tried making the time before attempting a nap and before bedtime "quiet time" by taking away the noisy musical toys, but I don't know if it makes a difference.
Thanks!
~Sara, mother of Allison, 9 months
