Activity Time for 9 months

[Debprins]

My Lo loves our Computer Keyboard so I got my husband to bring home a broken one from his work for her to bash on. I also put it in front of the real one when i want to come onto BW site...Keeps her amused and me too! :lol:

[MrsKirky]

Going to make a treasure box tomorrow!  DS loves to get his toys out of his clear roll-around toy box (7 or 8 dollars at IKEA), but he seems bored with the toys themselves.

Have a question about the computer keyboard - did you glue all the keys on?  If so, what Kind of glue? 

Also, what kind of glue do you use for the soda bottles to glue the cap?

Thanks!  You have inspired me!


Our Dear Little Aidan

[Debprins]

Hi I didnt glue the keys on the Keyboard They shouldnt come off?? I Havent made the soda bottle yet but i was going to use super glue inside and then screw it on. HTH

[ChasMom]

My 8 month old loves tupperware containers and wooden spoons.
I put toys inside the containers (they're clear so he can see what's inside) and he sits there pulling the lids off and taking the toys in and out.  It's cute when he sits on the floor just waving the wooden spoon around. 
I also show him how to bang on the containers with the spoon like drums and he loves to repeat it.  So much for expensive toys :? .
Allysmom, just wanted to say that my little guy is the same way.  Ever since he started crawling and pulling up he will literally go ALL DAY without a nap if I let him.  He only sleeps about 10 hours at night and despite all my attempts he's a terrible napper(30 min. most times ) but I make it a point to try to put him down at least every 3-4 hours even if he only takes 30min. to give him (and me) a break!  It does make for a long day at times since I'm SO exhausted from chasing him around all day.  Luckily he's good at independent play.

[GG]

I just logged on to complain that I feel as if I can't keep my DS entertained sometimes (like now!!    ) and saw this thread (thanks for posting your question, Branwen)!  I don't have a lot of toys for him so he can get tired of the ones he has.  There are some good ideas on here.  My main concern is that DS puts everything in his mouth - it's very frustrating - so I have to be careful what I give him.  However, there are some things on here that I can pull together and let him use.

I also can't keep him entertained while trying to feed him because whatever I give him goes right into his mouth and I have to trick him to get the food in his mouth.  I'm trying very hard to not teach him that he needs to be entertained while eating but, unfortunately, he's a mover and a shaker at 9 months and so he can't keep still unless there's something going on.  When we have company over or are somewhere where there are people, he eats very well! 
Unfortunately, that's not the case most of the time here at home.  Tried baby DVDs (he smiles when Elmo comes on) but I decided to not use it anymore when he started waking up crying at night (hasn't happened since I stopped).

Well, that's it.  Gotta go get the booger and play with him some more.   

[Deb_in_oz]

Georgia - maybe it is a spirited thing (yet again) but we have the same issue with needing to keep olivia occupied in order to eat.  i never feed her in front of the Tv and i try to limit the "games"  What we have had HUGE success with is just ensuring she ALWAYS has something to occupy her hands.  she has at least 1-2 finger foods offered during each meal (sometimes 3 or more different things) + 1 or 2 of the following to occupy her hands/attention: a baby food jar/tin that i wash first, a lid, a bowl and/or a spoon.  she will practice putting the spoon to her mouth, will bang the lid or dish into her cup and i encourage her by saying "tap tap on the drum..." She is like a whole new baby with food recently and i have relaxed so much which seems to help her even more. when at a b'day party at a friends house last weekend we grabbed a kids juice box from the drinks tub and that was such a new object for her she was thrilled and ate happily! even tried some chicken pieces!

[velvet]

Another great activity and cheap too!

I took a box (size of a laundry basket) and filled it with empty tetra packs.  Remove the straws.  I also filled the box with empty water bottles wo the caps, empty rice cereal boxes, all sorts of little to big boxes.  I keep them all in the big box in the kitchen.  When I am cooking or washing dishes I bring the box out and my lo starts emptying, chewing, stacking, throwing, pushing, spinning, etc.  He even takes everything out and climbs in the big box.  That's when I have to give him a ride in his car by pushing his box across the kitchen floor.  He just turned 11 months and loves this.

[GG]

Velvet, I love your idea.    How cute!
Anything that involves destruction (pushing blocks over, tossing things around, making a mess in general) would catch his interest.  *LOL*

Debra, when I give ds a spoon, food goes flying ALL over the place (and that's food that I've already put in his mouth).  :?  Anything else plastic just ends up in his mouth (again, even if I've just got the food to his mouth, so it creates a cereal mess) and then on the floor.  Today I entertained him with some funny faces, and that got him through almost an entire bowl of cereal.  Still trying to incorporate finger foods... he doesn't like new tastes or textures in his mouth so it takes forever to get him to eat something new.  It's definitely both his touchy & spirited sides showing up in his eating habits.  Thank you for your suggestions.  In the next couple of weeks I'll definitely be trying all of your suggestions!