Often times when we think of going to to the park we don’t associate a baby and the park. There are a ton of toddlers and elementary aged kids flying all over the equipment and running around like crazy! Of course we don’t want our precious baby to get hurt. However, I love to bring […]
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I always wanted to make a little sensory board for C when he was a baby. I envisioned him using it during tummy time or we could use it for floor play. I had a pin sitting on my Pinterest board. In the end I never made it. Now that my little guy is moving
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Many people get push toys for their baby’s when they are getting ready to walk on their own. This a great for that baby who is cruising and starting to stand on their own but the push toy is also great for that baby who isn’t even walking! Even though my little guy isn’t walking
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We are finally getting some nice weather around here and have been able to get outside! I was really excited to do “warm weather” activities with C. It’s really the first time that he has been able to get out and play on the grass since he was just a newborn last fall. One of
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I recently saw a commercial that had a baby in a walker which had me thinking about this device. There seem to be two products referred to as baby walkers. I am not talking about a push toy (looks like this)as some people get confused and because they can be called walkers as well. I
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Easter is just right around the corner and that means lots of chocolate for me! It also means C is getting his first Easter basket. Now being only 8 months old chocolate isn’t something on the top of our list to load his Easter basket with. This Easter basket is going to consist of a
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The Bumbo seat is something that almost any expectant mom has heard of. You can find them on almost any baby registry. So what is all the hype about the Bumbo Seats? As a new mom I decided to do some research before I purchased the Bumbo! This post may contain affiliate links. I only recommend products that
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I can’t even believe it has happened but my baby is 8 months old today! So much has changed. He is moving like crazy and so busy! Time is just flying by! So very shortly he will be walking and running and getting into more trouble than he already is! Right now he is doing
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The activity table is a favorite toy of mine to use with babies! I love how I can change the set-up and utilize it in so many different ways to encourage play with my little guy. There are so many different ways you can use an activity table for baby. Another great feature is
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We needed something new to do around here. I think we are both going crazy with this way too long winter. I’ve probably been to the mall a few too many times. I decided to take the plunge and invest in some balls for a ball pit. We tried several different activities to try to
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As we are approaching C turning 7 months old (How did this happen so fast!) there are some big items that stuck out this month that I absolutely love and so does C. Some of these items were given to me as gifts and I never would have even thought of these but I’m so
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I tend to have my exercise ball in our family room in my attempt to get back in shape after having my baby. It tends to sit in the corner really more then anything. Little C has become very interested in everything and the other day he maneuvered his way to the ball. Only then
Want a really simple toy for your baby to play with. I have one for you! 🙂 I read about using an egg carton way back before C was born as a type of play object. I wish I could remember where I read it but I can’t. Pregnancy brain right? Anyway, I found an egg
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I made sensory bottles and shapes for little C that we had been using, however I wanted something that would be really easy for him to manipulate at 6 months. I decided to make him sensory bags. These were quite simple and I was surprised how much he really took to these. Next to the
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I’ve been very under the weather this week so very little excitement has been happening besides a lot of Olympic watching. However for C water play seems to be the coolest thing around here in the past week. I tried out a new water idea that a friend that I had seen in the past. He has
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I have been trying to find different toys for C to play with that have some kind of purpose. I was trying to put different toys in a muffin tin that I had seen on The Imagination Tree for C to play with. I basically dug through our toy basket and found small toys that
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Our little guy is six months old today! It’s hard to believe that time has gone by so fast. He goes in next week for his check-up and we get to find out how big he is! He was around the 80th percentile for height, weight, and head at last visit. He started off in the
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This weekend my occupational therapist friend and I got together to make our boys sensory bottles. Yes we realize this is dorky but what do you expect from a pediatric physical and occupational therapist :). We used Voss water bottles to create the sensory bottles. We choose the Voss due to their ability to roll, sturdy
Tummy time sounds so simple. Although, for many parents, tummy time turns out to be not so simple! Often times tummy time is easy to skip especially if you have a baby that doesn’t enjoy it. So, what is the deal with tummy time anyway and why do doctors and therapist’s encourage it?
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These lovely sensory rectangles and circles are some of the first “learning” toys that I made for C. He is just 5 months old so a lot of his toys mostly go into his mouth. However I do try to spend time with him each day doing some kind of “educational” play. I can see
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