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Sensory Play & Development, Part 3: Hidden treasuresĀ 

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Here’s a simple indoor activity that’ll take you 5 minutes to setup and will keep an 8-10 month old occupied for awhile! You’ll need a laundry basket (or any kind of basket with a mesh-like structure), a bunch of ribbons / sashes / cords / etc, and some fun sensory toys for your baby to search for. Things with bright colors, some sound, anything grab-able would be idea for a kid of this age. As you can see, I added a round ball with low grip in there and it was really hard for my baby to take it out.

All you have to do is place the toys inside and tie all your ribbons etc in a hap-hazard manner. You can go crazy and decorate it as well as you can – make it attractive! Then, allow your child to dig and search for the toys. Once she’s done searching, she’ll have more fun playing with them knowing that she did the task of finding them! I remember the look of pride on A’s face every time she found a toy.

Try this out, and let me know what variations you did!

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A sick day

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And by sick, I mean sick in the traditional sense, not oh this was such an awesome day!

We had an unpleasant surprise last night – out of nowhere, A had a fever šŸ™ It was due to an immunization she’d had over a week ago. It felt so long ago since the shots, what with Diwali and Halloween and stuff happening since, that I didn’t even make the connection at first! But my husband reminded me, and the doctor confirmed it, and A had a fever a week after her MMR shot.

Which brings us to today, a day allocated for A to rest and feel better. Of course, toddlers (and everyone, really) have a mind of their own, and she did not like the idea of staying home and “resting” one bit. Unless she has enough activities in a day, she ends up cranky in the evening, and unable to sleep at night. Today’s post is a quick one, a short list of activities which work for us on sick days. Since it’s been a long day, and since I do have a lot of ideas to elaborate but not a lot of energy, this is a short one!

  1. Books
  2. Interactive songs- If you’re happy & you know it, BINGO, Old mcdonald’s farm, patty cake, so many more
  3. If she’s up for it, indoor activity is fine like climbing up stairs and so on.
  4. Again, if she’s up for it, a short walk outside of the house. This saved our day today and made her so much happier than staying home. We just let her walk up and down our driveway, which for tiny toddler feet just taking baby steps is like a marathon.

Sick days are the worst! I’m always looking for new ways to keep her occupied indoors. You’d think that sick days mean rest days, but that is not entirely the case with an energetic toddler! I feel so sorry for her when she’s sick. Anyway, what are your tried and tested ways to help your energetic toddler burn some energy so that they get some rest (if you understand what I meant by that!)?