Baby Entertainment Ideas

Witzend

I used to do a lot of singing or nursery rhymes with Gdcs when they were babies. They did seem to enjoy it! Plus, as older babies/toddlers, ‘This little piggy went to market’ on their toes always went down well, ditto ‘Round and round the garden, like a teddy bear….’ on their hand.

But just a walk in the pushchair or pram to anywhere with stuff going on - cars, buses, people, dogs, going round the supermarket…. As someone once put it, all this is very interesting to a baby or very young child, to whom so much is new. Anything like a horse, a rabbit or ducks on the pond was especially interesting.

From around 8 months with all of them, they also loved the ‘baby’ swings in the park.

If you have a local library that does ‘rhyme time’ for very little ones, that’s usually a hit, too.

Thank you for these lovely ideas 😊

annodomini

You can't be entertaining him all the time. His mum will tell you the daily routine he follows and he will certainly have at least one sleep each day. My DGGD has been an avid people watcher from an early age, so a visit to a park and coffee shop will fill some of the time. Above all, make sure you talk to him and point out anything of interest - ducks on the pond. Play peek-a-boo games and clap hands which he will soon pick up. If he has a baby chair, he might well just enjoy watching you working in the kitchen and listen to you talking and listening to music. Treat him as a companion and within a year, he will be 'helping' you to cut out pastry shapes.

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CoolCoco

6 month old will probably have 2 naps a day at least, so factor that in. Get out and about at least once in the day. As others have said, why don’t you check out the baby classes nearby, there are a lot about - rhyme time, sensory, baby yoga etc that could give your day a focus, get a few a baby toys from the charity shop to bring out and pop him on his tummy on a blanket to explore them. CBeebies has a tv programme called Baby Club which has a nursery rhyme and story and gives ideas of activities with little ones.

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rubysong

Enjoy your time with the baby. I went one day a week to look after mine from 8 months. I used to take a basket of odds and ends they could explore. Just household things, which were clean and safe. When they got a bit older I took thin chopping boards in different colours and we went through the toy box putting all the green toys on the green board, blue on blue etc. They didn't need language to understand this game. Playdough is easy to make with recipe found on line and we spent hours with that and a selection of cutters/rolling pins etc. Trips to the park were fun too.

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As a retired librarian I would say find out what’s on in your local library for children on the day you look after him. There are often rhyme times, baby bounce sessions ( usually aimed at one year olds and under. Even at that age he will enjoy story time. These sessions are usually very relaxed and free! And if there’s nothing on that day, a trip to the library where you can read books together is a lovely thing to do. And you can follow that with a trip to a cafe for coffee and juice.

Cressy

As a retired librarian I would say find out what’s on in your local library for children on the day you look after him. There are often rhyme times, baby bounce sessions ( usually aimed at one year olds and under. Even at that age he will enjoy story time. These sessions are usually very relaxed and free! And if there’s nothing on that day, a trip to the library where you can read books together is a lovely thing to do. And you can follow that with a trip to a cafe for coffee and juice.

Ah, that's perfect, thank you!