Active Baby

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Where are you located? Go to meetup.com and you can find a local mommies group. Depending on your location their are all sorts of things, baby story time, baby boot camp, park play dates and that's just the free stuff.

My son just turned 5 months and has been a very active baby since he was in the womb. He can never sit still. What he really loves right now is the Rainforest Jumparoo. He plays on it and loves it. All the activity also wears him out so after playing on it for 20 minutes he is always ready for a nap.

Just make sure not to put him in the jumparoo more than 20 minutes at a time.

I have gotten the most laughs and smiles from him when he is on this toy

The best advice I can give is to find a moms group and take your baby out to playdates and other group activities. Our moms group does music and movement classes, park playdates, and weekly dinners. We've made a ton of friends that way. I also take my baby to weekly swim classes.

There are also books that list games and activities to play with your baby. I've found them of limited usefulness, but maybe they will give you some more ideas.

Good luck!

Oh gosh, yes, my boy is very active too, he's 1 years old now. Compared to my daughter which I had first, a boy is active in a different more physical way. With my boy, since the time he started crawling, he was Mr. Adventure. For me, what I do is have a routine. For example: After taking my daughter to school, we come home and we have breakfast together making a picnic of it, either outside in our yard or inside (depending on the weather), I put down a BIG towel, (which I don't mind getting food splattered on it), and we eat, giggle, and just shlep around. I use all plastic plates & cups so I don't have to get stressed about it breaking etc. And we just eat and play. Then he's tired, I give him a bottle and he goes to nap. After he wakes, we either go to a park, or we go for a "walk" in the neighborhood. Or, if I have to run errands, we go to the Mall and I let him out of the stroller for a bit and we play "name" games... naming things and pointing to it etc. Then back home, he's tired again and has his afternoon nap. Sure it's not "perfect" everyday.. but I try to have things, a "routine." That way, for me too, I know what I"m going to do everyday with him, instead of just going blank and wondering what to do.

In any event, I have found that having a "routine" helps. That way he knows what to expect and can anticipate it and will "get ready" even and look forward to it. Kids like to know what will happen next. It can help "organize" them and have something to look forward to. And yes, play-dates or play groups are great, then YOU get to socialize too with other Moms and make friends.

I'm a SAHM too. Good luck, I just wanted to share what I do with my kids.
Take care,
~Susan
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