Entertaining My Little Son

At 3 months, he doesn't need much entertainment. As for the old days and extended family - the baby would spend much of his day being worn by mom as she did her work, probably on her back where he couldn't even see her. Let him lay on a blanket or in his playpen and put a play gym over him, sit him in his bouncy seat, most of them have toys dangling now. It's actually good for them to learn how to entertain themselves! You don't need to play with him every minute.

you are a new mom and you're worrying...probably over nothing much. just spend time with him. at three months there's not a lot of interaction going on. he's fine i am sure! right now there's not much "entertaining himself" that he needs to be doing. that's for later. just keep him safe and happy for now. you're doing fine.

At 3 months he doesn't need entertaining.
EVERYTHING is entertaining to him. You doing stuff is entertaining to him. looking at that colorful pillow or blanket is entertaining to him.
Too much entertaining can be over stimulation for a little guy and it can overwhelm him and cause problems like no sleep, or grumpiness.
What is stimulating and entertaining to an infant is boring to an adult.
Sitting on the floor and playing with him and letting him sit there and play by himself is the BEST thing for him.

At that age they really shouldn't be left to themselves. Put him in a snuggly and carry him around on your back or front while you do your chores. You don't need to entertain him constantly. Three month olds are usually quite content just being held.

You don't have to entertain him.
He is so young.
At this age, they easily get overstimulated and tired.
Even a bath at this age, is an 'activity' for them and can be tiring.

Just wait until he is a Toddler! Then it will really get active and he will be more cognizant, of "activity.'

Don't worry about it right now.

Just bond with him. Talk to him, cuddle etc.

Its okay.

The ONLY thing that works with a baby that young is a swing. They are wonderful and will keep your baby entertained for up to 3 or 4 minutes.

You are a thoughtful mom....welcome to the parenting "club". Isn't it great? I "wore" my daughter around alot at that age and she was pretty content.....If she was happy in her bouncy seat I would let her by herself as long as she was content. You don't want to "train" your baby to expect your attention 24/7. In my opinion, this can lead to a little toddler expecting you to entertain all the time and even small children can be good at entertaining themselves....as long as they are given enough opportunity to do so!

I agree with the other posts; at this age they don't need that much stimulation. If he's awake for hours, you may be unwittingly keeping him from sleeping. We did that with my first until my sister pointed out that "sleep begets sleep" and we should help our baby settle and sleep vs keep her up too long.
I think at three months my daughter was only awake an hour or so (when not nursing) then asleep again. The amount of awake time between naps slowly increased but wasn't hours at that age for sure.
Good luck to you, you sound like a wonderful mom

We mothers feel we have to be constantly doing something with our children to raise them right, I know I felt that way. I would often leave my son with his little floor gym, playing with the hanging toys while I worked for a few minutes. If you get a little break, and he is happy, all the better, you can come back in feeling refreshed and want to play more.

We don't have family where I live, and didn't have many friends when I first had my son (2 and a half now), so we spent a lot of time alone. I did go to play dates at the park, or just took him to the park once he could crawl to hang out with other kids. That way he is around other people, seeing them interact and all that. You can't really create that stimulating environment at home without people, but you can go out once it gets a bit warmer, even just walking around and showing him new things. I remember when my son was two months old and we flew for the first time after he was born. We just sat in some chairs at the airport and he was amazed by all of the people rushing by. He even spotted people above us, that I hadn't noticed. He still sees things we don't, and then after a few minutes of looking around, we find whatever he was talking about.

Something my son liked was watching the light that the flashlight makes when I turned off the lights and swirled it around the room. He also liked shaking things that rattled.