Arseny, being a 7-months-old baby, liked to gnaw at books. His granny presented him with two books – with thick cardboard pages. It was not possible for his little awkward hands to pick up such a page to turn it over. Once, after Arseny had expressed sincere excitement when I turned the pages over for him (he had not expected about such a possibility before), I thought that something should be done with that. And here is what I have done: Read the rest of this entry »
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Elena:
Our daughter was lying on a playing mat after she had turned several weeks old and then – on the floor with toys. But it is warm here and there is a carpet on the floor. I also have special places for her. For example, a basket with magazines and shelves with her toys.
And we’ve got lots of “devices” at home where I can place her: a vibrating baby’s chair, a swing, a special baby’s town where she stands, a chair for babies, etc. So, she is quite OK being alone.
Nadya:
So, about the entertainment when the cooking mummy has to handle two babies one of which is crawling. We’ve got lots of stuff on the lower shelves in the kitchen: pans, boxes with baby food and juices, new sponges for dishwashing, plastic bags, etc. All the children love to “set everything in order”. Makar throws everything onto the floor or puts some things on other shelves, collects the sponges into heaps. In a word, one may think he is studying to count and learning the colours. Just a joke 
And it takes much less time for the mummy to put everything in its place afterwards than for the baby to “sort everything out”.
You can also put the little one into the baby’s chair and give some biscuits and then to sweep the floor… You may give him a pan and spoons and show how to bang the latter on the pan or how to put the spoons into the pan and then to take them out… If the situation is really difficult you can even give your baby a bundle of napkins (and to say farewell to them ). Or you may switch on some active music and cook dancing and during some time even a not-walking baby will either be impressed or start dancing himself… you can also take some toys away for 2-3 months and then suddenly give them to the baby – they will be like new ones for him. But I try to cook while Makar is sleeping…
When moving from one place to another, mothers-anteaters carry their little ones on their back.
When Arseny was in his crawling period, he was sitting in his chair while I was cooking. If he was tired of waiting and I still needed to eat something, Read the rest of this entry »
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from natural materials, for the baby of 5-8 months
When our daughter had turned 5 months old, I paid attention to the fact that she had started not only take things with her hands but was also touching everything she could reach. Thus, an idea was born to make a toy for her which would consist of heterogeneous elements for the baby to have an opportunity to develop fine motor skills and at the same time to compare similar in the shape but different in tactile sensations and colour parts.
For What Is This Toy?
It develops touch-sensitive perception of the baby. Cotton, viscose, mohair, atlas (the types of cloth are of different colour) and peas, rice, buckwheat, millet are used in the ring. The toy develops fine motor skills of the little one, forms his standards of colour, size and form.
The Tasks I had to Think over
1. In winter of the two previous years we had little butterflies in the kitchen: their larvae infested the packages with cereals. I had to invent something to prevent such insects from penetrating into the ring.
2. The baby discovers the world at that age with the help not only of his hands and eyes, but also of his mouth. Thus, the cereals should be ensured to stay dry if the ring happened to be in the baby’s mouth.
Both the tasks were solved with a Read the rest of this entry »
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I think there are no kids who do not like adventures! As one good man has said, “The children who have got enough adventures are more disposed to quiet games and activities”. Which, of course, makes their parents happy. And where to find adventures for 6-12-months-old baby? Everywhere! Everything that goes beyond the usual way of life is already an adventure.
And an adventure can also help in a critical situation – to stop hysterics. Or, vice versa, to make routine work – house cleaning- more interesting. I will share our experience with you.
Once, 7-months-old Arseny burst into hysterics. Hungry after a long sleep, he was crying and could not stop whatever I was trying to do. Even the dummy, the baby’s bottle with milk, a switched on photocamera and mobile phone could not distract him from crying. In 10 minutes of unsuccessful attempts, to calm the baby down, I Read the rest of this entry »
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We, the authors of this blog, have already shared our ways of finding time for creativity, arts and crafts with the readers: Anastasia’s approach, Natalie’s approach. Today, a new mother Alima will tell us about her tips and tricks:
“How did our parents manage us when there were no washing machines (and there also was a tendency to iron things), no diapers like pampers? I even do not talk about dishwashing machines and other modern helpers. We’ve got almost everything that makes the life of a new mother easier but I still feel lack of time to do everything. It seems here comes the answer – our desires are unlimited and even if we had a babysitter there would be tons of things to do and places to visit. So, let’s change the attitude – I do not get tired at all, I have enough time for everything and, what is the most important, I have enough time for the baby!
My hubby, Igor, wakes up and puts on a non-iron shirt. It is not a non-ironed shirt but a shirt which you may not iron, thanks to the modern technology, and which is made of cotton. He warms up his breakfast in a micro-wave – sensor heating – just indicate the temperature that you need. Then I awake and put the dishes out of the dishwashing machine – during the day I put all the dirty dishes into it. The plates are shining – I am not able to wash like this!
We need to prepare a report for Igor to take it to his work. We put our baby-girl in her pram at the balcony and get to the computer. But the little one does not sleep. But Read the rest of this entry »
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Do not have anything where to hang towels in the bathroom? Do not know what to do with the used toothbrushes? Do not have money for hooks, in addition to all?
Then this idea (from the web-site The Masters’ Country) is for you.
These hooks for towels are made from the used toothbrushes. Some imagination and a fine set is ready. Read the rest of this entry »
A baby starts watching the falling of toys on the floor from 6-7 months. In fact, the toys are thrown out of the cot even earlier. First, I washed the toys and rattlers as soon as they met the floor according to the acceleration given to them by a child’s hand. But during the dayone and the same rattler could fly out from the cot from 5 to 10 times. So, I started collecting all the “lucky ones” in a basin and then wash all of them the next morning. Our daughter had only 1-2 toys by the evening. Too few!
And one day our daddy made one simple thing which made my work much easier. He Read the rest of this entry »
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How to make developing toys from the things at hand for a small baby? A reader of our blog has shared her ideas with us:
What to Do with Diapers?
The pictures on the diapers are very bright. You can make a game using them. To do it, cut the picture out from the diaper, collect two pictures of each type, stick them on (colour) cardboard, laminate the cardboard (or cover it with sticky tape) and cut it into pieces. The game is ready! So far, with a tot of 18-24 months old, we are just looking for the pair pictures. You can also gradually add more pairs of pictures into the game and when the child is older you can already follow Read the rest of this entry »
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Albert Einstein “created” the theory of relativity when blowing soap bubbles.
“How easy it seems! Why hasn’t it occurred to me before?” – so often we also say.
We, the authors of the blog “Parents’ Ideas”, invite you to share your tips and tricks, ideas which have become reality – all that improves the life of parents with the readers of this blog. You can find how to contact us visiting the page “Tip of the Day” or just leave your comment here (and we will write you back).
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