I have this thing about not buying my kids toys ever. Because, why? They get so many toys. They play with them for five minutes apiece. And then they get this attachment to them and I can't throw anything out without being a serious bad guy. But my house is a mess!
But we also have this dilemma whereby I can't feed, dress or put the baby to sleep without the toddler crying for attention. I can get by if I put on her favourite show of the moment, or by handing her my phone so that she can play a game. I'm not adverse to screen time, but I want to limit it.
We bought her a magna doodle to keep her occupied in these situations, and she's in love. We hid the stamps from her, because they usually end up lost, and I can't afford to have teeny objects hidden in the living room with a crawling baby. But I do let her use the
magnetic letters that we got her. I've worked on phonics with her a bit this way, and she loves it because she doesn't have to do printing, but she still gets to place the letters herself.
Sometimes we just make patterns and faces, though. She loves that, too.
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