Baby Activities

     In an effort to stimulate Kierstin a little more, I looked online at some infant activities. Most of them don't really cost anything because you usually have the things laying around, but because we are moving around so much we don't really have some stuff that most people have in their home. So I just had to work with what we got. 

     I gave her an extra long bath where I named parts of her body as I washed it. We have Munchkin Ten Squirtin' Sea Buddies ($9.99 at Target). I got them as a shower gift. We also have various rubber duckies (one of my baby showers was rubber duckie themed). Every time she picked up a toy I told her the color and what it was called. At the end of her bath as I was putting them away, I picked up each one and told her what color it was and what color. She had a blast! And worked on her hand-eye coordination while chasing the toys around the bath tub. 

     After her nap, I wanted to let her explore some things that she normally wouldn't so I put some pots and a plastic container in the floor with a spoon. I let her explore everything first to see what she would do which was mostly just chew on the spoon. After a few minutes, Nathan went over and tapped on a couple of the pots and then she started to tap on the pots and the floor with the spoon and her hands. 

     With this activity, we worked on hand-eye coordination, motor skills, grip strength and learned some different sounds. This kept her attention for about half an hour. I am looking for more things to do with her and will post what I do and how well it went. Please leave any suggestions in comments.

     In another note, she still isn't crawling yet but Kierstin now has a fourth tooth! And she has started growling. Super cute! I love my little girl!