How I keep a toddler busy

Well, I need to keep Nicollette busy while I nurse Elijah, so I have a stash of busy box things (lacing beads, flashcards, aquadoodle, color wonder book, pom pom sorting, etc) but I quickly learned that those don't last long. Sometimes if I do something with her, she is more willing to eat a snack or play on her own so I can nurse Elijah. So I did some Googling to find ideas and started liking toddler blogs on Facebook. Then after spending way to long trying to find an idea I had shared on my Facebook  page to save it. I took the plunge into Pinterest and it is as addicting as I had hoped/feared. So much easier to find toddler ideas and locate them later.

Some things we  have tried:

Felt Snowman

Foam sticker gingerbread baby

  

Cloud Dough cookies

Cloud Dough cake

felt tree

paper plate fish

pipe cleaners and a colander

Cream of Wheat sand

foam sticks to window with water

Elijah - The first 3 mos

It has already been 3 months with this mellow little man. It takes some getting time to get used to taking care of 2 kids all day alone. It has also been a busy time with several holidays.We keep teasing that we wonder if he is just naturally this mellow or if it is a product of being the 2nd kid. He really doesn't cry much and sometimes he does just to get cuddles, which being the 2nd,  he just doesn't seem to get enough during they day with busy sister around. 

1 month

2 months

3 months

I started Elijah his own myBump website to track his growth. Our Shutterfly ShareSite is updated with tons of photos including all the holidays.

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