Found Objects

The Bean has a multitude of toys. Some are educational, some have lights and/or make noise, and between all of them they have lots of different textures. Like most babies though, his favorite things to mess with tend to be found objects. Meaning just random stuff from around the house. The plus to his love of found objects is that it makes it easy to have new things for him to mess with. He likes his toys too, but the joy of discovering new things all the time keeps him happy.

One of his favorite things to do is to stand hanging on the coffee table and push everything on the ground. We keep the table loaded with envelopes and papers that we don't need. Sometimes I throw in a small box or other little objects too. He will play this game till his legs get to tired to stand. We are quite grateful to my parents for our coffee table, as its nice and solid and heavy so he can't move it anywhere. Our old one would have never stood up to this type of activity.

Another favorite game of his is to get in the pantry and pull out and mess with bags, mostly plastic. He loves the way they crinkles when he grabs them. He has even more fun when he thinks he is sneaking into the pantry when we leave the door mostly closed. He pulls out a bunch of bags, spreads them all over the kitchen and messes with them. I can hear some of you gasping that we let him play with plastic bags (which I realize are a suffocation risk). Don't worry! He doesn't play with them unattended and he doesn't try to put them on his head or eat them.

Generally he enjoys new activities for a few weeks, so I am sure before long, he will find something else to play with! The plus is, that so far, everything that gets old becomes new again, so he will likely cycle back around eventually. Works well with his toys too. You don't give him something for a little while and then he is thrilled to see it.