When you welcome a baby
into your home the newborn days are over in what feels like a blink
of an eye. Soon your tiny little newborn is a baby on the move who
has a mind of their own. Regardless of the amount of toys and
appealing baby things you give them most babies seem to be
instinctively attracted to the things they shouldn’t have.
Jelly Bean is just like
his big brother before him was, wanting to play with the everyday
objects that are not really designed for babies to play with.
Whilst there are some
everyday objects that I don’t really object to him playing with and
love how his imagination is sparked by them - he like most kids loves
to play with empty boxes which are a blank haven for imaginative play
and he finds it very amusing to drag out the pots and pans to play
drums on - there are a few things things I try to avoid letting him
play with.
There are a few key
things that Jelly Bean is always attracted to that whilst not a big
danger to play with, it can be annoying when he does so thanks to the
risk of him breaking or losing them.
Here are Jelly Bean’s
favourite everyday items that he is always over the moon with getting
his little hands on -
Gadgets
Jelly Bean’s eyes
always come alive and glisten when he sees gadgets. Stubbornly he
will do his utmost to get to and snatch gadgets. His favourite
gadgets to play with are smartphones, cameras and the PS4 controller
(the blue light that it shines is like a beacon to him).
Whilst it is not a huge
deal that he tries to play with our gadgets when he does get his
hands on them there is the risk that he could break them or
accidentally delete things on them.
Giving him his own baby
friendly versions of gadgets does seem to quench his desire for
gadgety things and he does love to play with his own little phone or
tablet. Whilst he loves his gadgets if he gets sight of ours he
always makes a beeline for the real deal opting for the grownup
gadgets over his toy gadgets.
Keys
Like a magpie Jelly Bean
is attracted to all things shiny especially keys. The feel and sound
of keys is a delight to him and if he can get his hand on a set of
jingling keys he is a happy little chappy.
I don’t really like
him chopping on real keys and another bothersome problem with him
getting his hands on a set of keys is that he has a tendency to hide
them….and hide them well!
On one occasion Jelly
Bean had sneakily got his hands on a set of keys and after playing
with them for a little while he hid them. When I realised the keys
were missing a hunt of the whole house ensued to no avail. As the
keys were so well hidden they were lost to me I had to get a new set
of keys cut. Thanks to Fast Keys who are the leading specialist of
replacement keys I managed to order a new set of keys online using
their bespoke key search function with the keys arriving in no time
at all thanks to their fast service.
Having experienced the
drama of lost keys thanks to little fingers I make extra sure not to
let him get his hands on any keys. As baby plastic toys don’t
satisfy his desire for keys we recently treated him to his own set of
keys - B LucKeys which thanks to the 4 safe stainless steel keys that
feel cold like ‘real’ keys he is now satisfied and no longer
wants my set of keys.
Purse
As soon as Jelly Bean
eyes my purse he is trying to make a grab for it. If he is lucky
enough to get his hands on it he loves opening and closing it as well
as pulling out my cards to put back in once again.
The major downside to
him playing with my purse is that I have to make sure all money and
cards are back in there again once I have wrestled the purse off of
him and have to sort out the cards again as he likes to put them back
in all over the place and in a different order.
To satisfy his desire
for playing with cards and money we have given him a little till with
fake money to play with and an old purse with used gift cards.
What everyday items
does your little one love to play with?
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