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- Who's that baby, what's that baby, baby!
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Hi everyone. Can you say hello?
In today's video, I'm going to show you how
I entertain my toddler, this is Caleb.
Now when he was six months old,
we made a video, called "How I Entertain my Baby".
And since doing that video,
it has had nearly 100,000 views
and it's by far my most popular video ever.
So, I thought it was about time that I show you
how I entertain my toddler, now that he is two.
There are just a ways that keep this little man entertained.
And I hope that some of these ideas,
will work for your children.
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So one of Caleb's favorite thing to do is to build towers
and he also loves breaking them as well, being a boy.
He loves to build them with blocks
or we have a really nice set of boxes
that he builds them with, but he's really not fussy.
He will build them with food from the cupboard
or toast on his plate, he just really enjoys it.
He also like playing with our colorful smoothie straws
he just plays with them for ages
and he likes to talk about which color is which.
Cars is another favorite of his,
we have so many cars in this house
and he really likes putting them down this garage.
But as he's getting older
he does also enjoy taking them outside
and putting them down the slide or our deck.
He loves most vehicles to be honest
and he really also enjoys his wooden train set.
We also have a few different puppets in this house
and Caleb really seem to enjoy them.
I also find it's quite effective
if he's not eating some times if I make the puppets
feed him he eats better.
Caleb also loves any kind of messy play
and he really loves his sand
and water table that we have for him.
If you don't have one though,
he loves just a water basin like this.
But sometimes I will put some shampoo
or fairy liquid into the water just to add something
a bit different and he plays with the bubbles
and experiments with it.
He just loves water play though,
so sometimes I even let him have the hose.
Now that Caleb's a confident walker we love to get out
and go for walks and explore and spot some birds
or feed the ducks. They really enjoy feeding the ducks.
He's really good at it now and I always make sure I take
fresh bread 'cause he eats half of it.
Now that he's a toddler he can do so much more at the park.
And he absolutely loves the swings.
And what is with kids and boxes? My kids go nuts for it.
If we've had a larger delivery I let the boys have the box
and they turn it into like a rocket ship.
I even let Caleb paint it some times,
and it's a good way to have him paint
'cause it's outdoors, but watch with painting,
'cause sometimes he does this.
Another way of painting that is mess free
is to put your paint in a Ziploc bag, like so
and I like to tape it onto the window,
it's like a bit of a stain glass kind of look
and then just let them move the paint around
and all the mess is inside the bag
and they really enjoy it.
There are a few toys in our garden that he loves
and the trampoline is one of them.
He also loves our tiny little slide,
but he's even started to try
and use his brother's bigger slide.
And tea parties, he loves to have tea parties.
And sometimes I even let him have
real water liquid to play with.
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He also loves when I pretend that I'm spitting it out.
In terms of his favorite days out,
the library is a great one to explore books
and it is free.
He also loves the soft play or our local gym class.
He really enjoys burning up all of his energy
and meeting new little friends.
He also loves the ball pool at the soft play
and he loves to bury me in it as well.
Another really good day out that I think he loved
was going to the aquarium.
He loved spotting all the fish and jellyfish.
We also go swimming every Saturday now and he loves it.
And I can't believe how confident
he's becoming in the water.
We don't actually do a class, I just let him splash
and go crazy and he has a great time.
The farm is also another great day out.
He loves to look at all the animals
and feed them if he gets the chance.
He loves nursery rhymes on YouTube.
- Apple, ah, apple
♪ B is for ♪
ball, ba ball
♪ C is for cat ♪
cat
- He's always loved bubbles and now that he's
getting older he can nearly do it himself
with this larger bubble ring.
He has a little trike which he much prefers,
riding in than the pram.
If it's ever a rainy day
and I don't know what to do with the boys
a good option is to take them to the toy shop.
It's free unless you get guilted into buying something.
But they can play with different toys
and have loads of fun, but the shop probably hates me.
Pots and pans drum kit.
I think that's all I need to say on this one.
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Rough and tumble preferably with daddy.
He loves books, he loves sound books
and texture books as well, but he also loves normal books
and sometimes I like to leave a few words out
and see if he can remember them.
Was it mom?
- No
- Was it dad?
- No
- Was it Archie the cat?
- Meow
He also loves puzzles now and this magnetic one from
Melissa and Doug has been a real hit.
And he also likes these word puzzles,
where he has to try and fit the letters in.
I thought it was also worth mentioning
his favorite toy, his cut up food.
It Velcros together and then you can cut it up with a knife.
- A tent
- They love building a fort as well.
Sometimes I just take sheets and blankets
and put it over our dinning table and we have a fort.
What's your favorite shape?
Triangle
What's your favorite color?
- Red
Both of my boys love the bath and they particularly
love shaving foam in the bath.
At bedtime the boys love anything glow in the dark.
They love a torch and they also really
love to play with glow sticks.
These are a great way to get your kids upstairs to bed
if you promise a light show.
Or if they hate the bath you can even have
glow sticks in the bath.
You can't start involving your children
in cooking too early.
Caleb loves to get involved with me when I'm making dinner.
And he also really loves helping me do baking.
He won't actually crack the eggs or anything like that
but he loves to stir, pour flour and sugar in,
pour raisins in and stuff like that.
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The only thing that he doesn't like about baking
is waiting for the food in the oven to cook
so I came up with this idea,
just literally get any biscuits could be digestives
or anything and icing and sprinkles
and just let your children decorate the cookies themselves.
Stickers is another good activity that he enjoys now,
but do expect them to be everywhere.
Stickers are also great for bribery when you start
potty training.
Surprise eggs is one of Caleb's favorite thing.
You probably don't wanna buy them this many
but Caleb doesn't actually eat the chocolate
or the sweets he just wants to open them up
and get to the surprise.
My boys have so much fun if we have a dance party.
Just whack on the music and let them go crazy.
We also do a lot of Easter egg dying in this house
because it is my eldest favorite thing to do.
But I probably wouldn't recommend this for a toddler
that is very young because sometimes
he does this with the dye.
So thanks so much for watching everyone.
I really hope this gave you some ideas
and I will see you very soon. Bye
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