Have you had to entertain an infant?

i believe u have u a spoiled one, lol. 4 months old & she has to be entertained? that's cute. ask her mom if she has one of swings that u wind u & it swings them for awhile. my grandchildren had them & liked them. my younest son loved ceiling fans. he's watch them forever.strolling is always good to.

My suggestion would be this, if you're going to continue babysitting then you should ask the mother to bring a few toys for her child to play with or be entertained with. Or you could go to the store and buy a few toys yourself. Of course it would have to be age appropriate but there are things out there that will entertain the child for a little while. I would not hold the child a whole lot because they will expect you to do that all the time which isn't good for them at all. Crying is very good exercise for their little lungs so if the baby isn't hungry and it's diaper has been checked/changed, and nothing is hurting it such as clothes pinching and such, it continues to cry, let it cry for a little while. It won't hurt the baby one bit but it will exercise their little lungs which is very good for them. Now there is a difference in their cries too, you'll be able to tell if it's in pain or just plain angry just by the way it cries.

Hi Chevee, That is very clever of you but I wouldn't know how as I have never had children and wouln't have any clue what to do. Hugs. Taamra

Hey chevee! Not bad for fast thinking entertainment! Didn't the baby come with her own entertainment? I guess not! Maybe she would like to watch some tv if you could fine something that would appeal to her, but I think she still might be to young even to look at animals or cartoons just too watch the shapes! I defintely like your coke cans idea! That was brilliant! I think you should ask her mom to send along some toys to keep her busy! There really isn't much you can do with a 4 month old a you already know!

I work in a day care and I work in the infant room. You can take plastic pop bottles and put different things inside glitter beads feathers twigs glue the lid shut and we call them our expolring bottles. Do you have any balls or toys for her. They like noisey toys, like to be read to. play with a puppet with her have the puppet kiss her ticlie her talk to her with the puppet. Do you have a walker? they like those or the bouncers that look like a walker. Take her for a walk. You can do projects with her we let our kids finger paint. help them with a crayon. Good luck to you

place some flashing lights in front of her , it should be of light flash. make sure that the baby is not feeling hungry as most often the baby gets disturbed by this and she keeps on crying . give a balance swing of the baby holder

I have taken care of my sister's two children from the day they were born. On and off whenever my sister used to visit us. It is the toughest job on earth. And now I have my own child. If taking care of an infant is a challenge, try managing a 3 year old! Its a tough job alright.

oh my dear i am so glad i am past that stage. both my kids never wanted to be put down the youngest is 13 months and sometimes she STILL doesn't want to let me do things.. i wasn't as creative as you though.. i just never got anything done msot of the time hahha. although before she got to big for it, i used to carry her around in a snugli if i really had something that needed to get done.. that way she was close to me and happy, but i had two free hands. I dont remmeber 4 month olds caring too much for toys.. they more like peoples faces and singing and snuggling! hehe cute. have you tried just singing while you work where she can see you ? sometimes that worked for me while i was doing the dishes.. singing old macdonald hehehe. or wheels on the bus

well, isn't that a clever way of making a "crib" mobile. Sounds great so long as the infant seat is not a bouncy seat which she might bounce off the table in her excitement. I think you should take a picture or video clip and send it off to coka-cola company - they may just use the idea in a commercial and reward you? :) it took me a while to learn that my kids did not have to be entertained all day long - that they were content just watching me go about my business or learning to entertain themselves. sounds like you are enjoying having the little one around.

LOL that was a very creative idea! I have a six month old so I know what its like to try to get things done when you have a bored baby. four months is a good age to find creative solutions because their attention can be held by anything interesting, not just the traditional toys. My son always liked the screensaver on the computer (especially if I had music playing)or on itunes you can play the music and turn on the visualizer. One of our computers is in the kitchen so this helped me get a lot done in that area.

Well, my nephew/godson is 1 month old and i think there are no ways to entertain him.. he smiles but not because i'm doing crazy acts to entertain him.. he's smiling because maybe his angels are playing with him.. I guess one of the ways to entertain a 4 month old baby is to give him toys with lights, pictures and music.. ask his mom if there are toys something like that.. i have noticed other babies are becoming more observant when they see and hear those kinds of toys..

This may sound a little silly, but do you have a glass coffee table? One of my friends was telling me that when she has her nephew or her friends' kids over she puts things on top of her glass coffee table and lays then under it. She said it works really well. Have you tried story telling cds. We have a Robert Munsch cd where he is telling some of his stories. Another one that we like that was a lot cheaper was called something like 50 bestest children's stories. It's a collection of different stories. There a tons of different story collections on cd.

At four months old you need to get her on a schedule and routine, her only napping for 30 minutes is insane, she should be napping much longer. The key to doing this is to get her on a routine and or schedule. for a four month old wake up at 7:00 bottle, change her clothes. interact with her for 30 minutes to an hour. 9:00 nap time.. yep that early she should nap for one to two hours, two is the goal gets up at 11:00 bottle, change baby, clean her up if need be rock her, put her in a swing or bouncy seat nap time again should come around 1 ish, she should again nap for one to two hours. again get her up bottle change her and interact with her.

Yes i had entertained an infant before. it was the time when the child was crying so loud and i'm really disgusted with a loud cry so what i've done was i dance in front of him with a frog dance and facial expression that maybe you yourself dont want to see.. so the child stop crying.

She is at that visual stage, isn't she? My son was very entertained by a blanket that had a strong graphic design. I could hang it over the side of his play pen and he would watch it while I folded laundry right by him. (So he did not pull it off and smother himself) This blanket was supposed to look like a patchwork of one inch squares in very bold colors. He loved looking at it.

Iv done some light babysitting before for 5 and 6 year olds, but Iv never had to entertain a small infant, anyway I'm going to be a aunt soon so I guess ill have to learn more creative ways of keeping my neese or nephew entertained, well I hope that the other mylotters can help you think of some fun ways of entertaining.

Baby is angel,they are very loveliness.I am like to entertain baby,although I having no baby of myself now,but I want to have baby of myself in future.I have more creative ideas about entertain baby and care for baby.above all,you must like baby and don't fret for anyting.you should amuse of baby.Over time,Baby are tired,go to bed immediately,and to quiet at that time.You can do a few things for yourself.That is a good idea of entertaining baby.