Fun Playdates at home

As promised in the last post … we are back with some indoor playdates ideas, just for Momsters’ readers. We will start with the popular ideas and then move on to the fun, creative ones.

Finger Paint fun with your Toddler

I can not call myself cleanliness freak. I do like a nice clean house but mess makes me go mad and now after living with a kid for more than 2 years I have mastered the art of ignoring the mess. I still try to keep the house as organized as possible. 

I strongly believe not everything messy is bad, some of it is good; like they say "Daag acche hain". When this mess helps your little one learn something new, it sure is VERY GOOD. One such activity is finger painting, I'm a huge fan of finger painting... I started finger painting with Zoe when she was 15 months old, both of us totally love it. We were engrossed in some finger painting over the past weekend and I thought a post on Finger painting would be just right

Fun "Clean Up Time"

Cleaning up after a fun day of play probably tops your preschooler’s “Things I Don’t Like to Do List.” Till they are toddlers, they love to clean up, but once they've had enough they try to avoid it totally. However, getting your little one to clean up their play area/room is not only about getting him/her to clean the place & keep everything back in the place it belongs. A simple “Clean-up” time helps children improve their self-esteem. 

When children are constantly being told negatives like “no” or “can’t,” their self-esteem suffers. With the implementation of positive discipline techniques, children’s self-esteem benefits. They’re also learning self-discipline. As children are being taught to clean up, they are learning to put things away if they want to bring something else out. They’re also learning to control their behavior. Children can easily get overwhelmed with activities and the number of items to use. Controlling themselves to not bring out every possible toy is part of learning from positive discipline. By cleaning up, children also get a sense of responsibility, a sense of ownership of the space they are taking care of. 

Toys-On-Rent : A Online Branded Toys Library A Review

We do not have enough of toys for our kids... neither will our little ones stop demanding new play things. The worst part is when we see our child lose interest in a new toy. Ask me about it... The toddler likes a particular toy for maximum 5-7 days (books are the only thing that she has been interested in since she was couple of months old -  touch-wood to that).  Toy shopping is an art, you need a lot of patience, strong negotiation skills (90% times your child won't budge), lots of time and energy. 

I was extremely worried about spending thousand of rupees on something which would just become a thing of the past in a couple of days. I also did not want to keep the toddler away from toys.That is when I came across Toys-On-Rent : A Online Branded Toys Library, and I was a happy mom... with a happy toddler.

Bonding over Creative Play

I was petrified of the term 'Toddler', because my little one entered this stage. Now I laugh at myself. My daughter like any Toddler her age knocks things down, goes in the most unexpected places, loves to laugh hysterically and throw tantrums. These things are annoying, but we should try and understand that their world changes every hour. They come across something or another. We as parents should channelize their energies in the right direction. You should understand that they aren't  doing this to annoy/irritate  you, s/he is exploring the world around them.