Relieving the boredom

Cooper was restless on his playmat today, and I realised I hadn't changed the toys hanging above him for a while.  A quick swap and he was quite content.  It suddenly dawned on me that he is probably getting bored in this lounge room day in day out too!

I want him to be an active, outdoors boy and have always planned to make good use of the playground around the corner.  But today I had a thought... not only do I not HAVE to wait until he is running around, but it is probably better if I don't.  If he gets used to the outdoors now, he'll like it much more later when he is able to play.

So I grabbed his hoody, popped him in the pram and off we wandered to the playground.  I took him on the swing for a while, which he really enjoyed.  I then sat him in the kiddy swing on his own... he was SO cute!!!  So wished I had my camera!!  He had one arm resting up on the back of the swing, hoody on, and I could just picture him as an 18 yr old in his first car, thinking he was it and a bit, lol.  Next we tried the slide.  It was a bit small, so I didn't attempt it myself, but just held him and slid him down it.  He didn't like that one as much.

He cried a little when I put him back in the pram, but by the time we got home he was sound asleep from his hard playing ;)  Got the cutest pic of him when he woke up.

I was very happy to find another way of playing that we could both enjoy.  He is slowly getting more and more interesting as the weeks go by, and I'm looking forward to the fun we will have as he is able to do more.