u/tpt5

Ideas to engage with my baby

Hi,

I follow this community and get lots of insight in parenting. However there is one thing I have not get it right.

I have almost 2 year old daughter. She goes to daycare for 8 hour. My guilt for it for some other day but for rest 3-4 hours that she spends at home or weekends is itself so hard for me to keep her playful at home. She loves going out which my husband does twice on weekends or whenever daycare is closed.

At home she does spend much time with toys. She is not much interested in role plays or puzzles. She likes turning over books but that gets over in a minute.

Also she is still blabbering and have no words than mamma papa.

I want to play with her. I feel enough bad for sending her to daycare and I feel even more bad when I am feel scared of her coming home.😭😭

Edit Thanks to all for their wonderful ideas. I tried a few of them and now I am changing barbies clothes also 🙃. These responses also reminded me that playing with my daughter is not a task rather l should enjoy it. So big thanks again.

Few days ago I played a video, actually some dance songs, to have some fun time with my daughter.

Slowly we started use it to finish some work, do a meeting, for boredom etc.

She likes to play the same songs always, make a move or two. Sometimes play around also when the video is on in background (little exaggeration from my side)

But now I have started feeling bad because she always look for the tv remote.

Please suggest me how to either not feel bad about it or to stop this habit.