https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:57:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2315274 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 17:51:06 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2315274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lining up her little people and driving them to 'school', or dumping all of her play food out of her kitchen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314776 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 10:18:25 +0000 Modern Daisy 2314776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>he would climb up on our step stool and play I the kitchen sink for hours, getting soaking wet and flooding the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314664 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 08:46:40 +0000 LuLu Mom 2314664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If she got to choose, it would be watching a show on her tablet. If screen time was not an option, she would play house/babies or paint. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314625 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 08:21:35 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2314625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Climb things, read books, dump all her toys but play with none of them, play in her kitchen, ask me what I'm doing lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314623 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 08:19:14 +0000 Alivoo01 2314623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Play with the mega blocks, his cars and trains, his playhouse, and sometimes, puzzles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314572 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 07:44:13 +0000 LBee 2314572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: Same. Or find something glass and see how it bounces. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314561 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 07:31:58 +0000 Mamaof2 2314561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD will go to her dollhouse</p> <p>DS will gather up all the junk in the house and then stick it all together with duct tape! He loves duct tape!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314534 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 06:59:36 +0000 looch 2314534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It could be a few things, train sets, magnatiles, art stuff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314517 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 06:42:34 +0000 yin 2314517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Trains everyday for LO1. LO2 would just follow LO1 around and steal all of the trains. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314508 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 06:33:15 +0000 NurseDMB 2314508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 year old:</p> <p>Race his cars all over the house, or watch Mickey Mouse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314483 Fri, 09 Oct 2015 05:08:38 +0000 farawayyama 2314483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pulling all of her books, clothes and toys out of their respective tubs and throwing them on the floor (daycare clothes are kept in a basket by her dresser). Once that's done, flip through books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314434 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 23:25:56 +0000 808love 2314434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Writing and drawing. Making a mess! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314380 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:08:51 +0000 yoursilverlining 2314380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is a really great independent player. She can play with her magic clip dolls and other little dolls for an hour easily doing voices for each doll and making up all these elaborate story lines. That said, left to her own devices she would watch movies and shows all day long. All the movies. All the shows. All the YouTube. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314319 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:58:34 +0000 MrsStar 2314319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo1 likes to play with her character toys - peppa, dora etc and make up scenarios with her doll house.<br /> She also likes to make towers with her blocks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314280 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:29:38 +0000 MrsSRS 2314280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: hahahahahahaha</p> <p>DS will play with his tools or books or trucks<br /> DD will roll on her belly and get stuck and mad </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314244 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:00:23 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2314244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Besides bugging me? They really suck at independent play. </p> <p>Right now if we direct her to play alone she will go draw and more recently try a puzzle. Or she will go play dress up in her room. </p> <p>The baby (age 1) will sit and read books. Or look for trouble. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314242 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:58:59 +0000 PinkElephant 2314242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: hahaha general destruction is a big favorite when my two are together with cabin fever....empty tissue boxes, taking everything out of a kitchen cabinet and lining it up on the other side of a room, hiding shoes.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314238 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:57:55 +0000 PinkElephant 2314238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Recently they've been playing "airplane" a lot when they are together. They dump out their puzzles (which come in suitcase-like boxes), fill up the suitcases with things, and sit with their stuffed animals on the sofa.</p> <p>Alone, the three year old likes to play with bristle blocks or put stuffed animals to bed, and the 17 month old likes to push her doll in a stroller or "cook" with play food.</p> <p>And glue. The both really, really, REALLY like glue and a piece of paper. No other real gluing materials required; but they've made too many messes recently, so the glue is now being stored VERY high in a cupboard and gluing activities are off the table unless I can sit right there and actively supervise! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314227 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:51:53 +0000 mrsjazz 2314227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Draw her name on her body, draw on her stuffed animals, and make them all go camping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314200 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:30:40 +0000 Tidybee 2314200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Line up all of her little people and pretend they're somewhere, i,e school, restaurant, train.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314183 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:17:58 +0000 Tanjowen 2314183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Build towers with his mega blocks or play with his Melissa &amp; Doug puzzles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314179 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:11:56 +0000 Bao 2314179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Color for LO1 and get into crap for LO2 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314176 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:10:15 +0000 Mae 2314176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Climb the most dangerous thing in the room. Promptly fall over/off of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-left-to-their-own-devices#post-2314174 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 19:09:23 +0000 mrbee 2314174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>...what do your kids do with their time? Mine love to draw! Right now, my son is teaching "art class": he makes a few drawings, and then teaches people how to draw them. Right now, he's teaching me how to draw candy canes and peppermint candies (it's Candy Art Class tonight, apparently).</p> <p>They also like to build with MagnaTiles and wooden blocks... </p>