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We don't have anything in A's crib except pacis and a small lovey. We play loud white noise and don't share a wall though, so it's not an issue. Can your DH not turn down his alarm and get up the first time? That would annoy me!

@sorrycharlie: are you a lighter sleeper? Maybe you could set a quiet alarm and then shake him?!

He's 14 months and he has his lovey and a couple of small stuffed animals. If he wakes up on his own, the toys help, but if he is woken up by noise, no toy can soothe or distract him.

I keep about 5 stuffed animals in the crib with my nearly 16 mo old. When he wakes up, he definitely "talks" to them and plays with them. I have snuck into the room when he has them all set up and he's picking them up one by one and talking to them. So cute

LO is 15 mos and has a couple of stuffed animals, one book and a small plush toy car. He also has an aquarium musical mobile that attaches to the side of his crib and he turns it on when he first wakes up, and sometimes when he's trying to fall asleep. I only recently put the book and car in there and I have seen him playing with them on the monitor so I think it's helping keep him occupied for a few minutes some mornings.

@sorrycharlie: hahaha! I don't know about hurting her eyes but DD occasionally whacks her head in the middle of the night!

She has her seahorse, plus a few other stuffed animals, a small blanket, a lovey blanket and a couple of books. Our ped actually suggested the books and every once in a while, I'll look in the video monitor and she's laying on her back, "reading."

@sorrycharlie: yep. Board books are great. I don't have to worry about her ripping them up and she just flips through them. She has a new thing she likes to do now, when I go in to get her, she likes to show me everything in her crib. She will pick up each item individually and show them to me.

@sorrycharlie: lol I know. It is seriously an amazing time right now. I love it so much!

@sorrycharlie: oh my gosh just wanted to say my DH snoozes his alarm numerous times too and it drives me bonkers! He shuts it off quickly and doesn't wake LO but I dislike continuing snoozing when I still want to sleep longer!

My LO is too young to have anything that would entertain her in the crib. My mom said she always had books or catalogues in the crib which would entertain me!

She's 16 months and has a posse in there. She makes us take them all out with her whenever she wakes up.

LO has a board book (only a small one) and her doll in her crib. If she wakes earlier then normal in the morning then sometimes she will look at her book/play with her doll until she's ready to fall asleep again, so it's worthwhile to try!

R is 16.5 months and has many small stuffed animals in her bed. I think the total is 8-9. Plus her green blanket and one to two blankies. She plays with them in and out of her crib.