8 ways to have fun with your toddler

Toddlers are funny little human beings. They are hyperactive most of the time and love to keep you on your toes always. They can spend hours in playing with unusual things like whenever I used to cook, my then 2 year old son would spend the entire time in kitchen transferring potatoes and onions from one basket to another. Then I had my daughter. So now I had two kids to keep busy. Whoever tells you that if you have two children then they can play with each other and you can relax; then probably they are telling you a lie. The sight of siblings playing with each other calmly is rare. Instead of being relaxed you end up being a referee. So with time I learned few ways to have fun with my toddler and to keep them busy without much fuss.


1. Reading. If you are an avid reader like me then this activity is just right for you and your kid. Take an interesting book with attractive pictures in it and tell a tale to your toddler. It could be about his favourite animal or the things which he loves. You just have to trade your classics to fairy tales.
2. Painting. This task was quite difficult for me to accomplish. Whenever I used to give crayons to my son, he would colour for 5 minutes and after that all the crayons ended up being aeroplane flying from one corner of room to another. I tried all the colours, from crayons to sketch pens. In the end water colours came to my rescue...read more