I don't know what it is about almost-empty water bottles, but Photobaby loves them. Loves waving them around and shaking them and just holding them, squishing the thin plastic and making it creak and squeak.She also loves spoons of any variety - large, small, plastic, silver. She just loves sticking a spoon in her mouth. When she was going through a slightly more difficult phase a few months ago, I carried a ziploc bag of plastic spoons from Chipotle in my purse - just in case. I've got to tell you - they prevented more than one meltdown at HyVee!
These days, her non-traditional toy of choice is my set of keys. If she spots them as I get her out of the car, if she even hears them jangling as I put her in a cart, she's on a mission to find "her" keys. I'm sure it's not sanitary in the least, and I should probably clean them before handing them over. But really, let's be honest, I'm not that kind of mom. I just let her chew on them until it's time to unlock the car.
Then I push the unlock button, plop her in her car seat, buckle her in, tell her to say, "Bye-bye," to the keys, snatch them away and run to the other side of the car. She usually cries a bit when it's time to say goodbye to the keys, but by the time we're backing out of the parking lot, she's found another great toy: her socks.
I'm so thankful for an easily entertained child.
Do your kids or pets or nieces/nephews or students play with any unusual toys?
