I was inspired! I quickly took over the garage and taught myself the basics from cutting boards, to bowls, to rolling pins, to pepper mills.and I loved it all. That's where the YouTUBE woodworking videos binging started. My wife and I had two little kids and while life was very VERY busy - there was also a lot of down time. I think she could get into one of those activity boxes, but for some reason I cannot seem to find them in stores or online (except the vintage ones on Ebay).My accidental woodworking story starts from very humble beginnings, often referred to as boredom. I think she could get into one of those activity boxes, but for some reason I cannot seem to find them in stores or online (except the vintage ones on Ebay). It didn't occur to me to put toys in her crib-is that safe? I thought the crib was supposed to stay empty until they are one year old? She is not teething yet, but everything seems to end up in her mouth-she likes to taste things! She loves when we shake a rattle for her, but she hasn't yet tried to shake it on her own-though she will touch and 'inspect' it. She also loves to grab the phone when I have someone on speaker phone I have tried a few cause/effect toys and she will watch them & smile, but doesn't yet seem to get the concept. Her favorite toy is actually her burp cloths! We use cloth diapers as burp cloths and she loves to grab them and hug them She also enjoys cloth books and being read to, her Oball, and is starting to get interested in stuffed animals.

so maybe you are right that she is getting bored. She still enjoys her activity mat and her bouncy seat, though she doesn't last as long in them as she used to. She will last about 5-7 minutes in her Bumbo Seat & then gets antsy. Geez it never occurred to me to try out the next age up for toys! I'm a first time mom and consider myself very green-mostly feel like I'm winging it as I go along!! She just started using her exersaucer (though she is still a little small for it so we stuff a towel behind her like the previous poster). She enjoys her mobile, but it definitely has no effect on her in terms of helping her sleep or keeping her occupied.

She stares at them, swats & kicks at them, grabs & inspects them, & she frequently uses to self soothe if she wakes up in the middle of the night.

The hanging toys have worked out so well for her since she was at least 2 months old. if only I could get her to stay awake in a store lol!!! She always seems to fall asleep everytime I take her shopping Good idea to take her to a store to see what she is attracted to.

Crib busy board