Outdoor baby toys

[mamamanda]

We got to spend an hour outside yesterday!!! Yay!!! So now I'm in outside planning mode.::I have a couple wading pools from last year. Was thinking about filling one with plastic balls for the younger kids, but I'm thinking it might be a crazy mess trying to contain them. Also, they would have to be pulled in nightly in case of rain. Any thoughts on that? Worth the effort, or no? Also, what do you do with infants while outside? Do you have special seats for them or do they just play in the grass? We have a baby swing & during really nice weather I spread a blanket in the grass, but yesterday was so wet and muddy I pretty much carried the baby the whole time. What do you do?

[Peaches]

In nice weather I put a blanket on the grass for babies otherwise I place them in a swing I have. I like the idea of the wading pool with balls. I suggest you try it and insist on a rule of no throwing or taking balls out. If it is to messy you can always remove it later.

[Blackcat31]

My yard used to look like a Little Tikes showroom but I've down sized tremendously over the last few years.

I've found the kids paly better and long with less.

The more I had, the more they fought and the more they said "Im bored"

Now I have a couple ride on toys (mostly for the bigger kids) a couple balls, a sandbox, a play house and a swing set.

The swing set however is for the older kids only. No toddlers or infants.

I don't/won't push kids on the swings either.

As for the babies, I put them on the grass or if the ground is wet, they go in a PNP or small fenced in area that has a heavy duty fabric/mesh bottom.