[momtomany]

Some more ideas to keep them occupied:

Use your imagination... ultimately they want your attention more than anything else... maybe there are creative ways to give them your attention that don't require you physically.... ...Limiting TV helps kids to keep longer attention spans too.

Wow, thanks for posting this, momtomany!  I know my baby is still to young for some of these but I love how this really gave me a chance to liberate her from too much TV-watching in the future. Right now, her nanny loves watching TV so much, I have to keep buying them books and flashcards. Hopefully, we can start these imagination games soon!

That's a great idea, Ethanmama! 
I'm greatful to my own mom for teaching me via the Doman method back in the 1980s. Now, I want to teach Ségolène how to read so she can also have the educational advantage I had while growing up.
It's important that my partner and I would have mutual goals for our baby since we can't be with her all the time and the nanny + grandma would be the ones responsible for her in the daytime (just like most Asians, the extended family takes care of the infant while parents are at work).
We want her to learn English, German, French, and our local vernacular, Tagalog. However, it's really such a loving investment of time so I wish we could really set aside resources for this.

Again, thanks for opening the idea of objectives! 

I went back to school after only 2 weeks (pumping in the office and during out of town conferences) but I continually nursed my baby Ségolène since she was 2 hours old.  I wish I could've stayed home and breastfed on demand and had a lot of attachment parenting moments but I still have to earn my degree. Sigh. 

Hi, Lappy and KL, and all the parents here!

Thank you so much for posting the downloadable flashcards and powerpoint presentations. I just registered today after stumbling upon this site through Google. Hopefully, I would be able to save up enough to buy Little Reader as well. 

My 3 month old baby, Ségolène Urduja, seems to be really happy with looking at patterns and pictures. I hope that even when I'm away, the nanny would also follow the instructions on teaching her, just the way I do it, too.

Again, thank you and more power to Brillkids!