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My daughter, just days older than yours, is going through the same thing right now. I find that getting down on the floor with her and playing for a few minutes usually helps. As far as buying new toys, I wouldnt for the reason you stated. Maybe you can take the batteries out of the remote so she can play with it?? Also, she may be wanting to be with mommy. Brooklyn has been "following" me by rolling all week!
Best of luck

that is so true about the remote, and the cordless phone too. and cell phones. We even bought him a toy cell phone that lights up and does stuff, but no, he prefers the real thing.

my son loved playing with an empty bottle of water...he's 14 months now and looking back, he def. preferred playing with things other than toys (still does)

I'm taking this as a heads up - my son's 5.5 months and it's useful to know what I might be about to encounter.
I suspect their brains have probably developed to the point where they want more and more human interaction and stimulation and just get bored more quickly. I definitely noticed a change at about 4 months when he started grizzling out of boredom... before that he'd only really grizzle for food or wind.
Sounds like it's going to be hard work - I guess it's really frustrating for 6 month olds that they want to get into everything but are still not very mobile so you have to bring everything to them...
I guess I'll be posting in a few weeks time for advice from you guys :)

Is she crawling or else moving somehow? if not she probably really wants to and hence the whinnies. Their curiosity really peaks up around crawling time. And once they can move it gets a little better but then they get into everything and separation anxiety peaks up :) Just be prepared. I found with my son that ordinary things like a water bottle, paper, phone, remote, an empty cardboard box really kept his attention. Just watch so she doesn't put those in mouth. Actually he started crawling with a water bottle. He wanted so bad to get to it and it kept rolling away. LOL.

your little one cold be teething which could be making her a little more irritable. try putting a teething ring in the freezer and see if that helps a little. my son got bored with all his tooys around that age. the got bored with the rattles and younger infant toys. hes in the noise stage right now where he likes anything that will make lots of noise. a dollar store could be helpful in that case.

also try something as simple as putting cheerios in a clear container, so it makes a rattle sound but its different. i also put a few pennies in an old butter container and let him play with that. i am always around when hes playing with this to ensure he doenst get the container open and put the pennies in his mouth

Our dd was doing that for a while and we would get her a toy that was over the age appropriate...like when she was 6 months so we got her a 9 month toy...She loves discovering it and they keep her preoccupied for a while.

Try looking around the house for simple items that she can play with. The first place I'd look is the kitchen and bathroom- any plastic containers with screw on or pop top lids that can easily be opened or closed. Tupperware is also a great thing- hand DD a spoon and let her bang away on it.

There is also nothing wrong with giving Christmas toys out early, especially if she is ready for them. If I remember correctly, we saved the biggest toy for Christmas and gave DD the other ones in the months prior. I'm almost thankful that I did it that way- it saved my sanity and Christmas turned out to be a flop anyway. DD didn't understand what was going on and she was already overstimulated from the flow of visiting relatives. She didn't pay much attention to the toys she got.

We also got into the habit of buying $2 toys every time we went to the store. Having a collection of toys to rotate can be very helpful. I'd set out half of the toys in a toybox in the morning, then after nap time, I'd switch them out with the other half.

*I highly recommend going out and getting some of plastic storage boxes that are on wheels and can stack (there are character ones that are really cute- DD loved the Barbie boxes)*

It takes a bit more time if a child is getting the toys by him/herself. DD would empty out a box, play with the box until she got bored, then I'd fill it back up again. When DD was going through this stage, I taught her how to move around to get to what she wanted and tried to encourage her to entertain herself.

Give her some pots and pans, and some wooden spoons and bowls. My mom said I loved to play with these as soon as I could sit up. I have noticed with my 2 boys that they love to play with everything they shouldn't want to- the boxes that large toys come in, things in the cabinets, etc.. So give them to them, if it will quiet their whining. A lot of kids and babies love to make forts out of cardboard boxes. Try something like that. Be creative. Let them or help them color the boxes and make it into a little house.

i know what you're going through! my daughter is the same way sometimes. i've found that common household items actually entertain her for much longer than her toys do. your daughter could be starting to teethe too, she's right at that age