I kept tv away from my kids until they were one. But we just did tummy time singing playing with new interactive toys helped them work on their motor skills.
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You were always a great mom.
Ditch screen time and talk, sing, play a patty cake game where you let him grab your hands and clap as you sing. At 4 months there is not much actual playing, but each month will be different. You can also start playing peek-a-boo, making funny faces and silly noises, tickling, blowing on his belly, playing music and dancing with him, booping his nose (with toys, or your fingers or both.) Frankly I don’t think kids should be allowed screen time at all until they are at least 3-4, and that it should be educational shows only. The sooner kids are introduced to electronics the poorer their imagination seems to be, and the more electronics they want. I am also against getting children tablets and smartphones, until they are teen agers and able to work to earn the smart phone.
I introduce my little one to stuffed animals come.up with names… tell him stories about when I was little, what I had for breakfast, ask him what he wants to wear today, count, read, give him a tour of the house show him what’s in the fridge (me looking for food but hey I can include him) play with the animal’s
Head shoulders knees and toes
Read to your baby. Sing songs. Exercise your baby.
Babies love hearing their mommas voice. They recognize our voice while still inside the womb. It is comforting to them. Even if your baby is in a swing and you’re folding laundry, talk to them. Let them know what you’re doing. Sing to them, read to them. Of course they won’t be interested in the book, but start reading to them young. Three books a day is over a thousand books in one year. Love on your baby, there is no such thing as spoiling a baby.
Tickle, cuddle, talk to him. Any interaction is good! I would put him in my baby carrier and do laundry, dishes. He was always with me! I don’t think babies at 4 months are interested in videos
And I almost forgot get a box a big box and cut a hole in it for a window or maybe a couple of Windows make a doorway and let him play with that you’ll have a blast I’ll have their own little clubhouse and decorate it was them with magic markers
at 4mos? Nah. I just had my boys with me. We talked. Long conversations about whatever. If I was reading, I read out loud. If I was cleaning, we discussed that, laundry? Same. I taught them how to two step and waltz. The polka is a bit too rough for 4mos. If I was matching socks, I laid them on their belly and we discussed colors of socks, and the mystery of how their dad destroyed socks. It was more talking, just getting to know each other.
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four month old boys are easy… do the basic maintenance, put some toys on the floor and sit back and watch. 4 month olds can be entertained by their own feet for hours. Interaction amounts to making them laugh once in a while.
As a retired speech/language pathologist PLEASE turn off the Baby Einstein! Babies need to hear YOUR voice and see YOUR face! I agree with much of the advice already posted…natural conversation about the most mundane things is totally appropriate for a 4 month old.
I also used to do little “exercise classes” with them. Lay them on their back and run their little legs, dance their feet to music, move their arms saying “So Big”! They loved it.
Talk to the baby just like you are talking to an adult, babies don’t care what you are saying it’s the tone in your voice if your sweet, silly and nice they love it. If you are mean or grouchy and raising your voice they cry.
Just talk to him. When he coos get excited and tell to tell more stories. He’s 4 months, it’s easy
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When my son was that little I would lay him on the bed and play music while dancing and making funny faces. It was his favorite. He would just giggle like crazy and kick and move around. He never liked tummy time cuz he couldn’t see. I also had friends who “spin fire” and fire hulu hoop. We would put him in his carseat to watch. He loved the lights, music, movements, and everyone performing just for him lol.
Try playing wheels on the bus.lol baby arms are the wipers, move legs like bicycle riding, lift bum up for people going up and down. Peek-a-boo is another one. And sing, babies love to be sung to, no matter how bad the voice.
This little.piggy with his toes. Always went over well with both my girls & 7 grandkids. 
You need to teach him the alphabet and numbers and how to speck proper English …
Let them sit in a bouncer when you’re cooking, go for walks…
Just talk to him an play with these are teaching months pattie cake they mimick what you do
Just give them your ti.e and attention gou dont have to entertain ybem
When mine were that age I take him to the park and put them on a swing and I know you can only do that for so long to there’s always take walks start using Place cards on them you know four numbers and alphabets never too early to start with that especially now that they’re talking good luck and enjoy your only young so long
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