1. Tell toddler you are going to make him toast for breakfast.
2. Sit him on the counter or the table so he can’t move or run away.
3. When toddler says, “Toeeess?” answer with, “Toes??? You want to eat my toes???!!! NOOOOOO! Please, please, please don’t eat my toes!!!”
4. Jump up and down acting like your toes are in jeopardy of being eaten. When toddler takes a break from cracking up, say, “So, you want to eat toast right?”
5. Toddler will say, “No! Toes!!!!”
6. Repeat jumping and protesting. Remember to look like you’re genuinely in fear for your toes. Hide toes under table or hold them in hands. Toddler will laugh until he spits up his toast.
Also see How to Get Toddler into the Bath.
How do you make your kids laugh? Really laugh…
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My girlfriend is a very strict parent so whenever she leaves, me and her son just scream like retards.
That for some reason makes him laugh a lot.
AiLaf – I can’t believe it, but you just made me laugh. THANK YOU. How old is he?
He’s seven.
When my kids were little I used to grab their feet and tell them “Let me smell your feet” and I’d take a whiff and make a funny face and say ” Oh! PEEEEEEEWWWWWW!” Then I would grab a foot again and take another whiff and do it all over again. They would laugh and ask for more.
I don’t smell their feet anymore…they really do stink now. They are 11, 9, and 7 now.
Not bad but my toddler is now grown up.
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We do a “toes” thing too. I pretend to eat his toes when I take off his socks. He loves it.
He also LOVES being tickled–and for me to “count his ribs.” He pulls up his shirt high and says “Count da ribs?” and I start doing this little tickle/pinch thing along his rib cage. LOVES IT.
I have a very odd sense of humor (I was constantly told “You are so WEIRD!” in hs–but in a good way, not a psycho way), and I sometimes wonder if Son will have one too.
Yay! I LOVE these games … gimmie more.
SWM – the ribs! So funny. I’m going to try that one ….
And Spatula – Benjamin’s feet actually smell already! He’s had stinky feet since he was a wee little guy. Very weird.
What’s up with that ???? guy – have to hit that link.
When my oldest was still a toddler, I was still in my medical training and it was very difficult for me to bond with him. Some of the best laughs however, did come when I would pretend to lose something that was obviously visible (eyeglasses on your forehead, for example) and I would pretend to be perplexed as he pointed and giggled and jumped up and down. This would go on possibly for minutes on end as daddy would just pretend to be plain clueless. Gee, perhaps that’s where it all started.
One thing I would say in addition is that there is simply no sound that is sweeter than that laughter you describe. When you accomplish it…just keep doing what you’re doing and make them laugh over and over again.
So cute! When MP was little little BUBBLE WRAP would send her into hysterical laughing fits. I’d pop a bubble and she’d nearly throw up she’d laugh so hard.
Last Spartan … that’s a classic. I will do that tonight! Thanks for the reminder, my Dad used to do that to us.
MP – bubble wrap? God, that’s cute.
That’s so cute! I have toddler grandkids now….wow I’m old. it amazes me what they find amusing.
I chase my little guy around while singing and dancing at the same time. He really finds this hysterical- who wouldn’t? He starts to dance while laughing real hard.
I got as far as
Remember to look like you’re genuinely in fear for your
and expected “life” to follow. When I then saw
toes.
I too cracked up.
My daughter calls toast the same thing (toooooes?!), so I am SO going to do this the next time I make breakfast!!