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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with other's advice.  No two-year-old should be bored.  I've seen kids that age happily play with sticks and cardboard boxes.  My kid has far fewer toys that yours does (we don't have a playroom, and all her toys have to fit in our apartment's living room).  She might complain that we aren't playing with her, but never is she bored.

Get rid of at least half the toys.  Put some away to rotate in and out, and just get rid of the rest.  Have a drawer in the kitchen that he's allowed to play in while you're cooking.  Fill it with measuring cups, spatulas, tupperware, and other child-safe utensils.  Mine loved those little silicone oven mitts.  Put some magnets on the fridge, too.  Then he can play in the same room you are in.

Let him just play outside with no or minimal toys (a bucket and a shovel is enough).  Getting a kid to be able to entertain himself isn't about having a million toys; it's about giving them the chance to develop their imagination.  Sometimes (often) less is more.

Have reasonable expectations for how long a two-year-old can play independently.  [/quote]

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