How to entertain a 13-month old?

Take them for a toddler walk. Spring and summer are really great for this (I actually plan to continue even in autumn and winter), it does not require much activity from your side because the new walkers are quite slow and everything on the way is soooo interesting, so the walks is more about the walking and exploring experience than really getting somewhere.

Our morning walk is about 500m long and it takes us about an hour, I sometimes carry Teodor, so we get somewhere because we have Charlie (dog) with us and the walk is also meant for him :)

Here is a list of things he does on the walk (not all every time but you can see how he can turn a boring ten-minute walk into a whole adventure :)

Sit pretty under the almost-in-blossom tree and examine the flowers around.

Drain covers are just irresistible

Pee-a-boo before going home

Walking up the stairs on his own

Splashing puddles.

Examining a rock he found in the puddle. Charlie is not amused.

Watching cars

Taking his pull animal for a walk

Testing whether the licence plate is well-attached

Taking a selfie with mummy...this is one of the ways how to get him from A to B fast

Finding sticks (there is usually Charlie on the other end)

Climbing on everything

Sometimes we watch children in the kindergarten, that day nobody was out.

Sitting on whatever it is called and examining the "nail"?

Truck!!!

Playing with sand/picking up stones

If I had Internet on my phone, I could be online most of the time, those walks make it very easy to entertain the child, which is sometimes challenging at home as he doesn't have that many toys (ok, he has enough but not that many that he could be throwing them out of several boxes and it would take him an hour) or we don't let him watch youtube (we don't have TV). And I finally have to remember to dress myself warmer than the child because he is almost always in motion while I'm standing nearby being cold.

Choosing the first shoes...

...it is damn hard. Not only because the choice is in Estonia very limited (and over-priced), but also there are just so many aspects, which need to be taken into consideration.

We decided to go with barefoot, which means I have to order online because the only barefoot shoes I found here in Estonia are Little Blue Lamb, but again it's also an online shop and with not a big product selection. And they are made for a wider feet, Teodor has quite narrow. I actually ordered a pair but sold it to a friend because they were too wide and quite small (you wouldn't how difficult it is to measure his foot). When I finally decide on something, e.g. Livie and Luca or Attipas, they don't sell internationally (well, their website doesn't have an e-shop), which is just annoying, I don't have time to search for an e-shop which sells internationally.

So far he has Stonz, but they feel too wide and Primigi, which are not barefoot, but seem to be quite good for pushing his wagon on the asphalt roads (It is recommended not to use Stonz on the pavements/roads, etc. because they wore out quickly on these surfaces)

I am so stuck on choosing the right shoes and it starts to frustrate me because spring is coming, he walks very well now, and he still doesn't have shoes we can use in the city. (He walks in his socks in the shopping centres, for example, and people look down at me with their looks saying "why don't you put shoes on your child, mother?"

Running away, but the stairs will stop him :) I sometimes feel like Stonz are too wide for him and are not the best choice either...

Now he sometimes lifts his arms when walking, probably showing that he can walk without help of his arms to keep his balance.