Entertaining Miss Noelle

I love reading, so when I found out I was pregnant I went out a bought seven pregnancy books.  I also signed up for three websites to get daily updates. Now that the baby is here, I went out and purchased even more books.  PLUS I have three journals for Noelle (they are all different).  I am a little fanatical.  We also made the decision for me to stay home with her.  I now have the most important and fulfilling job in the world - Stay At Home Mommy!  Noelle is already a genius and we are saving up for her Notre Dame education (hubby is a Catholic boy from Indiana).  So what do we do all day?  Not much...  I try to keep her entertained and further her genius level.  The "books" say to give her tummy time (done within five minutes), wave a yellow or red toy - can only be yellow or red since babies prefer these colors - in front of her (done within five minutes), read to her (done in 15 minutes), try to get her to grab a ball - needs to be a textured ball not just a plain ball (done in five minutes), walk her around our home to get her familiar with her environment (live in a 1-bedroom NYC apartment, done in 30 seconds).  Now what?  According to the "books", our day would be complete in 30 minutes and 30 seconds.  Well the girl LOVES TV!  It doesn't matter if its the "Today Show" or "Law & Order" reruns.  I let her watch the colorful, noisy tube often.  One of the "books" even said that a one year old who watches two hours of TV a day knows six more words than children who do not watch TV.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to entertain a three month baby - please share!

Love,
Noelle's Mommy