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I was just emailing friends and cruising the internet the past two days for the same issue. My daughter is a little older than your son (1 year) but she just started walking too and am also having trouble entertaining her all day. There are already too many toys in my house sitting there collecting dust.
Yesterday, I was doing laundry and put the dirty clothes next to the basket on the ground and told her to put them in the basket. She was soooo eager to help and actually got them all in the basket, no problems.
Then I took her downstairs, sat her on the dryer and pulled clothes out of the basket, put them in front of her and had her push them into the washer. Again, she loved it. I also let her throw the Downy ball in.
Finally when the clothes were done, I let her stand next to the dryer door and I put the wet clothes on the door and let her push them in.
She really loved helping Mommy and it killed two birds....entertaining her and a load of laundry....DONE!
So now I have been finding lots of little simple chores for her to help with (like throwing stuff in the garbage, wiping her table down with a sponge, etc.)
I think this is the trick. I hope it helps because I feel your pain.