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AmyJoy728

We only do play mat during the day, and jumperoo before bed. I have them do tummy time, practice sitting, sit in my lap, lay in boppy playing with toys..

eav2c

Same stuff different day. He only stays content for about 5 minutes too. Blah!

ChelseyB5186

Haha absolutely!  Between that and trying to get him to nap-- that's my entire day!

llizzyb

I work outside the home two days a week, so I'm a part time SAHM

DS and I run a lot of errands during his awake time. He gets bored quickly at home. His happiest awake time is between his morning wake up and his first nap, and that's when I get things done at home. During the other awake times, I find places to go (cleaners, pharmacy, grocery store, etc.) 

But yes, he gets moved from babyholder to babyholder a lot! I put him in the bouncer in our room if I'm getting ready, he goes in the exersaucer in the kitchen, rolls around the floor in the living room on the rug with his toys, etc. 

JoJoH23

Yep, this exactly. I love him and being a mom and being able to stay with him, but it's ridiculous how boring it can be. I swear sometimes he's relieved when my husband gets home so he has another face to look at other than mine alllllll day. We try to take a walk a day, but some days it's just too hot so we can't. Same with the books, he doesn't really care. I'm very much looking forward to when he can play a little more independently, and will start to really get a kick out of his toys. For now it's crib mobile, to jumperoo, to playmat, to lap rinse repeat

GAPeach68

Ross moves from what I call station to station throughout the day. Once he's been to a station, he doesn't want to do it again. By the time DH gets home, he only wants to be held.  He hates his car seat so getting out isn't a good option either.

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imimahoney

We have a bit of a routine going which is nice. 

He wakes, plays on the mat and then has a bottle. He's up for about an hour and gets jumperoo time while I eat my bfast.

He naps then sits in his rnp in the bathroom while I shower. We then usually take a walk for about an hour. 

That's pretty much the morning... in the afternoon he has more mat time, we read books and he hopefully naps. A lot of the time he ends up on my lap and I sing to him. 

On Friday's we have a mommy and baby class which I love. I then go out to lunch with the other mommies and schedule playdates for the rest of the week. We usually all get together on Tuesdays as well.

Are there any local groups you could join or classes you could take?  

lauranicole91

I am a part time SAHM. I'm home with her while DH goes to work. I definitely understand this feeling. The only thing I do different is I take her to a mommy met up twice a week where she can interact with other babies and adults. It's great. Also we recently added parks to the equation because she now fits in the baby swing.

jrichards1

Exactly the same here.  I feel like I clock watch a lot of the day, counting down the hours until DH comes home.  I feel really guilty about getting excited when LO goes down for her naps.  I try to run errands with her, but a lot of the time it's more of a stressor than it's worth.  I try to alternate Lyla playtime with Mommy time.  So I focus entirely on her for a while, letting her play with all of her toys and moving her from station to station.  Then I'll put her in her bouncy seat or bumbo and let her watch me do something around the house for as long as she'll last (e.g. wash bottles, do my hair, etc.).  I have to confess that for a half an hour I let her lay next to me in bed and we watch TV.  I think of it as "quiet time".  Haha.  Her Dr. said just watching me do stuff around the house is stimulating to her.  I wish we could go for more walks, but it's still warm out and there are damn mosquitos everywhere eating us up!

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imimahoney

CPhillz:

imimahoney:

We have a bit of a routine going which is nice. 

He wakes, plays on the mat and then has a bottle. He's up for about an hour and gets jumperoo time while I eat my bfast.

He naps then sits in his rnp in the bathroom while I shower. We then usually take a walk for about an hour. 

That's pretty much the morning... in the afternoon he has more mat time, we read books and he hopefully naps. A lot of the time he ends up on my lap and I sing to him. 

On Friday's we have a mommy and baby class which I love. I then go out to lunch with the other mommies and schedule playdates for the rest of the week. We usually all get together on Tuesdays as well.

Are there any local groups you could join or classes you could take?  

Jealous! I've looked around the area for Mom groups (even DH helped me look!) but there weren't any! But I did join two different 'mom groups' on FB for my area. But idk. All of the girls on there are already like BFF's and most of their kids are older, so they're going to bounce houses and stuff that DS wouldn't be able to do. I should just suck it up and put myself out there, but its hard breaking into an already established group of friends. I wouldn't mind doing a swim class with Camden when he's old enough. Maybe I should look into that... 

I found mine through a local parenting store.. anything like that near you? You could also check YMCA's or gyms. Sometimes they have mommy and baby exercise/ yoga classes which is just more for the mom to meet other moms than for real exercise.  

ETA: I also had a hard time "putting myself out there" and joining pre-existing groups. I joined a Moms Club on meetup.com and have gone to a few events which was fun. I'm pretty shy but being home is so isolating and lonely at times I just had to put myself out there.  

Ximena M

You summed up my day.  Sometimes I feel like Pilar would be better off at DC. 

CPhillz

jrichards1:

Exactly the same here.  I feel like I clock watch a lot of the day, counting down the hours until DH comes home.  I feel really guilty about getting excited when LO goes down for her naps.  I try to run errands with her, but a lot of the time it's more of a stressor than it's worth.  I try to alternate Lyla playtime with Mommy time.  So I focus entirely on her for a while, letting her play with all of her toys and moving her from station to station.  Then I'll put her in her bouncy seat or bumbo and let her watch me do something around the house for as long as she'll last (e.g. wash bottles, do my hair, etc.).  I have to confess that for a half an hour I let her lay next to me in bed and we watch TV.  I think of it as "quiet time".  Haha.  Her Dr. said just watching me do stuff around the house is stimulating to her.  I wish we could go for more walks, but it's still warm out and there are damn mosquitos everywhere eating us up!

I have noticed that. When I actually DO make dinner (its rare! haha) he loves to watch me do it. He would just watch me take a poop and it would be entertaining to him. I just feel like the exersaucer, that has puzzles and toys, is better for him because he's at least learning some kind of skill when playing in it, but then I feel bad that he's been in it about a hundred times in one day! haha. When DH gets home, Cam sits on the couch with us and watches TV. LOL.  

CPhillz

Ximena M:

You summed up my day.  Sometimes I feel like Pilar would be better off at DC. 

Mmmm, no. They do the same things too! Having 4 or more babies equals rotating babies to different stations! But then again, they are forced to do 'activities' like painting with them. (I always hated that. Such a mess!)  At least when we are home with them, they are getting 1-on-1 attention!

Ruby412

I am totally in the same boat! Kinda like, uhm, what now? I think it's a lot about having only one baby. An older child would probably have the baby and I out and about more.

Here is our typical day:

Wake, change, eat

Sit in RnP while I get ready, watches seahorse, looks at fan, etc.

Tummy Time on playmat

Swing to wind down for a.m. nap

(Awake time 1:30) --> Nap

Wake, change, eat

Go out! This is when we try to get out every day for errands, lunch dates, etc. I break up my errands to have something every day. If we have nothing to do, we walk around the mall or Target or check out the Kids Consignment shop to see what came in.

(Awake time ~ 1:45) --> Nap

Wake, change, eat

Play downstairs in jumparoo, playmat, gym, etc. I make phone calls and walk around with her in my arms. We go for a walk, etc.

Swing to wind down for nap

(Awake time ~ 1:45) --> Nap

H gets off work and takes over some of the playing/watching while I make dinner.

Sometimes a cat nap.

7:30ish - Bedtime routine begins

Okay, you totally didn't ask for my schedule, but I guess I felt like typing it out! Bottom line is that we are all in kinda of a sometimes boring routine. I try to remind myself it's better than going to work and to appreciate every minute with my sweet girl. We start a music class in 2 weeks and I'm looking into Gymboree, too, for more things to do. I'd love to connect with some other local SAHMs, but I can't seem to figure out how yet!

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ADub09

We go out at least once a day. Three days a week we go to bootcamp. We go to a class every Wed. and at least one dog walk a day

jrichards1

Forgot to mention that we're starting Stroller Strides tomorrow.  I didn't want to start any earlier than 4 months because she couldn't sit "big girl" style in her stroller yet.  Also, The Little Gym has Mommy and Me 4-10 month old gymnastics classes that we are starting next week.  We're in the "Bugs" class.  How cute is that?  She can't even roll over yet, but at least we're getting out of the house and she will be exercising some how.  Also, Meetup.com is a good resource for finding local play groups.   

to pp about walking around Target!   

FusionLMT

enjoy it! I miss the days of being able to be a bum around the house.  Now we are in go-go-go mode with the toddler, so Anna just gets carted around to everything.

devotchka81

CPhillz:

Does anyone else feel like they just move LO to different toys/centers all day long? I feel like everyday is the same. He plays on the floor. Then the exersaucer. Then the jumperoo. Then sitting and playing on the floor. On my lap. Then back in the exersaucer. Jumperoo. Floor. AHHHH. I feel like all I do is move him from one 'station' to the next all day long. We dont have a yard anymore, so I can't really take him outside to play without hauling the stroller down the stairs and frankly, I don't really want to do that because its hardly worth it. He falls asleep in the thing and so he's not getting anything out the walk anyway.  We read books sometimes, but he's 4 months old so he really doesn't care. What else do you do with your babies all day long? 

I am a p/t SAHM and yes, sometimes the routine gets old. I take LO for walks in the Ergo and wearing him is really nice. We don't have a lot of places to walk to around here (part of why I want to move in Nov when our lease is up) but I walk up the hill to the next community and they have a little park, and then down the hill to the library or to a store in the shopping center across the st. He LOVES babywearing, esp in the Ergo so it's a nice break. Plus, I can get lunch or a coffee or go to Ikea or the library, which can be fun. Sometimes I can sneak a nap in if I have the paci w/ me and he's tired enough. 

I feel like on the days I don't work it can get a little monotonous. Lately I've been trying to do more activities w/ him that involve face-to-face time like singing random songs (I use youtube), reading him books, etc. He loves that stuff. 

raynes

Oh yeah. I feel like I spend all day trying to get him to sleep, and then during the inbetweens he's usually on/in something.

I'm trying to sign us up for more things. Wednesday's we go to a Mom and New Baby meetup, starting in a few weeks we'll have Mother Goose [learning songs and nursery rhymes] on Mondays, we're on the lists for mom and baby fitness and yoga and I'm signing us up for swim classes to start at the end of the month.

TrudyCampbell

The biggest thing that helps me is to go out a lot. I try to meet up with other moms 3x a week, even if it's just for a walk around the park or something. If I don't have plans I'll just take my dogs and her out for an extra long walk. Having something to do really helps break up the routine. Otherwise all the days tend to blend together. 

starbound6

TrudyCampbell:

The biggest thing that helps me is to go out a lot. I try to meet up with other moms 3x a week, even if it's just for a walk around the park or something. If I don't have plans I'll just take my dogs and her out for an extra long walk. Having something to do really helps break up the routine. Otherwise all the days tend to blend together. 

I'm late to this but I agree with Trudy.. the days that DS1 is at preschool and it's just me and the baby, we try to get out some.  We run errands, do shopping, go on walks (even if he falls asleep).  It's much easier to entertain him when older bro is around!  There's so much action with a 3 year old that I don't have to do anything:)  Don't worry, you're doing a great job. 

JaimeG183

Yep same here... we call it the mommy show. it lasts about 2 hours then has to go on repeat.

We do something everyday- either a walk with our mom/baby friends, new moms group on thursdays, we did take sign language for a bit.

For the winter when the rain starts, I'm hoping to do swim lessons and gymboree and maybe more sign language and a storytime at the library. Also, some of the baby stores have music that will be good after 6 months