Anyone ever been on bedrest with a toddler?

ANA6

DD is almost 3yrs old, I just got put on bedrest last night. I am not sure how to handle this since DD is not in school and family is almost 2 hours away. Anyone have experience with this?

acaudill75

I didn't have DD1 at home with me while I was on bedrest, but I can tell you that bedrest means bedrest. Maybe you can have someone come and help you during the day. I know that if I did even a little, like bathing DD, I would start having mild contractions, so DH had to do everything for almost five weeks. Luckily, she was in DC at the time, but if you can afford to, maybe have a sitter come until you are ready to deliver, or maybe have a family member come stay.

MeNV

I was on bedrest with a two year old. It was hard. He is incredibly active and really didn't understand why I was suddenly unable to pick him up whenever he wanted. I'm lucky that he loves to read so we spent many hours on the couch with a basket full of books. We did blocks/legos/playdoh/coloring on the coffee table. Also tv. We watched a friggen lot of tv. 

Basically we just tried to survive during the day until my husband came home. I was very blessed that my mom was able to help out quite a bit. I can't imagine how stressed you must be right now. You can do it! 

bellybaby

Been there. Have your husband leave a stack of things for your child to do in your reach...play doh, coloring, crafts, etc. Take them out one by one and play them from the couch letting your child climb up to help. You'd be surprised how independent they are, and ur lucky your child can walk and understand commands. My child was 16 months....

ANA6

Thanks, she is pretty active and independant. I'm just trying to get DH now to take it serious.

JillAly

Tell your husband this story! At 28 weeks, I was told to take it easy and do modified rest. DH didn't change his routine and I ended up still doing a lot of stuff for ds and around the house. At 32 weeks, my conditioned worsened because I wasn't resting. I ended up in the hositpal until dd was born at 36 1/2 weeks. That was a month of hospital bedrest. A month where dh was taking care of ds every single waking minute ds wasn't in daycare. I saw how exhausted dh was and how hard it was for him. DS was 2 years, 9 months at the time - so just about the same age as your dd. My dh said if he knew that would happen, he would have done more earier in the pregnancy so I didn't get worse and end up in the hospital. Duh- yes- THAT is what got through to him. Bedrest means bedrest. It's not a vacation! The last week of my pregnancy we ended up hiring a babysitter for a few hours on the weekend to give dh a break. It was something that really helped him mentally. It cost some money but it was really worth it.

audbeach

We have been going through this for about 3 weeks now.  DD will be 3 in April, and luckily she is a very independent child.  She is able to do most things on her own as far as getting in and out of the car, etc.  I'm not on super strict bedrest, so I'm able to make her food and other things like that as long as I'm not standing too long.  The biggest issue in the beginning was not being able to pick her up.  It was an adjustment for both of us, but we just told her that Mommy can't stand and pick her up but we can sit and cuddle on the couch.