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please give me your indoor energy burning ideas

AgrippaRidesAgainAgrippaRidesAgain member
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Because DS is going insane and it is only mid-November. DD can't walk yet and still eats mulch, so we don't get to playgrounds that often except on really nice days when she won't get cold or wet. He doesn't like going to them when there are other kids around, so that limits our time at them as well. Yesterday, we spent two hours at the rec center and he ran around the entire time, but he was still out of control by dinnertime. It is like he has energy bursting out everywhere and he just can't even focus to listen to us. We signed him up for a kids fun run and were running with him every day and that helped some, but the run was at the end of October. We aren't going to be able to do that in the winter.
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Re: please give me your indoor energy burning ideas

  • omurrayomurray
    Just the other day I used painters tape to make a hop scotch board on our tile floor.  DS liked it and it helped him burn off some energy.
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  • KathrynMDKathrynMD member

    part time PS?

    They go out 2x a day every day its above 35 @ DD's preschool.  The kids don't care about the cold. 

    on the weekend, we go to the mall play area, chik fila or even Chuck E. Cheese if needed.

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  • Jen&LenJen&Len

    We blast the music and have a dance party, or I'll just chase him around the house.  Burns calories for me too!

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  • shellybird101shellybird101

    Maybe a Jump-o-lene or bike in the basement.  image

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  • lovely40lovely40 member

    We do dance parties and chasing games too. :) Also leap frog, or follow the leader. Which DD combined in her head to "froggy the leader."

    DD's favorite is when I make up an obstacle course for her. It's usually pretty simple. Jump over something, crawl through something, run around something, grab a specific object and run back to the starting line. She will do this over and over and over again and loves when I do it with her too. :)

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  • KathrynMDKathrynMD member
    ditto the obstacle course.
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  • AgrippaRidesAgainAgrippaRidesAgain member
    Thanks!  Yes, he goes to preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and they go get playground time, but honestly, I think those days he has more energy at the end of the night than days that he's home. 
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  • KL777KL777 member

    DS and I often play police car/school bus/and car on the kitchen floor.  We take these vehicles to the "mall", "library", "home", "Chuck E. Cheese", the "car wash", etc.  We're roaming all over the floor as he comes up with these creative scenarios :-)

    I don't know how much energy he's burnin' up but I'm sure burning up alot! LOL

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  • bklynbrideceshbklynbridecesh member
    Is your LO getting enough sleep/naps?  This was the key for us.  We find that DD is bouncing off the walls and behaving like the exorcist on days she does not nap.  She starting being difficult with napping at 3.5 and now since she is 4 and in preschool, rarely naps and you really can tell the difference.  Ironically, when they don't sleep enough you would think they would be lethargic, but it's quite the opposite.  Regardless, we try to go outside no matter what the weather, and bundle up.  Even in the rain, DD puts on her full rainsuit and boots and we send her outside to jump in the puddles.
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  • AgrippaRidesAgainAgrippaRidesAgain member

    imagebklynbridecesh:
    Is your LO getting enough sleep/naps?  This was the key for us.  We find that DD is bouncing off the walls and behaving like the exorcist on days she does not nap.  She starting being difficult with napping at 3.5 and now since she is 4 and in preschool, rarely naps and you really can tell the difference.  Ironically, when they don't sleep enough you would think they would be lethargic, but it's quite the opposite.  Regardless, we try to go outside no matter what the weather, and bundle up.  Even in the rain, DD puts on her full rainsuit and boots and we send her outside to jump in the puddles.

    DS has always gotten hyper when overtired, even as a baby, but this is different.  He hasn't napped consistently since he was a little over 2.5, but last winter wasn't nearly as bad as things are right now. 

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  • ChubbyCheekiesMomChubbyCheekiesMom
    We have an XBOX 360 and a Kinect so we play the adventure game and a sports game on it daily.  He works so hard at it that by 30 minutes he wants to sit and relax.  Works great for me as well because I burn calories along side helping him have fun!  Obviously if you don't have the xbox than it might be too spendy for you, but for us it helps.  Especially when there is a foot of snow outside!
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