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October 2011 Moms
ababymaybe
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If you SAH...
ababymaybe
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Do you have a hard time staying busy? I feel horrible saying this but lately I am going kind of stir crazy. I try to make sure we do one baby activity a day but I am still having a hard time filling up the rest of our time. Again, I feel awful because I love DS but sometimes I am kind of bored. I really am trying to make sure we do enough. Is this normal or a sign that I am just not cut out to SAH? I always thought I wante to.... Now I am thinking of going back to school next fall.
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Most days I feel like there are not enough hours in the day, especially with C's birthday on Saturday. However, some days I feel the way you do. On days like that, I like to take C on a walk, go to the library, do an art project, or just have him crawl around outside. I don't think that there is a 'normal'. You could always go to school part-time.
Yes this. Natalie's party is the 13th but we have a wedding to go to Saturday and have just been swamped with busy lately. I agree that getting out really helps. The library is awesome. Sometimes I just go to Walmart and walk around browsing clearance baby clothes or whatever. We go to the park a lot too. I live in a small area so there really isn't a lot to do but getting out anywhere helps.
If you need something for YOU then that's one thing. By all means, start school again. But if its just guilt because you feel compelled to fill every hour of the day with activities and learning, then don't. Kids learn so much from independent play too. So even if you aren't interacting with them every second, they are still learning.
This. We have a lot of friends with kids and most SAH so we go together, but during the fall its a little harder because when we are well, our friends kids are sick....and when they are well, we are sick. So it makes it harder to meet up.
I feel like there is no time to get things done around the house. When E is awake, she demands my full attention. So during her sleep times, I run around like a madwoman to try to get things done.
As far as when she is awake, yes, I get bored sometimes. Trying to entertain a 1 year old is hard work. We listen to her Kindermusik cds and dance around, go for walks to the park, play in the dirt in the backyard, read books, play with her little kitchen.
When I get stir crazy, we go to Storytime at the library or invite some friends over for a playdate. Sometimes we go to Barnes and Noble in the kids section. She can spend a good hour in there running around.
But between trying to put her down and trying to fix her meals & snacks, I feel like we only have 2-3 good chunks of playtime each day.
I'm not completely a SAHM, but I only work 8 hours a week (4 hours/2days).. so for most of the week I am a SAHM.
I don't consider our schedule to be very "busy".. but I agree that the word busy could be subjective (or is it objective? Gr, I should've paid more attention in school)
Most days, we will read a few books.. watch a couple Sesame Street songs on youtube.. and play with her toys/crawl around. She isn't walking yet, so she likes to hold my hands and "walk" around the house. She also likes to dance in the mirror to music.
She loves looking at old family pictures, too.. she literally has sat on the bed looking through them for 20-30 minutes before! It's a lifesaver especially if I"m exhausted.
If it's nice enough outside, we will go for a walk. I have yet to bring her to the library, but I know she will love that so hopefully we can get there soon. We are trying to save money so going out to the stores is not a good idea because I'd probably buy more than I can afford lol
There's always plenty to do at home, but I think getting out is good for both of us.
We haven't tried story time yet and ill be honest.. I'm scared too. He is so so active and even when I read, he wants to walk aroun and ends up grabbing the book. He does have two cousins his age so he usually sees one of day every day for play time.
We spend a lot of time outside and then even doing all my cleaning and cooking, he loves. He's the best helping with the laundry and dishes, haha!
We have a schedule.
Every morning we get up and we go walking or running after breakfast, etc. We're back by about 9 and then most days C takes a nap around 10. Then we do something midday and are back for afternoon nap.
Our weekly schedule looks like this:
Monday playgroup with our mom's group
Tuesday, Wednesday - free
Thursday - lunch with 1pm storytime at the library
Friday - Kindermusik at 11.
It helps to have structured things 3 out of 5 days a week that are guaranteed ways to get out of the house. It leaves two days a week for the grocery store, Target, a lot of unscheduled play, and impromptu plans like the zoo, which we did yesterday.
This, except I am from a small town, so I don't have the option of going to classes or even a Barnes and Noble. We do what we can with what we have; during nice days we go on a walk/run, we go to the park, we visit friends if we can, etc. If it isn't that nice outside, we dance, play with her toys, or whatever necessary to keep her preoccupied. She also demands my full attention.