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Your day with young Toddler?
Hey Ladies, I have a 15 month old wonderful little boy. I was just wondering what you gusy do with your young toddlers all day, like what is your schedule? How much do you play/read with your child and how much do you let them play by themselves?
Can you walk me through your whole day?
Do you let them watch tv? Or do you have the TV on at least for sound, Do you play Music? Do you do crafts, or anything with child other then run errands and such?
Sorry for all the questions, but I feel like I am not doing enough with him or something, maybe it is just cause the weather is crapy so we seem to be stuck in the house more and I am getting board so I feel like maybe he is too. Just looking to see whatelse I can do. Thanks.
~Jenn~
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Re: Your day with young Toddler?
Every morning we go out and do some type of activity (a class, the gym, the Children's Museum, etc.). After his nap is when we stay around the house and play (unless we have errands to run). We do art a lot - nothing exciting, just drawing and painting. He has an easel that is always set up with paper and crayons and he will sometimes tell me what to draw. He also loves painting at the table.
Other than that, he just plays with whatever interests him...sometimes I bring out things like rice and beans/other sensory things for him to play with. He "helps" me cook dinner - I bring in his play kitchen so he can "cook" with me, or else have him stand on a chair and help (tonight he handed me mushrooms one at a time while I sliced them). We always have music on (kids music and my music). He brings me books to read, etc.
I try not to have him watch a lot of TV. The only show he watches is "Jack's Big Music Show". He watches an episode every few days.
In the summer we are at the park all day - it is hard finding things to do in the winter!
I may not be much help...my son likes to sleep but I will share our day anyway.
Between 10 and noon we wake up (he goes to bed at 9pm and sleeps the whole time). We eat breakfast/lunch together shortly after waking. We have the TV on all day but I don't know that he actually watches it---unless it is a upbeat commercial. He plays in our bedroom which is where the TV is so I usually watch TV while he plays because for the most part he likes to play alone. He will bring me a book if he wants me to read it and we will play with his cars for a few hours. Around 3 he will have a snack and then take a nap until about 5 or 6 depending on when Daddy gets home. Then we eat dinner and he will sit with me at the computer and play with Daddy some. Then bed at 9 (although he usually doesn't fall asleep until 10). I don't have a vehicle (hubby needs it for work) during the day so we stay in doors mostly, but sometimes we will go for a walk if it is nice.
BTW my son will be 16 months on the 11th.
DD is 13 months.
She wakes up around 7:30am; I nurse her, change her, then get myself ready for the day. Most days I do laundry in the morning, so I get that together while she plays in our bedroom, then I throw a load in before I start my workout. We have a gym in our basement, and DD plays in her playpen and has some Cheerios while I work out. Around 9:30am, she's ready for breakfast. Afterwards, we play together until it's naptime around 11:00am. During her nap, I shower if we're going out afterwards, or I work on the computer or do some housework, but sometimes I just relax and read the paper. She wakes up around 12:00-12:30pm and nurses again. I usually run my errands after her nap; if I try to do it beforehand, she often falls asleep in the car but it's not long enough for her to get a good nap. If we're home, we play some more, or I do housework or small projects (organizing photos, etc.) while she plays nearby. We take breaks for lunch (2:00pm) and a snack (4:00pm), then go back to doing whatever we were doing. She eats dinner at 6:30pm, then DH takes over and plays with her until it's time for her bath at 7:30pm. She's usually in bed by 8:00pm.
When we play, we usually play with her toys or chase each other around the house. If it's nice enough, we play outside or take rides in her new wagon. (She loves being outside!) We've done a couple playdates with friends' toddlers, and I keep meaning to try to set up a regular playdate because I know DD loves playing with other kids. Still, she's great about playing by herself (for short periods, at least) and gets to play with her grandmoms twice a week, which is tons of fun for her.