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hello ladies. i was wondering if all of you stay at home moms out there are feeling the same way i do right now. i live in pennsylvania so the weather has gotten cold and i used to take my daughter outside or to the park, but i cant do that anymore. i feel like i'm going to go nuts! i haven't been out of the house for about 4 days now. it doesnt really seem to bother her much. we play all day but i feel like we both need more!! i know it cant be fun for her to be cooped up in the same environment all day, everyday. and i KNOW its not fun for me! how do you ladies handle this situation??
~heather~ |
| Posted by Heather on 11/13/2007 11:50 AM
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| Maybe take her to your local library for story time. Does she like music if you have a CD player put on some fun music and dance. Fill some water bottles with rice or beans and make noise shakers. Color in coloring books, playdough with cookie cutters! Bake some cookies and have her frost and decorate them, great around the holidays! |
| posted by charise on 11/13/2007 01:04 PM
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| do you have family near by? sometimes just taking my kids to mom's dose it for me. or try finding mom and me groups. corse, that doesn't help me because we only have one car right now and hubby needs it for work. but my mom comes and gets me and kids about once a week. we going shopping, take the kids to parks or museum or other free places. and i know what you mean about the weather. i'm in washington, and it has not been above 48* in more than a week! |
| posted by lea on 11/13/2007 01:46 PM
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| We have similar weather here in OH, often dreary and cold now til April unfortunately. We started storytime at the library once a week. We shop one day a week. We go to Barnes and Noble to play at the Thomas table, look at books for free and Mom has a latte once a week. And one of my friends comes over or we go see her and her little one ever 2 or 3 weeks. My family lives 2 hrs away, so sometimes we'll just go for a drive there to visit for a change of pace. I made the mistake of staying home WAY too much with my son for the first several months. I was going stir crazy. I was so worried about illness, flu, etc, we didn't go anywhere. I got wiser when I realized how hard it was on us. I still avoid Playland at McDonalds, etc, but we have a lot more fun than we used to. I haven't had a lot of luck with local playgroups yet, but I'm still looking. If you attend, try yours or another church's SAHM group. Or find another SAHM through a friend, relative, and give her a call. Just having another person to visit makes it so much easier. Good luck! |
| posted by Courtney on 11/17/2007 01:43 AM
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Hi Heather, Ladies,
How are you doing this week?
Have you done anything different?
Have you had anyone come over for tea? It's definately a tea and cookie time of year. :) |
| posted by Tina on 12/06/2007 06:51 AM
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| Well ya know since its Christmas time now she's been helping my decorate the tree and put up the stockings. She's a wonderful helper. We also took a trip to the mall the other day and just walked around. I don't have any mom friends so unfortunately I can't get together for a play date. But my mother has come over a few days to play with her. We've also been reading alot more, which she loves. Her vocabulary has definitely expanded! Any more ideas be sure to send them my way! |
| posted by Heather on 12/06/2007 09:47 AM
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| Yes I do know how you feel.I finally got out of the house to go to the library yesterday.Felt good.We go every week;but the baby and I got sick and didnt get to go for 3 weeks.And as I was sharing her sleeping habits w everyone yesterday;that also runs me down.Along w the library my friend Carla makes me go to lunch w her because she knows what a recluse I am.We go to a cafeteria like setting so I dont have to worry about food for Lexi or if she gets fussy.And Carla has a special child;and doesnt get embarresed like some moms do if children cut up.Heather,This is probably gonna freal some of you out ,but the first day we moved into our new house the first of Nov.We got a storn of rain and we lost power.No electric to run the gas furnace.When it started getting cold I got into the van/ heated it up/got Lexi some toys/a sippee/me a few things and we stayed in that van until we got electric back.She loved it.It was like a playday for her lol.2 r 3 days after she kept wanting to do it again cause shed stand by the door w a few things lol.It was so cute.So lil things like that can be fun for them.A lil drive and you read and she run around the car and play.Or bring her a tape recorder for her a story and she color. |
| posted by Lexi on 12/06/2007 10:37 AM
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hey ladies,
just reading here and i have to tell you all, i live in california and even then i can stay home or wish i could stay home for days on end. i have three small kids and no help. my family is back east. so it is very difficult say to go to the store or whatever, and often times if the kids get loud in the car i have to go home. the traffic down here is nuts and i don't want to have an accident while disciplining my kids. so i think part of the choice we make to be with the kids is that there is going to be times which can be frustrating as heck and that is part of our price for not having to be separated from the kids for stretches at a time or deal with a tough boss or the stress of running our own business.
tongue in cheek here, we all pay our price don't we?
happy holidays
elaine |
| posted by on 12/09/2007 02:44 AM
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i understand what you're saying elaine and totally agree with that. but more or less it's not so much me who gets stir crazy, it''s my child. she seems to get bored easily and sometimes she just seems to do better in a change of scenery. i doesn't bother me that much to not get out of the house, but when you add an unhappy baby to that mix then it gets tough. i can totally understand why you would rather stay home. it's gotta be tough with 3 children. i can't even imagine. i do love your honesty :) i think every SAHM feels differently about their situation though depending on different circumstances.
Heather |
| posted by Heather on 12/09/2007 10:44 AM
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