I have been really looking forward to the summer and spending more time with my big kids - aged 6 and 4.
However, two weeks in I'm flagging. Days out are ok. Sunny days are fine. But rainy days they want to do things like hama beads, lego, sylvanian familes, painting... All things that the one year old crawls into and trashes (or stands by the table and pulls down). They are annoyed that I can't sit with them (because I'm in another room restraining a flailing, wailing baby who wants to play and won't be distracted). He's annoyed. I'm on the edge of tears.
Naps are short and hit and miss, so I can't structure the day like that.
Any wise words for things that will absorb the little one's attention for a few minutes? Maybe?
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How the hell do you keep a one year old out of the big kids' games?
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LibrariesGaveUsPower · 29/07/2015 21:48
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