To feel the weather is actually now making me a terrible parent

Yeah, planned playground picnic yesterday was called off and I spent yet more money at soft play 😩 today there is a local street party with a bouncy castle and yep…..🌧️

STILL, jolly hockey sticks and puddle suits 🙄🙄 life is what you make it and all that….(in other words… f**k off 😂)

I’ve come back to this thread after a week or so as ITS STILL RAINING 🌧

I live in what is normally a dry part of the UK. Only this last few weeks have we been able to go and play in the park and grass as it was too muddy. We haven't been able to visit for months. I normally walk to play groups but I have had to miss a couple as I would have been absolutely drenched getting there. This week is rain on and off. I can't afford soft play all the time.

This weather is not normal.

Yeah its awful isn't it.... apparently its similar in Northern France / Belgium as well ? Where is summer ? Will we have to adapt and accept this is summer with climate change getting worse ? Why are many indoor activities soooo expensive particularly the older they get? I hear you OP..you are not alone !

I feel the same. Every single day that I’m not working it pisses down and a lot of indoor activities (bowling, cinema) aren’t suitable for my ND child. Staying in the house is not suitable for any of my children. And my moods are very linked to the weather - endless grey and rain just drains me of energy. This weather is terrible for May / June and I’m fed up!

I want to emigrate! I’m sick of it! I couldn’t stay home all day with mine but it just means everything is stupidly expensive!

Yep! Glad you managed to arrive at your destination safely

I have just had a horrific 100 mile drive down the A1 in torrential rain.
Visibility was awful, I aquaplaned across several small lakes large puddles and the spray from the lorries was scary.

I am a competent and confident driver but I felt anything but confident today.

Fortunately all the drivers were being sensible and slowed right down, but it was a very unpleasant experience.

I would have been no better off had I been wearing "the right clothes".

Too much rain is unpleasant for most of us and downright dangerous sometimes.

I give up! You can’t reason with these types. You do you Pollyanna!

(FYI def not miserable or pessimistic just would like to enjoy being outside IN SPRING AND SUMMER without wellies and a fucking pac a mac)

THIS!!

NO-ONE can argue with this!

I was only thinking today that I really feel sorry for parents, in this hideous weather, as I was walking through town and noticing bedraggled wet families. It's just not fair, the weather we're having. Hoping for a change in it, anyway.

It's rained again all bloody day. If netball gets rained off again tomorrow for the second week I won't be happy

I don’t think anyone is, but it is nearly June. It is fairly normal to spend a lot of time outside at this time of year without needing half the stock of Muddy Puddles.

The next person implying on a sunny day they're down the beach with blissful kids and don't step foot indoors from dawn to dusk needs a serious memory assessment as they're looking with rose tinted glasses 🤦‍♀️

The next person who shows up chirping about waterproofs and puddles deserves to be trapped inside their house by a giant puddlesuit.

Also it's completely fine to watch a bit more tv on a particularly bad weather day
it's not the devil incarnate and a bit of boredom does kids no harm either

for more actual practical advice try 5min mum they have lots of activities for kids that take 5min to set up

consider some as hoc childcare to have a break or rhyme time or story time at a local library perhaps

buddy up with another like minded mum with similar age kids and let them play together perhaps

if you have the space consider
indoor stepping stones and playing floor is lava things like that are good
you can get Montessori style balancing beams which kids love too
indoor obstacle race etc if you have the space (you can even move furniture out the way )
balloon bop or those spinners that look like sycamore seeds are fun and indoor friendly
get reusable stickers and let them
loose on the patio doors - mine did this for hours !
you can also do some pretty cool experiments with random kitchen stuff which yes only maybe occupy 45min or an hour but it's focus time with mum and I find the kids are then happier to do independent play after

with tiny toddlers honestly they actually love mundane helping tasks like loading dishes and washing
or helping with a Tesco shop so don't underestimate those things and think it all has to be a laugh a riot to make them happy

most after school care programs offer holiday clubs who do sports and term time there are usually lots of baby groups in urban areas

I think what people forget with their enthusiastic suggestions of toddler groups and ‘arts and crafts’, is that they fill approximately 1 hour out of 12.

Whereas good weather means you can stay put in the park, walk, beach, garden, woods, picnic etc as long as you want

Ok then stay indoors and be miserable 🫣

my kids have never complained about a rainy day as we have the right clothes and they are used to it
puddle jumping
duck feeding
even a theme park is fine in the rain

my nieces also give no shits about the rain

you can drink any warm drink you like - or no drink I prefer Horlicks to hot chocolate

maybe we have a scandivian attitude to it all

the rain has upset me due to the lack of outdoor washing not outdoor activities for kids

it gets to a point where if you choose to let the weather ruin your life that's on you not the weather!

I don’t live in a big house, I’m a single parent of two ND kids but life is what you make it! If you want to be pessimistic and miserable them go ahead and dwell in your pit of sorrow. I choose not to!

@Kathryn1983

oh and d) some kids do care about the weather. Some don’t like being out in rain. Kids have differences and personal preferences just like adults.

@Kathryn1983

Nah! Because…

a) I’m sure op already has waterproof gear. Even with waterproofs, it’s still unpleasant when it’s the kind of pissy rain it has been.

b) what’s so amazing about an empty park or beach. I’d rather have nice weather and have lots of people about.

c) not everyone likes hot chocolate, some people think it’s rank. I would also think that even if you do like you’d be sick to death of it by now given how much shite weather we’ve had this year.

Invest in some waterproofs and get outside!
we can't control the weather and children don't care about the rain. Plus bonus - play grounds and the beach are often empty 🤣
just have a warm indoor activity and hot chocolate ready for when you get home and you'll be grand

True

Tho this was posted last week

When this thread was created it wasn't half term however

@Hesma

all those things are shit especially if you’ve done them time and time again which most people have due to how shit the weather has been for months now.

oh and people are allowed to feel sorry for themselves! This weather is shite! It should be sunny and warm now!