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

It’s half term. Most toddler / baby groups aren’t running.

Agree wet weather and small kids isn't nice

But I found it worse staying in

So waterproofs buggy /car and go to thr library or mother and toddler. Most churches run them so find out which so what days

Least at 16mths should sleep 1-3 so some peace for you after lunch

MN is a bit strange about wet weather. It’s like acknowledging that ‘yeah, it’s a bit shit isn’t it!’ will bring down biblical wrath upon us.

Mine are booked into a role play centre this afternoon but the morning has consisted of Peppa pig

Oh please. The amount of days we’ve had (today is miserable too!) that are wet, there’s no amount of jolly hockeysticks that are going to make indoor activities particularly appealing or exciting at this point. It’s nothing to do with attitude, it’s been relentless and there’s nothing wrong with wanting a few dry days consecutively to enjoy being outside. We don’t all live in nice big houses or have toddlers that are particularly interested in ‘arts and crafts’ either. Last time I checked the day was quite a few hours long, these kind of activities fill 15 minutes at best if your children are very young. I’ve just read an article about this possibly turning into the wettest summer on record, puddlesuit wankers can do one.

Arts and crafts, play in the bath, tog up and go outside to jump in puddles, invite a friend over with a little one for company. It is what it is but you attitude makes a huge difference. Try to stop feeling so sorry for yourself

We are North West and have had about half a dozen genuinely nice spring days so far this year.

It's pretty much been grey, cold and miserable since July last year.

It does get one down.

I saw a headline on a newspaper yesterday stating that we have had the worst spring for 200 years.

Anyone saying that they have had lovely weather must live in a very localised micro climate, and I want to move there.

Ynbu. I hate the weather we’ve been having too. Everything is much easier if it’s sunny and warm, well I’ll even take grey but dry.
I agree with going to baby groups and still go out even if it’s raining but it sucks and I moan a lot about the rain. I have to walk the dog at least twice a day so we’re forced out, that passes some time.
My youngest is 6 months and I do baby groups when the oldest is at pre school. I also meet up with other mums in each others houses and that keeps me sane. I could not just stay in the house all day.
When the oldest isn’t at pre school and it’s awful weather we still go to the play park or we might do a toddler group at the library or go to soft play. I make sure we have at least one activity out of the house a day, ideally one in the morning and one in the afternoon though.
We had great weather on Saturday and we were outside for most of it, it makes such a difference to everyone’s mood.

Assuming that the OP lives where they haven't closed local libraries or there are plentiful museums.

It's always the same on these threads where city dwellers are oblivious of the fact that not everyone has the same local amenities or public transport options as they do.

take them to local library, museums, things of interest. I live in Edinburgh but usually there is something local.

Today is nice here, and no rain forecast for the next 7 days other than slight chance on Sunday

It's definitely not been nice the last couple of weeks
There were 2 days exactly where I am as I sat in the garden for both of them
Netball was cancelled Wednesday due to an amber rain warning, it poured down yesterday and today it's raining yet again

Tomorrow looks nice so far....

Today is nice here. Before that there was torrential rain with a 2 day break for sun

I remember those days well... 16 months old is at least too young to complain they're bored! I used to take my toddlers to a garden centre that had an indoor section and a cafe, the library, friends' houses with an invite back, etc. Also in some areas you might find things like specialist animal centres that have open days. Not too far from me there's a huge bird, fish and reptile pet shop. That used to take up a whole afternoon.

and the last couple of weeks have been hot and sunny around here and most of the country

No it hasn't.

Are you even in the UK?

It is late May. It hasn’t ‘been winter’ for quite some time. The rain has been frequent and prolonged in much of the country for many months, outside of seasonal expectations. Go and do some research on the net office website if you don’t believe me.

Can you ask friends round and let the kids play even if only to tire him out a bit? It's relentless at that age but hopefully still has a nap.
How about a swim? Takes ages when counting the actually getting ready bit !

My children aren’t happy in the driving rain. It doesn’t matter how much hot chocolate and appropriate clothes and cheery attitude I have. You can’t use play park equipment in wellies. The last 18 months have been the wettest on record in our area.

You do realise it’s been winter? It’s meant to be weather like that, then it’s April showers and the last couple of weeks have been hot and sunny around here and most of the country if the news is anything to go by. caught the sun a little too much at the weekend watching the kids play football. The point the OP is making is that she feels a bad mum because she is staying in not doing anything. The response is to ignore the weather and go out and do something anyway the children don’t care. It’s not rocket science.

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Ok so when " funds are low" you could afford petrol to do long drives to ikea or follow random cars?

And a " cheap" train journey. In the UK? Not seen on of those for years. Take half hour ride from my house and looking at £ 60 return for a adult and 2 kids

Not balanced evenly though Far more rain than normal

We did similar, as well as the train station (platforms were undercover and we could train spot) the airport (plane spotting and a coffee/ babycino) and pensioners’ coffee mornings (there were always enough of that generation who really enjoyed spending time with a little one - it was a novelty).

Our area has a dearth of children’s groups.

He also spent a lot of time in the bath at that age. Coloured water, bubbles and - this kept him occupied for ages - Duplo in the bath. We had a lot of Duplo vehicles, too.

A friend in a city used to buy a rover ticket for the bus.

It is so much harder when it rains, though, and needs far more planning and clean up. It also really depends on where you live - visiting grandparents in a seaside town was always horrible in the rain, you needed a car to get anywhere like the above - and it’s always a strong, driving rain there. Even when it does dry up the ground stays sodden for another couple of days.

YABU. Our reservoirs are full and our farmers need it to stop raining just now. The fields are waterlogged and they are massively behind with their planting. Food prices are going to rocket this year as this wet weather had affected parts of northern France and Germany as well.

I know perfectly well that Spain and other Mediterranean countries have been short of rain but this thread is about the UK.

er, apparently the 18 months leading up to now have been the fourth wettest on U.K. record. It hasn’t been ‘nicely balanced’ in most parts of the country. Yep, we know we need rain. There is such a thing as too much though, even for plants and farmers. I don’t blame anyone for complaining about it.

Yabu, we need rain and sun, there.will be lovely days and rainy days, so far.i think it has been nicely balanced with a mix of warm days,.mixed days and yes some rainy days.

The rain fills our reservoirs, waters.our gardens and the farmers crops - look at parts of Spain that have been in drought for 3 years- the countryside is dying there .