My childminder is on holiday and I've broken a bone in my foot. I don't have any additional adult help I can call on. Epic timing!!
We usually head out during the day to a playground, a playgroup, friends house, soft play etc, but this week I don't have a vehicle and the bus service here is shockingly unreliable so I'm loath to hobble 20 minutes to the bus stop just for it to not turn up. The train is better but it's a 35 minute walk to the station and it's meant to be chucking it down all day. I do not have a buggy.
We've got a bit of colouring we can do...been saving a new colouring sheet for an emergency and think this is the moment! Also we'll sit and read together for a little while so I can elevate my foot, but usually if I sit down she wants to be clambering all over me and this has been quite painful as she's not very aware so will bump and knock my leg quite a bit. So trying to think of some other bits we can do which might entertain her.
Have this fab book called '5 minute mum' but previously have done a multitude of activities from it and I look at the clock to realise it's only been an hour and a half 😂 and I'm left exhausted from doing 10+ activities! My oldest will at least want to do the activities for a little while so it's worth the effort, but the little one still has a very short attention span. It doesn't matter how much I try to stick with the current activity, she's done.
We don't have a TV. She's dropped all her naps. I think this is the first time I've actually felt anxious about parenting. I'm usually super confident and get on with it, but right now I'm stuck trying imagine what we're going to do for the day, let alone Thursday as well. Friday I reckon I can team up with some friends as quite a few of them are off work on Fridays. It'll be alright when big brother is home, the evening seems to fly by when there's two of them. They entertain each other and me!
Any ideas? Or just some words of strength and positivity. I'm getting myself into a worry!!