What can I do with a 15 month old?

[NeverGotMyPuppy]

I'm seriously addicted to my phone and I feel like its impacting on my life. My NY resolution is to sort this - I'm going to start leaving it in a drawer and hopefully wean myself off it.

Alongside I want to do more meaningful things with my son. At the moment I take him to soft play the park, NT places, swimming. At home he plays with building blocks for a bit or saucepans but his attention span is v low - he usually just likes walking round the house or reading books - the walking round is where the phone comes in!

He hates it if he is being picked up and put down too much, changing nappies is like child torture and in and out of the pram isn't fun either...

Please give me some ideas to be a better mum.

Look at the Instagram account play.hooray, lots of fab ideas and inexpensive

Have no idea what is going on with the last 3 posts.

@iamNOTmagic do you manage to get anything done?! If I turn my back for one sec he has somehow found the 1 thing that isnt childproofed..!

@RosenKrantz123 excuse me?

@moreismore thanks! I'm not on Instagram - can I just see other people without having to do my own profile?

No idea tbh but there’s a website and fb page too

Ps you seem to have weird spammy posts on here which i’d Just ignore

Thanks!

I know! Suggesting taking him to an orphanage seems a bit harsh!

I would say getting out the house is best.

Go on bus with him
Park
Swimming
Walks
Try craft like painting
Play doh
Baking - he can roll mixture & cut shapes out

Pets at home/garden centre to look at animals

Library

Music - singing and dancing? Drawing?

I like to go out for an activity in the morning - playgroup/ library/ park/ soft-play then I don’t feel as bad about just pottering at home in the afternoons. Could you have podcasts/ the radio on in the background while you play so you’re not as on you’re phone?

Thanks everyone.
We go out a lot - swimming, a local farm, walks etc etc but he is still on 2 naps a day so sometimes the logistics defeat me. However we never have a day just indoors.

It's the indoor stuff I'm struggling with. I'll give baking a go - thanks. I've also got him his first colouring stuff for xmas so we can gjve that a go.

Thank u!

He is obsessed with the bloody bin so I'm havin to wash his hands a zillion times a day cos he keeps opening the lid etc. He also poos 3-4 times a day so I feel like I am constantly dressing or undressing him!

Cornflour play. cars in flour, Foam play, pots and pans,

It's a good thing if he occupies himself sometimes. I'd think of things you can do which aren't the phone which you can interrupt if need be to help him or stop him doing something dangerous. Things you'd like him to pick up as hobbies later so maybe reading or colouring or gardening. Even just sitting nearby with a cup of tea watching him. You don't want to entertain him every second as he won't learn how to entertain himself. It can also be fun/interesting to see what they do and how they experiment with the world etc. But I agree you don't necessarily want him seeing you on screens all the time too and they can be so addictive. I use rescuetime (free app) on mine as it syncs with the computer - my other downfall - and tells me how much time I've spent on either combined. I've found the max I can do without it feeling like I'm disconnected from real life and I try to stay under that now. Once I've reached that goal, I might go for half of that.