What do your weekends with a 5/6 year old look like?

[Whatsgoingonwithmyhead]

DD 5.5 reluctant to do anything & has a meltdown if we say we’re going out.

(When we say we’re going out that would be to National Trust place with a playground or doing a child-friendly activity- we don’t expect her to do child-unfriendly stuff apart from when unavoidable)

Is this normal??? It’s ruining our weekends. We live in a small flat (in the process of moving somewhere bigger with garden) so DH and I are reluctant to spend too much weekend time at home, although we recognise DD has been at school in the week so does need some down time at home at weekends.

But it’s got to the point weekends are unpleasant as we can’t do anything without multiple meltdowns. Although she enjoys herself when we get there 95% of the time

Is this normal???

Mine are now 4 and 6 . Getting them both ready to get out the house is often a nightmare. I wonder if it's a lockdown legacy..

I sympathise with you op.

My nearly 5 year old if the opposite she wants to go out every bloody day it's exhausting!

Things like going to the shop that aren't so 'exciting' yes we do often get resistance. We try to make it sound more interesting by maybe saying e.g. come to help daddy do the food shopping, you can pick some nice fruits we can eat for snacks/desserts otherwise he won't know what to get you. If you stayed at home with mum you would just need to play alone because mummy is going to be busy doing X chore. For example. She usually responds quite well to that sort of thing. But it is different as we get like whining and moaning and "I don't want to gooo" but not an actual meltdown about it. She meltdowns about other things don't get me wrong but not going out. Playground or something more fun she is always excited to go to too.