My 8YO DS complains he is bored from morning till night - CONSTANTLY asking me "what can I do next?". It's driving me round the twist. We have a big garden with slide, swing, sandpit, treehouse and a house chock full of toys, books and art materials. I'm sure when I was a kid my mum just expected me to get on with it in the holidays and didn't spend all her time scheduling in activities for me to do. Whatever I suggest he doesn't want to do it anyway.
I'm heavily pregnant right now and very unwell with it so the amount of stuff I can do with him is limited because I really can't manage to get out much and my energy levels are on the floor. And he doesn't have many friends to play with because he is ND and struggles socially - those he does have are away. I've booked him into a few holiday clubs but they don't start til August.
I've tried giving him chores today whenever he moans he is bored and he just follows me around complaining - I am so close to totally losing my rag with him. Any tips?