to as what on earth you do with older babies/ young toddlers at the weekend?

[ChunkysMum]

DD is 10mo, just walking, into everything and gets bored easily at home. When she's bored she's very whingey.

We go on walks/ to feed ducks/ to farm/ to park etc but all of this will get more difficult as winter sets in. We do have an all-over waterproof but need to find appropriate footwear which is tricky.

Soft play is not good as she's now quickly bored by the baby areas but is not quite big enough to do the older kid areas without an adult. She'd love to get into the bigger areas.

We go swimming but this is currently the only thing that seems appropriate and there's only so many times I can take her.

There are no baby groups on on the weekend where we are.

What on earth do you all do to keep yourself and your baby sane?

if you have one near you, IKEA do good packs of paper - Mala I think? nice A3 pieces and good colours of A4 too.

tootsweet lol chance would be a fine thing ;)

Visiting granny is good; they entertain and you drink tea.
Check out spotty otter for winter footwear, I got fleecy lined wellies for ds and they have lasted ages and are so warm. Well worth £24 he has had them at least a year and hardly has them off!

I've got a twenty month old.

We play chasing up and down the corridors.
Picking up stones in the garden.
Kicking a giant ball.
Sticking stickers in a magazine.
Turning the light switches on and off while shouting ON! and OFF!
Diving face first into a bean bag.
Tickling.
Aaaand my personal favourite... Waiting until he's so exhausted that he'll go for a nap and I can watch 4od on my phone in bed with the duvet on my head.

Can you not vist family or friends? Is there nothing you want to do, your whole weekend doesn't have to revolve around entertaining dc. I always do something on a Friday night because I hate being in or bored. So usually down the pub with a friend that has a soft play to dump dc in. I try to take them swimming Sunday's but that's it oh and the now endless birthday parties.

Do what you want to do and dc will have to go along with it.

get a zoo pass, and take a picnic.

Are you a member of the National Trust or Historic Houses Association? We have several stately homes and nice gardens near us which are great for a weekend (or midweek) visit and they've often got good play facilities too or even miniature trains/pet animals and the like. Little children like to admire (but not pick!) the pretty flowers or fish in the lake, and there's inevitably an ice cream stall and/or tea shop to round off the perfect afternoon! If you're a member you can go for a short trip without worrying that you've wasted your money if you have to make a hasty exit - like the time when my 3-y-o ds fell in the lake at Castle Howard (which we were alerted to by our 7-y-o dd!).

Going to a bridge and shouting car! Truck! Bus! Always good.
Home made gunk - cornflour and water. Liquid when poured,ms,I'd when handled and swept up.
Washing trucks in the bath or pasta pan.
Sweeping, flapping wet and dry laundry

Should say, solid when handled and swept up, iPad fail.