[quote Weallliveinamonkeysubmarine]@diddl
Pottering whilst doing chores, sure, but not for a substantial portion of the day along with adult TV time, adult excercise time, adult shower and hair sorting time etc. Apart from the block at the beginning of the day, it's not very child centred at all. and it's every week day they are together. I think having a toddler tag on whilst the parent blitzes things is fine sometimes, but there is limited outdoor play. No craft. No baking. Only one playing session. Not even a trip to the park. It's all a bit dreary for the child.
Yes they go on a walk. That's described as a long walk, and with an 18m old is likely to be in a pushchair (they aren't likely to actually walk a long walk at that age) which means the likelihood is that child is just being pushed around in a world facing buggy (as most are that age) having limited interaction, whilst mum gets in a relaxing walk and more excercise.
Her day would be almost the same without her toddler in it :-([/quote]
What a ridiculous post.
In my OP I said that first thing every morning we have an hour and half of one on one time, playing, reading, this includes things like crafts if that's what we're doing that day. No music, no TV, just the two of us.
Yes, I have 45 mins where I exercise/shower. I already stated in my OP he often comes up and dances around whilst I exercise and we laugh together, he's not sat in the corner crying and neglected.
And again, in my OP I said in the afternoon we will potter round the house with music on, doing chores, dancing and playing. E.g. he will take everything out the washing machine into the basket, we'll take it upstairs, we'll count the stairs as we go, we'll go into his room, I'll put his clothes away and we'll stay in his room for 40 mins playing with his toy kitchen. Or, I'll do some washing up, he'll sit on the side and splash about in the sink, we'll pour water between cups, I'll put things away and he'll sit on the floor banging a saucepan. We spend an hour in the morning just sat in the living room reading and playing with his toys, the afternoon we do different bits around the house. No not everything is a Montessori activity but you can make chores more child centred by doing as above.
In the afternoon we go for a long walk, again thanks for making assumptions with no substance, but it is possible for a toddler to be partly in a trike and partly walking. We go for a long walk everyday, where he'll have a good 30 mins running around, either on the beach, in the woods or in the park (it is possible to tie the dog up outside for a little while) and then usually about an hour of him being in the trike so the dog can get a proper walk, again we narrate what we see and chat the whole time.
We come home, and I said he'll help me prep dinner. E.g he will sit on the side and stir the bowl, steal bits of food, usually ends up with a saucepan on the floor again.
We chat, we read, we dance, we sing, we laugh, we exercise, we get fresh air. There haven't been baby groups since he was about 8 months old. I can't meet friends for a cuppa. I can't even take him to my grandparents. I'm doing my fucking best!