To be bored out of my head with an eight-month old?

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In lockdown.
I've had enough.

YANBU, small children for too many hours at a time can be mind-numbingly boring even in normal times.
They do get more interesting once they're more mobile and can talk.

@ErrolTheDragon Thank you. My other half is a CW and cannot WFH so it's down to me day in, day out. The weekends aren't much better though as nowhere to go even if I could.
I'm sick of walking. Live in a village.
I hope this doesn't sound bad, but if I'd have known about this pandemic I would have chosen not to have her when I did.

I understand OP. DD is 13 months old and I adore her but am so bored and dissatisfied with life right now. It isn't what you imagine when you get pregnant is it? No baby groups, no meet ups with friends, no swimming and no fun. Totally see why we have to live with these restrictions and that they are important but it doesn't take away from the fact that this is a shit time to be a parent

No, it's understandable. But as is often said here 'this too shall pass'. Before long you'll have a lively, inquisitive toddler.

I hear you. I have a 3 month old and he’s great, but this is not how I thought I’d be spending my maternity leave. I live in a town and all I can do is walk and walk on boring pavements at that. I know my baby isn’t missing out because all he needs is me but I’m a sociable person and I need people. I found out I was pregnant 7th of March last year and I think I might have waited a bit if I’d known what was coming too, not least because Covid scuppered our financial plans.

@ErrolTheDragon I know but I'll be back at work ft again sadly. The time will have been lost forever.

Gosh I feel the same. My daughter is 8 months old tomorrow and is going through a needy phase and waking up at 4am... bored, tired, fed up. I hear you x

What do you all do to pass the time? I have zero mum friends. All of my existing friends have much older children (I'm 40).

@Jaffacake007 I hear you! Mine has never done more than three hours at a time and I'm exhausted! Not had a full nights' sleep since she's been born!!

YANBU.

At 8 months I genuinely felt I was losing my mind. I could feel my intellect drifting away as I did another round of row your fucking boat.

At 13 months (and at nursery, crucially) I adore the time we do spend together.

I absolutely know what you mean about losing mat leave. We won't get this time back and it sucks.

My solution is to work 4 days a week (I was planning on returning full time), so that when life is more normal I can have one 'mummy' day a week.

[quote Nicknamegoeshere]@Jaffacake007 I hear you! Mine has never done more than three hours at a time and I'm exhausted! Not had a full nights' sleep since she's been born!![/quote]
Mine went through an amazing stage of sleeping 7-7 for about 3 weeks (about 2 months ago) and I definitely got a false sense of security. Now bedtime is just chaos... the lack of sleep on top of the boredom makes everything feel sooo much worse doesn't it?!

I end up putting YouTube on for her at 4:30am so I can drink a coffee and try to function. So sick of baby crap on YouTube then I get mum guilt for putting it on for too long. Fun times!

Baby Club on CBeebies. Genuinely lovely. Big hugs. X

@Cornetttttto Yeah we do that. But only lasts 20 mins!

If I’m brutally honest I didn’t often enjoy spending lengths of time with my kids till they were 3 and over.
I find babies boring and toddlers hard work. Mine are 10 and 7 and are a delight most of the time. They have quirky personalities and are so funny.

@FishWithoutABike It was manageable with my older two but in lockdown it's just bloody miserable. I honestly don't know what to do?