To hate staying in with the kids ?

[giraffes2021]

DD 3 and 18 month old DS I work 3 days a week and the 2 days I have with them I really struggle to just stay in the house it drives me round the bens hahaha
Is it just me ?!
They just argue all day over toys trash the place don't actually play with anything hahaha

I just end up at play areas or parks I've stayed in today and already regret it haha
Is it normal ??

Ime dc being happy at home is important.. My mate was never at home and it got to where her dc had no idea how to amuse themselves! If mine ask what we are doing today I say just living!!

The days you can kick back with a cuppa aren't far off op!!

Yes totally normal, mine are like that, really good kids but they need exercise and to be out and about.
Over the years we've developed a lot of out door hobbies because of this - I'd happily stay in all day by myself.
We have hiked 10 miles up and down steep hills and they still have the energy to argue on the way home 😄

Sometimes I look longingly at friends' kids who will happily sit playing xbox all day....

Don't get me wrong we do stay indoors but I just find it so stressful!!

Then I feel like the tv ends up on more than my liking feel like I can't do this parenting anymore hahahaha

I don't know how everyone fits everything in hats off to those who work full time with kids

I think both those ages are very hard. So you've got 2 difficult stages at the same time.

Yes I'm a real homebody but I was out every day with my kids. Too boring at home. Park, playgroup, Monkey Music, ball play...

Absolutely was never at home all day with my two as a SAHM. Made sure I had something on every day eg church play group, meet up with friends. Then home for a nap/tv. Then they would be happy to potter about later on in day and were much happier/calmer. Sometimes we would go out again after nap! I really enjoyed being at home with them because we weren’t really ever at home! They are older now and love a lazy home day. They’ve also always been good at busying themselves and playing because even if we were out and about a lot, there are endless hours in the day with small children!

Yes absolutely! Mine are almost 2 and 4. I also work 3 days with 2 off during the week.

I used to love my days off when it was just my first child. She wld sleep in until 9am most morning with me 😀 and we wld enjoy puttering around the house or going out to soft play etc.

It's totally different with 2. Even trying to empty the dishwasher and put a wash on is difficult. I'll hear screaming from the next room. Usually youngest is biting or pulling hair or nipping 🙈 older one now retaliates! They pull out piles of toys, make a general mess. I sometimes wonder if I wld be better to go full time! Least then they can't trash the house on days off. I cld get a cleaner in too lol. I'm also knackered as youngest still doesn't sleep well at all so getting motivation to do anything is hard 😫

It also costs a fortune to now go to soft play and get lunch for us etc. Toddler classes x 2 at £9 a go. It's just too much every week.

Trying to find cheap things to do. Even a visit to the library last week was so embarrassing though, they weren't doing what they were told and running about 🙈 I'm dreading the cold, wet winter months with them. Looking for new puddle suit for the eldest as they would even love going jumping in puddles (I'm so not an outdoors person) but they love it so I need to embrace it 😂

Tv on and a couple of valium washed down with a gin and you'll be fine. The first 20 years are the worst!

I always take the kids out places, I much prefer it. If we're in the house they do play well generally (they are 8, 6 and 2), but I don't spend proper time with them because I'm trying to do house jobs and they inevitably make one heck of a mess. If we go out I spend quality time with them, we have fun, we all get a change of scene and fresh air and they play more nicely when we get home. It's good for all of us.

I was always out and about most days because they'd drive me crazy indoors. 🤣 are their any toddler groups you can go to?

When my oldest two children were those ages, I didn’t work at all. It was so so hard at home with two toddlers, so much harder than working (I’d been working full time previously).

I devised a timetable for us so we had stuff to do every day. I got a family membership to our local authority leisure centre for toddler sessions, crèche and swimming (lucky we could use crèche). Other days were free toddler singing at the library, toddler groups etc. Had tonnes of craft stuff and play dog at home for in between times. Once one started preschool it got much easier.

@thetesdybears this is my life too!!! Hahaha so glad I am not alone!

Yes soft play is definitely beginning to stack up !! I took them twice last week and then we had lunch as some places won't let you take your own and before I knew it I'd spent almost £60 in a week!!!

Mine are 4 and 18 months and find days out so much easier and less painful than days in!

@JizzyJane hahahaha that made me laugh! So true