Do you go out everyday?

[incognito1991]

I Have a 2 year old and work only two days per week. The rest of the days I just can’t seem to stay home, when DH is off we will stay in one day and I will do deep cleans, besides that I can’t sit home all day. I will take DD to playgroups/park usually have a look in a shop or supermarket, go to see my family etc. Many times I tell myself I will stay home tomorrow and always find an excuse to go out. I feel I’m wasting money unnecessarily due to this, is anyone else like this or is it just me?

Though I would have described myself as a homebody back then, when I first had kids I had to go out every day, even if just for a long walk. We went out to lunch at a restaurant on the river the second day back from the hospital. I joined the post natal group when my baby was three weeks. Going from working full time to just me and baby was a hard adjustment!
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with going out every day. The park is free, and we used to alternate from one with a playground to a more nature based one with ducks (the most overfed ones alive). There was a city zoo (farm animals) which was free bar the price of an ice cream. It’s good for you and the kids!
Now with my youngest at uni and my oldest living independently I can spend days on end at home!

Yes, absolutely with small child I went out everyday, even if just to my mum’s or the park, even in the rain. I couldn’t stay in all day with a toddler!

No. But I work outdoors, year-round in a physically demanding job, so weekends are when I get my much-needed "indoor time".

Nope. And I love it.

I would go insane if I had to stay home all day on my home, but with a toddler?

Yes, we used to go out every single day. At the very least, mornings to playgroups, library activities etc, and afternoons at parks or soft plays or walks.

You CAN easily stop wasting money on coffees and drinks however.

I would highly recommend yearly memberships as Christmas or Birthday presents for your child. Things like family farm parks , with indoor softplay and outdoor playgrounds are brilliant when they are little and you can go once or twice a week.

Even during Covid I took the kids outside most of the day, like most parents did, it's less usual for people to mostly stay in when they don't have to.

Depends on what's on my list of things to do! I don't work anymore early retired, live on my own so I can do whatever I feel like.

I get out most days, not when it's lashing rain or howling wind though, nope not that much of a masochist! When I've a job to do I stick at it and stay in until it's done. For example I spent a week or so during the heatwave when it was just too hot to go out anywhere really, clearing out the wardrobes and filling umpteen sacks for the charity shop. I stuck at it and it's done. Then I went out and am back to daily walks.

I'm not one for lazing around the house though. I get fidgety 😊