what do u do all day with your 10mth?

[milkyman]

we go to various groups, read, play in his ball pool, go for long walks, sit in cafes with friends, play with his toys, he watches me cook and wash up!! but he stills wants to do more all the time - what else can u do!!!

Have you tried swimming? My 13 mth old loves it

Do you have a local library? They often do 'Rhyme time' - a singing thing that's free and my 9mo DS loves it. Usually they break up for summer but should be starting again next week. Agree with swimming too, although it's a bit of a faff on your own!

agree though - I wake up every day and think, oh gosh, what on earth do I do with him today?? He seems to need an awful lot of stimulation and entertainment.

My DS is 5.5 months and I'm wondering what on earth I'm going to do with him after his nap. Funnily enough swimming is usually on a Monday but this is 'half term'. Am contemplating going to ikea as there is something I need - it must be bad! Last week I spent 6 hours at a local outdoor attraction on my own just to be 'out of the house'. Yikes. Looking forward to all our classes and things starting up again in the next week or so!

There is only so much you can do with babies and toddlers and i think if most mums are brutually honest with themselves they will admit most of it is mind numbingly boring.
I love my dcs with all my heart and do all sorts of activities and have done since day one. But i longed for the day when they could self play or play with eachother, which is getting more and more as they get older. Even better once they started nursery/school and had peers who shared their interests and i got a little break from the endless games.
Im not alone in feeling this way as many friends have admitted that pouring imaginary tea or making playdoe figures for the tenth time in one hour is enough to send them over the brink. I tend to do as many outdoor activities as i can since both the kids and myself enjoy this better than sitting in

I think you also need to give him time to explore how to entertain himself.

Children are demanding, yes, but they need to learn to play by themselves.

In all honesty, and maybe I just got an easy-going one, but DD has always had to entertain herself to a large extent, because, being self-employed and constantly at work, she's had to fit around my schedule.

But I suppose on the other hand, she's used to being around people, which would take the boredom factor away, even though she's not playing...

i think as well, if you go places every day, then a large part of the entertainment process will be the journey itself. Go by pram/buggy wherever possible, rather than a car, as it will will hold much more interest for him.
then when you get there, an hour is plenty of time, then food or journey home and that'll mean a nap, then food/drink upon waking and something else playing.

I like books as a form of entertainment too, you can sit and do your own thinking while reading or just turning the pages.

I don't think you need really to do a lot of stuff, or even vary it much at this age, but you can sit and play for 5 minutes and then go off while he carries on.

I remember feeling the same when DD was that age! I was back at work by then so only had weekends, and there were no classes - the days did feel quite long!

Libraries are useful as they often have toys and a play area with somewhere to sit down.

Around us we have some play cafes which had toys, so DD could play while I chatted with a friend. She enjoyed being in a new environment, different toys to home, people to look at, etc . I always tried to take her to cafes as I enjoy going myself and figured she needed to learn how to behave in them!

Swimming was also good; a different sensation for the baby and tires them out too!

At home, I tried moving things around, eg different toys in different rooms. DD was very observant and got very excited if we moved the ball pool to another room etc!