How often do you spend the whole day in,alone with your children?

[Mirage]

Just wondered how many of us are happy spending the whole day in your house with the children & no other company? I realised the other day that I NEVER do.We are always out & about,going for walks or if we are in,having visitors.I am never on my own with them say from 8-6,without going out or someone coming around to play ect.

I checked with a couple of friends with children & they are exactly the same-I thought it was just me.So do you stay in all day on your own with your children?

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Very rarely. I have 2 days a week where I am not at work, or weekends - where it is just me and DD. But mostly we either go out for at least part of the time or see freinds/family. It has to be really horrid weather, or DD has to be ill, for us not to go somewhere. I am wondering if this will change when we move to the new place, as DD can then play outside in garden rather than me entertaining her.

More in winter. It can get claustrophobic for all though.

As little as humanly possible. altho now and again when totally enforced thro weather, bad planning or illness it is actually surprisingly unhorrid...

I try to get out once a day, but being 36 weeks pg the sofa is just too tempting at the moment and cbeebies is on constantly!

I do go to toddlers mon, wed and fri mornings so its usually just a tuesday and thursday that i have to make an effort.

just found an army wives coffeee afternoon on a tuesday so that is just leaving a thursday now.....

quite often. i am too tired to go anywhere right now, and we don't have a car. Everywhere has to be walked.

f I don't have help during school holidays then I have to, And it is an utter utter utter nightmare. DS2 isn't too bad- he amuses himself quite well - ds3 is fine (baby) but ds1 is a nightmare.

Luckily social services have given us help with this at last and over the summer I had 18hours help a week. We had someone (a brilliant someone) come in and look after ds2 and ds3 - most days she took them to the park- whilst I took ds1 out somewhere.

During the winter, not counting schoolruns or you lot as company, quite a lot. We have plenty to do, and I try to alternate busy days with at home days.

i really try not to - even if we just go out for an hour to shops, walk or park - we go out everyday. When we have stayed in by about 4pm ds and I are both climbing the walls

we're out at least once a day come rain or come shine. if it hits 4pm and we haven't ventured out yet I don't know who is crankier - me or dd

Yes. Playing outside the house, or painting, or making things, reading, I love it!

Actually I just watch the telly whilst they kill each other!

I try to do something every day. I work mornings, so I am sometimes too tired. Go to mum and baby group once a week, and visit a friend on another day, spend one day on housework, and this week me and DS snuggled up on the floor and watched Disney dvds all day - bliss!
We live near a river, so feed the ducks quite often!

I never did. The girls would be awful for me if we stayed in.

We used to go to so many different places they never wanted to go home!!!

Nooooooo! Only if one of us is too ill to go out. And then I'd invite someone round (unless the illness is horribly contagious of course). Good grief, we'd be climbing the walls.

Now, a day in on my own while dh takes the kids out - that's just bliss.

As seldom as possible as we all get cabin fever.

Mirage I'm glad you started this thread. I thought the same as you. I only work 3 days a week and decided to be a SAHM for the rest of the week (if that's possible). However, I never seem to be at home.

At weekends there is a mixture of shopping, visiting grandparents (sometimes they get left at grandparents, depends on how much house work needs doing). We sometimes go out for Sunday tea. Even with DH home all day, I can't be in for more than a couple of hours when I start thinking need to be out in fresh air, give them some exercise. Do some thing with them where I don't have to be included (DD 3yrs going through stage at the moment where I'm the teacher & it can go on for ages).

Monday & Tuesday I'm off work with DD & DS. We go to swimming & toddler group & when these aren't on, take a walk into the town to mooch or go to swing park or take dog a walk.

Think in lifetime of DD who is eldest I have spent possible no more than 3 days without getting out.

Yes I do. But not often, sometimes the day seems to drag if we are in from 6.30 - 7.30 (dds waking hours!), sometimes if I am cleaning, cooking etc it is fine.

Generally there are so many wee things to do I go out at least for a while most days.

Starting uni next week however and I have a feeling that on Fridays - my only full day off - I will be too knackered to do much!

As little as I can possibly help. But dh (SAHD) spent most of the summer holidays with the children at home "having a dossy day". It would drive me insane!

Have often in bad weather styed in with the kids - let them potter around, sort themselves out with something to do. I help DD3 with an activity. I love days when we can stay in pj's and just be at home. If it's not raining too much we all go into the garden so that they can all run around and play. They make camps, we have picnics etc. I really like just to be us - without having to deal with other peoples kids. Havine friends round is good as well - just more work for me!

I've stayed in all day w/DD (2.3). We get out her play matt and have Play-Doh, then a video, then a snack. After that I'll move onto doing a chore and she'll usually follow along. If I'm folding the washing, I'll let her have a piece or two and she 'folds' and 'puts away' and I praise her. If I'm cleaning the kitchen I open up one cupboard that I keep full of plastic food containers for her to play with.

After lunch we play w/crayons or paints on the matt, then she has her nap. I put together tea then.

When she gets up she's pretty chilled and then I put on her Tumble Tots or baby yoga DVD and we 'dance'. Then tea. Then bath and bed.

Only ever if one of the kids is too ill to leave the house.

Otherwise never.

I'll happily mooch at home with my kids when I get a chance as it often feels that life is too hectic with three kids all at different stages/with different needs (12,6 and 2). Winter depresses me so much I like to stay in and get cosy; I'm definitely more active when the weather is good.

NEVER - shudder!, unless they are ill.
I'm happy to spend a half day at home, but most go somewhere in either the a.m or p.m.

All the time! Everywhere involves a 15 minute walk to the bus stop and then a 30 minute at the very least bus trip and then usually a train or another bus... being pregnant and sore and tired we spend more days in than out, is that really a bad thing though? I don't see why people think it is! We make sure to go somewhere sociable at least twice every week unless one of us is sick... I don't think we need more than that!