Getting out and about!

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Evening all!
I need some inspiration on things to do during the day out of the house please! DP is working nights so I’m trying to get out of the house as much as possible. Little one is one year old. We go to the park, museum, art gallery, small local library/large library in city centre, supermarket, cafe for lunch, swimming. Things like the museum and art gallery I do on the same day as they are close to each other. Local children’s centre is not that good and only has one class suitable which he’s normally having is nap so we miss it. I only have two friends who don’t like to meet up with my little one.
I can’t wait for the summer so we can play out in the back garden!
Help will be appreciated, thank you!

Playgroups? Different classes? Park? Softplay? Tbh I'd struggle to take my one year old out all day regularly without it costing a fortune or both of us ending up in tears. Can your partner get some good earplugs?

I think you’ve covered most of the generic activities so anything else would probably be specific to your locality. I’d say that babies aged 15+ months would get something out of going to a soft play centre or a farm park. Mums and toddlers group?

Playgroups were my saviour in the pre-school days. We went to a different one every weekday, straight after dropping my older DC at school. Different toys, different setting, different children to play with- and a sit down and bit of a chat for me! Not wildly exciting but still enjoyable.
Also, different parks with different play equipment. Pace yourself though- just one main activity a day- morning worked for us, then lunch, then nap, then it was time to walk and pick up DC from school, quick play out on way home- and the day was virtually done.

You can't beat an old fashioned playgroup in a church hall. Both for entertaining kids and for getting you in touch with some potential mum friends.

There's a playgroup on in a church on Friday morning so I'm going to give that a try as I haven't been there yet.

It's difficult trying to find things that aren't too expensive but also age appropriate. The local children's centre has a stay and play but I get so frustrated with the parents that dump their kids then sit and chat whilst the kids run round snatching toys, hitting other children and generally being unruly. The parents take no notice at all and let their kids do what they like. It's put me off going to it to be honest. I'm not saying stick to your child the entire time, but I don't think it's right that they let their children smack other children, repeatedly, and don't tell them off for it.

There's one of those Mattel soft play places in the town centre but it's so expensive!

Hope I don't sound horrible!!

Not for LO’s benefit but for yours...! Do you have one of these cinemas near you?
www.empirecinemas.co.uk/parents_and_baby/
mobi.odeon.co.uk/newbies/
www.cineworld.co.uk/cinebabies#/

@Ricekrispie22 thank you so much for taking the time to reply. Unfortunately my local cineworld closed last year and my Odeon doesn't have the babies option! Shame as I would be up for that, whether ds would sit still long enough I'm not sure!