What does everyone do all day?

[cupcake78]

DS 15+ weeks. Weather wet, out for afew hours each day to groups or with friends, visiting family etc.

Find the days are becoming very long indeed. Trying to loseweight but so bored at home and can't get out becauseof the weather it is becoming impossible.

What does everyone else do?? Far from being rushed off my feet was busier at work.

cook, clean and wash! When babies are small they dont do a lot and are quite happy to watch you potter! or sleep! It wont be long and you will have a mobile son who I am sure will keep you on your toes!

The days can become very humdrum if you let them. I always made sure I went out somewhere every day especially walking. This is great exercise especially with the buggy.

Simple things like not staying in 1 room all afternoon - alternate listening to radio or tv - sounds stupid but works!
Spend some time in the kitchen cooking delicious low fat recipes - soups/ muffins etc

You can always try groups like tumbletots/gymboree as he gets older too.

Swimming is another great one - kids love it.

I used to go out for walks even in the rain!

You must face the weather and get out its the only way!!!

Agree with above poster, have to get out for at least 20 minutes fresh air everyday. We all come back feeling refreshed! On a day like today (we've been up since 7) we've played, coloured, painted, i've tidied up here and there (doesn't look like it though) we've stood at the back door watching the rain and counting various things [yawn], we've gone upstairs for change of scenery, we've had lunch, snacks and watched a little bit of a kids DVD...and it's still only 2pm!!!! I do know how you feel.

I have 2 DS, almost 1 and 2 and i'm PG with horrendous m/s - days like this are hard and you have my sympathies - just keep going! Oh and when all else fails i stick them in the bath to play together with their toys while i have a breather sat watching. HTH.

Would love too but pram is only shower proof. I'm really not bothered about getting wet but don't want to ruin the pram. Will it be ok???

I have been out all morning with DD's, DD2 is 15ish weeks and stays under rain cover while DD1 was in her all in one rain thing pushing her buggy (with a very soggy doll) and splashing in all the puddles.
We went to the local library where I could feed DD2 and also the post office.
When DD1 was small last summer I walked all over finding places we could go close to home, like the library, all the parks, local shops/bakers.
On really grotty days we just go to the local bakers and buy a gingerbread man, I could make nicer ones at home but it gets me out of the house!
I started to get into the mindset of 'it's raining, I'm staying in' but I live in South wales and if I did that I wouldn't leave the house for weeks at a time! Get a new raincoat and get outside!

It'll be fine, I have a really old mamas and papas that has no raincover so I rigged up the one off my stroller. As long as you have a clear space near a radiator in the house so when you get back you can stand it to dry off then it will be okay, just don't fold it up while damp....!

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I think the first thread I posted on MN was when ds was about 2 months old and I wanted to know the exact same thing - what to do all day. Personally found that if I went out once for a couple of hours that was enough for me to appreciate the rest of the time at home, although I won't pretend there weren't boring stretches. Actually, 2 years later (and I have been back to work PT but currently SAHM) and I'm finding the same philosophy applies - get out in the morning for a few hours, have time to yourself when they nap and get bits done in the house. This is generally enough - at the moment anyway! If you are already going out every day, any chance you can do something in the morning and something in the afternoon? I know it can be boring, but also restful and a time you don't get back.

Teach baby things, encourage grasping, talk to baby/ encourage standing/weight bearing on legs. Go for long walks even in bad weather. Get a waterproof coat and rainhoodfor buggy, you won't melt.
Read good books if baby asleep/ do ironing/cleaning/ exercise dvd.

Get out whatever the weather. The pram is there to enable you to get out! - so what if it ends up looking like its been used - that's what it's for!!! I always found getting out for an hours walk made me feel better for the rest of the day. Also agree with tori - talk to your baby all day - just witter on about whatever you're doing etc. Move around the house - have baby propped up, lying down on a rug, up on the kitchen table to get a different view etc.
Prepare the evening meal so you can relax more at the end of the day.
Go back to work - then you'll know the meaning of busy!!

God I must be so lazy. Have been at home with ds for 17mths and haven't got bored yet. I do housework, washing, shopping, take dog out, play with ds, prepare meals, really enjoy doing homemade meals and cakes lol! Sometimes if I am feeling really lazy I just watch telly, read magazines/books or go on here! I really hated working 9-5, suppose it depends on what kind of person you are.

Become a childminder and quadruple the work load !!!

I read lots when boy was small and non mobile. as he got more mobile I played with him lots.
Now hes a bit more indepentant in his play I can read a bit again. I like reading.

I remember those days, far off now in a hazy mist! Make the most of it, I used to read loads, libraries are always good places to go when the weather's bad! I'd sometimes get through a book a day! Also did lots of decorating and sorting, my house was always so neat and tidy not anymore!

Do you know any other people in the same boat as you? I had a friend with a baby the same age and it was a lifesaver, we've visit each other practically every day and just while away the afternoons drinking tea and chatting (and eating cake!). Would have been lost without that

Try to relish this time, it soon disappears, take advantage of the fact that your baby is not yet mobile, do stuff for you! Pamper yourself, have long baths, read trashy mags!

How about going out with baby in a sling with raincoat over it if it's raining to save the buggy?

Cook, clean, wash, work.

Enjoy it while it lasts, it wont be for long. Catch up some sleep, watch crap tv, chat on MN, learn to knit, read good books, tidy house from top to bottom, again and again, learn to cook, if you can cook already cook lots for the freezer, bake cakes, oh I can think of a million things I could do with my time.....[sighs wistfully at newborn stage]

Go to a bookshop with a cafe - walk baby to sleep, then grab and book and a coffee and read or people-watch.

Explore local tourist attractions!

I think in the early weeks I found that the best thing to do was to invite a friend or friends with similar aged babies around. Drink tea. Talk about the fascinating contents of your baby's last nappy with women who are equally brain addled interested in the workings of a 15 week old baby. I became a part of a migratory herd of mothers of young babies and we would all descend on a house or cafe, leaking milk and comparing fanjo trauma whilst eating cake and worrying about whether we should have bought the black and white soft blocks for eye focus or the brightly coloured ones for stimulation.

It's boring and you can't get much done, so be bored and ineffectual with other people.

Mumsnet!

Normally I go to work 3 days a week, whilst DD is at school. On my days off I will do some cleaning and hoseuwork, sort the washing, meet friedns for lunch, shopping, surf the net, etc.

I am on sick leave at the moment - had 6 weeks and have about 3 weeks to go I think. So things are much more relaxed as I now have 5 days a week to fit in what I did over 2 days. More lunches with friends

And if you haven't got any friends locally then you can still join mums and tots, baby probably won't get much out of it but you might enjoy chatting.

Dh would often come home to find me with coat on and car keys in hand ready to escape and leave LO with him.

dear cupcake, agree a bit with broccolispears - friends and cake eating at home or wherever with friends old and new (ones with similar age babies met through NCT tea). Lots of walking - just use that pram. And baby singing - everyfriday from 3mths with DS now 5 and DD now 2. Great for the spirit if you like singing and the babas love it. Its a brilliant walk too - to the singing - so push that pram mama! Also agree with getting home sorted because when they're bigger there'll be less chance as DC will want you to play.

LIke I said I go to groups every day. All I seem to do all day is talk and play with my baby. Which is fine to a point but my brain is turning into jelly.

Joined a Gym last night in the hope to improve weight loss and looking into college courses as well. Just need something to keep my mind occupied.