Oh god, weekends with a toddler are soooo boring...

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What do you do with yours?

I've been up since 6.30 with DD, she's normally pretty self contained but now she is currently having a tantrum because she wants a satsuma (she's just had a banana) I've read 8 books with her, watched a bit of TV, and the day is just dragging! We don't have any money. The gas man is supposed to be coming round before 12 which means that we can't go out till then nor can DD go down for her nap. We don't have any money to spare and what I really want to do is go and sit in a cafe with a paper and a croissant!

What do you do to while away the monotony of the weekend?

Make LOTS of friends and try and cultivate an open door policy so it will be reciprocated! My life is so much better now I'm really good friends with a mum who lives nearby who has two little girls (the younger one is my DS's age). We could literally leave the 3 of them to destroy play in the living room without much input from us both so we can sit, chat and have a nice cup of tea. I come from another culture where people drop in and out all the time without warning (not saying that's all good but it does have its advantages!) so I found it so isolating when I first had DS here and it's not quite the same here. I do try and encourage mums who live nearby to drop by whenever they want (and if we are home). Just find that the days go by a lot faster when there are others around to keep DS (just turned 1) amused... I'm off to a friend's house this afternoon (once DS wakes from his nap) and her two children (7 and 9) love DS so he will be very entertained this afternoon at the very least...

I have a 2.11 year old - again with the endless cats. ds1 was the same - endless cats.

Strange!

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Thanks for all the replies, especially when I am completely being unreasonable and selfish! It's every now and then I get one of those 'so this is my life for the next 18 years' moods.

Tomorrow we are going to go the farm park, which will be nice, but not quite the same as a spontaneous brunch, or trip to the cinema. See, there I go again, all self pitying! The thing is, DH is very good at giving me time to myself, but then I just spend the whole time feeling guilty for not wanting to spend every minute with my child , maternal guilt, just when you think periods, boobs and childbirth were enough...

What it is about the cats? I must admit I have drawing them down to an art, I can do a simple cat upside down, while mumsnetting making dinner or even with my eyes shuts. Who said motherhood was boring? Oh yeah, me!

It's "more cat more cat" round here too. Drawing them with crayons. Googling pictures of them when I want to MN. Pointing at pictures of them. Pointing at other things and saying "cat gone".

Thankfully she is asleep at the mo and DH will be home from work in an hour . Then DH can do more cat with her when he gets in

don't worry bumper, you will soon be doing spontaneous cinema trips...but it will be to the latest disney pixar offering instead of the latest cohen brothers

and once you are on DC No 3 you will have forgotten what a life was like so won't miss it any longer

Oh god i feel your pain!

I have 2 DS's, they are 4 and 2. My 4 year old you literally have to pry him from the sofa he is so lazy, my 2 year old is entertained by nothing except throwing and destroying things.

Very hard at weekends.

They are both currently banished to thier rooms as they destroyed it this morning in a big way. They have just spent half an hour in the garden before they had to come in as they wouldn't stop stomping on the flowers.

Im pretty sick of being mummy right now tbh.

sellotape a big roll of cheapo lining paper for wallpapering on the floor so your dd can have a big mad scrbble!

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