Stay at home Mums(or Dads), what do you do all day to stop from getting bored?

Question

Do you go out every day, or just a few days a week?
Where do you go?

I am not asking because I need help with my life, I am just curious, I wanted to compare my life with others.

As for me, I go out 5 days a week to park, libraries, playgroups etc then on weekends I stay home

Answer 1

I work part time now but I have been a stay at home mom for a period of time for all of my kids. I would make a list of things that had to be done over a period of a week and put everything on it from groceries to cleaning something out of the normal such as a closets contents to calling someone. I would then do somethings each day from the list. My list would also things that were things I wanted to do for myself or the kids;going to the library, going for a walk, reading a book, going to lunch with a friend,gardening,sewing,playing a game with the kids,having other kids over to play,organizing my address book,going to an after matinee, etc etc. I always felt like I had a lot of things to accomplish and didn't have time to be bored. If I didn't get everything done I would carry it over to the next week and add more to the list.

Answer 2

Hi,
I am a mum of a 3 yr old and a 4 week old so am not still and bored for too long. I go to 2 different playgroups and an art and craft group with my daughter. I also have housework, as well as feeding my 4 week old every couple of hours which takes ages as shes a slow feeder. I visit friends and my mum. I do alot of odd jobs like today i had to send a package so had to walk to the post office which is 20 minutes walk away and on the way back we went the park.
Some days are quieter than others but usually am fairly busy.

Answer 3

I am disabled so I rarely get out and I have a 16 year old teenager. Usually I will write and play music on my Casio music board or do art on the computer. There is quite enough to do if you look but do not stay home all the time if you can help it. Get out to the library, the thrift store, the museums, the movies or call a friend to go out for a cup of coffee if your income is not much. Take a walk, join a fitness club where they have a daycare for your kids, volunteer somewhere such as the local hospital, the humane society, or somewhere else in your area one day a week if you can get daycare.
Put a search into yahoo groups saying stay at home moms or moms of young kids or whatever fits you and find a group to see what they can suggest. Good luck and keep your chin up!

Answer 4

I was a stay at home single mum until my son was 18 months old.

Kids are stimulated and learn through play. You don't have to leave the house, you don't even need boxes of toys.

Just spend qualily time with your child, could only be 1 hour a day where you give him/her your undivided attention and the will appreicate that more than you trying to fuss over them and arrange their day etc.

Let them lead in the play and let them find things out for themsleves

You will find that the days fly by, between keeping one eye on them and the other one the cooker etc.

Make the most fo this time you have togther, my son is 5 now and in school full time and i miss him so much.

Answer 5

I'm a stay at home mum and i do find that i get quite bored and so does my daughter, there isn't much in my area for a three year old to do, she goes to play group 4 days a week so that breaks the day up a bit, in the morning we usually do some cooking or cleaning she likes to help or we'll make something, do some painting, or we go to a friends, have friends over.

Answer 6

I am a stay at home mom to twins who are 2 1/2 years old. For me there are very few times im actually bored. During the day i get up, do breakfest for the kiddos unless hubby has done it before work...sometimes he will and i get to sleep the extra few mins! Then the kids have some playtime with me, usually an hour max, then they are bored of me. Then i usually do dishes. If laundry needs done this might be when i throw it in the wash. Occasionally i catch up on emails in the mornings. We live out of state from all family, due to hubby being in the Army so email is great for us.
Afternoons its lunch, and nap time for the kiddos. Im pregnant so occasionally i nap as well, or i fold laundry, vacuum, any little things that need done like that.
After naptime if its nice we might head to the park, or go out back to play. The boys love to be outside and now that the weather is getting nicer, we have been going outside or to the park every other day or so. Sometimes in the day ill do like flashcards with my kids, build blocks, play with toy cars...anything they want to do.
Then evening time hubby comes home, we do dinner, bathtime, some more playing and then its story time and bed. Im rarely ever "bored" But there are those days the kids dont want to play with me and they go off and play with each other. I just take that time to relax, maybe email, or just sometimes go sit and watch them.

Answer 7

I go out most days in the morning. When they are asleep I go on the internet for a bit. Rest of the day I do the housework. I go to playschool twice a week and work part time 4 days a week. I think I'd be bored if I didn't have work though, I hate staying in. Actually I shouldn't answer this Q because I work, sorry x

Answer 8

Play with my daughter clean cook do the garden washing go shopping to bible study where my daughter plays with other children and mums and tot i go out once a day but the rest of the time running a home so it's always clean and tidy (so hubby can come back to a clean happy house with a home cooked meal in the oven)and playing with my girl 11 months.I don't have chance to be bored

Answer 9

Clean, play with my kids (never ever gets boring!)... If they are both naping at the sme time and there is no Cleaning or whatnot that needs to be done (yeah right like that would ever be the case).... I would play on the computer or watch a little TV.

If your a stay at home parnet and your bored.... try interacting with your child(ren) a bit more. If you need adult stimulation because your love for your child(ren) is not enough... then go to a park or some other sorta of Mommy and me/Daddy and me interactive group... where your kids can play with other kids and you can talk with other parents.

Answer 10

I been a stay at home mom for about 4 years and it does get boring however, I try to do things to make the time go by, such as fool around on my computer, go shopping, goto to visit other moms that are home like me.

The weather has been cold so I have not been going out much and I have a 4mth old baby. So it is so boring... All I do is clean,cook, do laundry, watch televsion etc.. I can't take it anymore with this boring life.