- SAHM -activities for toddlers during the day

What are you all doing to occupy your toddlers day, Bryan is sooo bored of all his toys that he is now becoming a bit destructive with household things out of boredom I think. I try to read and sing and color but these literally pass time for 5 min before he loses interests. I really dont have the money to sign up for Gymboree and my local library I have signed up for some programs but they only take up a small portion too. I feel like sooo bored and I know Bryan is too! Any suggestions?

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We have playdates, go to the LICM, Chuck-E-Cheese, the mall - they have FREE play areas for the kiddies, my 3 year old is taking swim lessons (NCAquaticCenter.com) - they're $45 for 10 lessons!

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Julia goes to Gymboree twice a week, and we also have playdates once a week....

I also try to get out of the house as much as possible even if its to my mom's or sisters.

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Barnes & Noble and Border's have storytime and it is free..

The Broadway Mall has the free play area which is great. I go there sometimes and then have lunch in the food court or Panera

Wood kingdom is $6 for an hour and a half of play time.

I have a playdate at least once a week.

We will be having classes starting in Jan twice a week and I will be signing him up for a library class starting in February...

Since Jacob's nap is at 1, I do most of the activities int he morning, have lunch and then off to naptime... by the time he gets up it is 4:00. This is a hard time but I play with him or do a quick errand...

When it gets nice out it will be time to go back to the park...

Hope this helps.

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My DW takes DS to karate, Gymboree, and library classes. Our town also has activities at the community center that he's been to. There are usually kids at the library, so they play there while DW gets books.

The Island 16 movie theater has baby-friendly showings every Tuesday at 10.

For some reason, DS loves going shopping with DW. When we ask him what he wants to do, he'll often mention shopping, usually BJs. He gets a warm pretzel at BJs, which I'm sure influences his decision, but he also likes other supermarkets.

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We go to mommy & me once a week (not very expensive) and we are starting roll around classes at a rec center in Jan once a week. We've been going shopping...but he can only take that for a little while. We read, draw, watch Elmo and play. He has toys in 3 different rooms so we move around a bit. He also loves to sit on my lap while
i'm on the computer (he's on me now)...he has his own keyboard that he likes to play with.

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I hear ya - we get bored here too since my dd has stopped napping! It makes for a very long day.

We try and keep busy by scheduling at least one activity a day:

*Wood kingdom - great for bad weather
*playdates with friends
*indoor mall play area in Broadway mall
*if desperate even going to RF mall for the carousel
*Orly's Treehouse I hear is great but $$$ and not huge - haven't been there yet but may check it out soon

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we got to ymca they have inexpensive classes we do a mommy and me and they have a play group thats 2 hours which is awesome. we also do the church groups and plan do start the library when she turns 1.