I think what is going on is a combo of DD getting older, her not napping anymore and me being 9 weeks pregnant, but I really feel like I am turning into a crappy mom
She turns 3.5 in a month and I just have such a hard time keeping the days going. Our weekly schedule runs like this:
Monday - music class and then the park (out of the house 9:45-12:30)
Tuesday - free day right now - learning coop starts at the end of the month
(out of the house 8:30-12)
Wednesday - drop off preschool program at nature center (out of the house 8:30-1 pm)
Thursday - free day right now - learning coop starts at the end of the month
(out of the house 8:30-12)
Friday - free day (usually get together with playgroup for some activity)
We also tend to have lunch with DH at work a couple of days a week (he works 5 mins away)
We are starting a learning coop with some friends at the end of the month and that will help fill the time but even with that I feel like we still have so much free time to fill. She wakes up between 7 and 8 and goes to bed at 8.
When we are home she mostly just plays (sometimes with me, sometimes by herself), or she watches tv (usually in the mornings). I feel like I should be doing more with her, but I'm not sure what. We have tons of toys but she seems to only want to play with the same ones over and over (mostly pretend play). She isn't really into drawing or painting so we rarely do that. I'm mostly over my morning sickness but I am still exhausted beyond belief so I never feel like going for walks or going to the park and there has been many an afternoon where I sack out on the couch and she watches a movie. We only seem to read at bedtime, any other time during the day I try to read with her she isn't interested. She will do quiet time in her room for about 45 mins or so most days if I ask her to. I just feel like we spend the days that we are home with me trying to do my own thing while she plays by herself.
I didn't put her in a longer preschool program this year for a variety of reasons, but now I am thinking about changing my mind with the way this pregnancy is kicking my butt.
Probably I will enroll her in a 2 day afternoon preschool after the holidays and drop out of the learning coop at that point.
So if your 3 yo is not in preschool this year and doesn't nap, how do you occupy them? I feel like I need some kind of plan to follow or something. BUT I am also torn - she is 3 does she really need to be learning letters and numbers, etc. yet? Or is it ok for her just to play all day and be a little kid.
Sorry for the rambling and thanks for any advice!
She turns 3.5 in a month and I just have such a hard time keeping the days going. Our weekly schedule runs like this:
Monday - music class and then the park (out of the house 9:45-12:30)
Tuesday - free day right now - learning coop starts at the end of the month
(out of the house 8:30-12)
Wednesday - drop off preschool program at nature center (out of the house 8:30-1 pm)
Thursday - free day right now - learning coop starts at the end of the month
(out of the house 8:30-12)
Friday - free day (usually get together with playgroup for some activity)
We also tend to have lunch with DH at work a couple of days a week (he works 5 mins away)
We are starting a learning coop with some friends at the end of the month and that will help fill the time but even with that I feel like we still have so much free time to fill. She wakes up between 7 and 8 and goes to bed at 8.
When we are home she mostly just plays (sometimes with me, sometimes by herself), or she watches tv (usually in the mornings). I feel like I should be doing more with her, but I'm not sure what. We have tons of toys but she seems to only want to play with the same ones over and over (mostly pretend play). She isn't really into drawing or painting so we rarely do that. I'm mostly over my morning sickness but I am still exhausted beyond belief so I never feel like going for walks or going to the park and there has been many an afternoon where I sack out on the couch and she watches a movie. We only seem to read at bedtime, any other time during the day I try to read with her she isn't interested. She will do quiet time in her room for about 45 mins or so most days if I ask her to. I just feel like we spend the days that we are home with me trying to do my own thing while she plays by herself.
I didn't put her in a longer preschool program this year for a variety of reasons, but now I am thinking about changing my mind with the way this pregnancy is kicking my butt.
Probably I will enroll her in a 2 day afternoon preschool after the holidays and drop out of the learning coop at that point.
So if your 3 yo is not in preschool this year and doesn't nap, how do you occupy them? I feel like I need some kind of plan to follow or something. BUT I am also torn - she is 3 does she really need to be learning letters and numbers, etc. yet? Or is it ok for her just to play all day and be a little kid.
Sorry for the rambling and thanks for any advice!
