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Ok, I'll try to not write a book, but I think y'all need some background on me to help me out. I have a 15 mo DD who is very active, but she doesn't like her toys. She loves to be outside or doing whatever mom is doing. I was diagnosed with PPD when she turned 11 mo. I'm on AD and have been doing really well. (Although sometimes I sleep waaayyy too late in the am, but then so does DD cuz she co-sleeps) She naps usually around 3-5pm and goes to bed between 8-10pm.

So my ? for all you MDC'ers is please help me figure out a daily weekly schedule...please!
(We also have a PO box in town that we go to once/day, we either walk or ride bike/trailer up there)

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She doesn't like any of her toys? Dang. What about books or puzzles? Or maybe household things that aren't technically toys? Like wooden bowls or pots and pans? We have one cabinet that's unlocked all the time and has tons of tupperware type bowls and plastic cups and things in it. Our 14 month old looooooves to play in that stuff. She carts it all out all over the kitchen floor and plays pretend while I clean the kitchen or play with her.


Anyway, not sure if this is what you're looking for, but here's our schedule roughly (since we're more into routines than schedules):

Wake up around 9am depending upon when we fell asleep, and nurse (Winnie goes to bed late too, like your babe, and we co-sleep), get up, change diaper, I make coffee and breakfast, we both eat.

Then we go outside and water the flowers, get the mail, and dink around on the front porch or in the yard.

Back inside to clean (it gets hot where I live, early), vacuum and whatever (she's in the mei tai and usually falls asleep during this). Naptime, hopefully.

After nap we make the bed, straighten up, then play in the living room for a while, reading books, playing with her toys together, she runs around the house in circles. I follow. Play with the dogs and cats, etc.

Eat lunch.

Watch a Signing Time video (it's the only TV she gets and we both enjoy it), do laundry, change diapers as needed, nurse on demand.

Play outside some more weather permitting, or go to the store or the aquarium, etc., or just play inside (like I said she loves playing in the kitchen a lot -- we've got loads of magnets on the fridge and whatnot, plus pots and pans, etc., too).

Eat snacks (though we eat both graze a lot all day long) or nurse.

Try to get her to nap. We both play in the nursery or she'll play while I iron or put clothes away if no nap.

Papa comes home from work and they go for a walk, then play inside or out.

Nap if possible, if hasn't already. (She'll fall asleep in the mei tai while walking if no nap yet usually.)

Make dinner, eat. Settle in living room for book reading, playing, etc. The living room is the "main" play area but the whole floor is really one big playground for her these days.


Around 7:30-8, we have bath time, nurse, read books and quiet play in bedroom, then nurse to sleep around 9-10pm. Earlier if no second nap.

Sounds pretty boring, but it's not.
But we do play with a LOT of her toys, so I'm not sure what to tell you to try other than household stuff? It helps enormously if I'm interacting with her with the toys most of the time, even if it's just to say, "Can you bring the ball to Mama, please?" And then I'll ask her to take it to wherever, back and forth while I do stuff.


And like I said, that's more a routine than a schedule, but it works out most times so the days fly by. And it all depends upon her sleep really, as to what all we get done. Some days we just play and I get barely anything done, but that's still a wonderful and meaningful day, to me.


HTH and sorry if it was boring or too long.
 

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DD doesn't really play with her toys, either, preferring to be very active. If we do something that takes a lot of energy in the morning, she is more likely to play with toys in the evening.

10 am wakeup have breakfast.
10:30 am nurse watch Signing Time while Mama drinks coffee.
11 am go someplace active (park, climb tubes at McDonald's, Children's museum, play date, or go for a walk)
1pm lunch
1:30ish play in back yard (sand box, trampoline, Kangaroo Climber, etc)
3pm nap
5pm dinner
5:30pm play in house or outside with toys, do yard work while she digs with her shovel, pull up chair to sink and she helps wash dishes
6:00pm quieter inside activities, I mostly try to do housework or play on the computer, but DD only allows this for 10 minutes at a time or so, so its kind of 10 minutes my stuff 20 minutes playing with her until bathtime.
8:30pm bath
9:00pm rock in chair, watch video, pray for sleep
 

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Thanks Mama's...this is exactly what I needed...DD and I follow more of a "routine" than a schedule like you Renee. I'm glad that I'm not the only mama who's DD would rather play with household stuff than her toys!
I'm also really glad I'm not the only mama who doesn't get up at 8am!
 

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I am not good with schedules but a great activity is water games. Spread out a big towel, give her some cups spoons pots, etc, and put some water or ice in some of them. Let her play. My ds didnt play with toys till he was 3. He still doesnt like to play with toys much at 4. Its a blessing and a curse. LOL

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I keep a basket/cabinet/drawer for DS in every room. It contains cups, lids, things to stir with (soft spatula for example), playsilks or other small pieces of textured fabric, and other household items that are small but safe that he seems interested in. I put rice or lentils in small containers and super glued the lids on. I also made bean bags and keep them in an old wipes container.

These are much more fun than the 100's of toys my parents have bought for DS.
 
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