SAHMs, what do you do all day?

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I've been a stay at home mom to my 16 month old since he was born but lately I can't seem to find anything to do with him! anytime I get down on the floor to play with him he doesn't really want to play. and then he just ends up attacking me and biting me lol. it's been too cold where I'm from to take him outside. please help! I need some activities to do with him!

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Look into storytime at your local library. I would recommend getting out of the house at least once a day to keep your sanity. Go to the grocery story, library, sign up to the gym, a museum. This is what I did with my first and it really helped to have something to get ready for each day. I'm in Chicago and it's so cold here and we have so much snow but I still make it a point to get our and I have a 15 month old, 3.5 year old and am 9 months pregnant. Good luck!

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I am all about going to the library, gymnastics class, park/playground, going on walks, going to Target, etc.
BUT with the cold, snow, and flu- we’ve been staying at home since around Christmas and we are STIR CRAZYYYYY!!!!! I am counting down the days until Spring.
Until then, we’ve been doing lots of planned activities. Coloring, stickers, play-doh, baking cookies, bubbles (yes inside), painting nails, blocks, playing with dolls, puzzles, music time, dance parties, games (seek a boo), mega blocks, reading time, etc.
I don’t keep all the toys out such as mega blocks, puzzles, games, so that when I get down and play we have something fun and exciting to do together. I also rotate toys on a weekly basis!
We don’t do a ton of TV, but I’m not ashamed to say we spent 30 mins cuddling and watching Moana today- mommy needed a quick break. 
Hope that gives you some ideas!

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cook,  clean, wash, go to mommy and me classes, go to baby gyms, go see my mom or my mil, go to the park, go for a walk outside,  go shopping. however,  I've been indoors lately,  because of the flu outbreak. when indoors, I'm usually either cooking, cleaning or playing. when playing,  we do peek-a-boo,  read books, run around after each other,  play with her toys ( Legos, cubes, shapes,etc. )

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I read with my daughter a lot. She’s also 16 months. But if I just sit down on the ground with her she will play with me for a while until she wants to nurse! Lol. I was taking her to baby story time at our local library. Our city has two libraries so two diff days I can take her but like you I’ve been skipping because of cold/flu season. I was also taking her to gymboree until she kept getting a cold. I take her to the playground a couple times a week. We go for walks and I go to a baby boot camp which she comes to with me 2-3x a week (50$ a month). We go grocery shopping once a week too and she likes to help me with the laundry once a week (aka wear all clothing on her head like a ghost and walk around bumping into stuff). Also, if you look into American Red Cross there may be free swim lessons you can take her to. We went to some free lessons here too.

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I forgot to mention, I try not to take him out of the house too much. I'm just too nervous with this flu that's going around  😔

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We watch TV, sing and dance, play chase with her popper, read, color, play with her various toys, if it's a bit warmer 40 and up) we play in our driveway or go to a park, and we are starting a storytime class Friday at the library. It's harder now because it's cold out but once it warms up we like to go to our local zoo, parks, walks, and there's a splash pad nearby too that I want to try out. I also leave her to play by herself about half the time so she learns how to entertain herself. I'm always in the room though to supervise.

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I’ve got 3. One goes to school so we walk him to school then at home play read jump off stuff eat play nap (sometimes) go get brother at 130
Sometimes we go to the library or chuckECheese

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Have you tried separating out toys and only having a few abailable at a time? As they get tired of the first set you put them away and bring  out different "new" toys. I also have craft time tubs. Stickers and crayons have been popular with my daughter. And I have some of those "magic" water painting books that change color when water is "painted" on. I got a play structure that we have inside for the winter. And I've got a few sensory tubs that are a favorite activity but are a bit messy so they are more for emergency entertainment purposes.

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Our library has story hour, and open gym, we’re in MN so I totally get it!! Also there is creative classs and music classes for kids. I’m with my daughter m-f but we nanny three times a week so we stay plenty busy

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We also have local toddler related 'clubs' here (EarlyON). We make homemade playdough, bake, she 'helps' me with chores, we watch Paw Patrol/Trolls/Moana. We go for walks around the block, when its not -1000 lol You can also bring snow inside, which is tons of fun. If youve got a local pool, you can go when they have open swims. We read loads of books, play with megablocks, paint (with water on colourful paper), colour. If I didn't have Pinterest for activity inspiration, I would have lost my mind already this winter lol

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