Ideas for Activities??

Hi all ! The weather has slowly started to get better around here so we've been able to go out the house a bit more. We do plenty of 1-1 chats and play time at home too. But lately im finding myself struggling to fill the longer wake windows with my 9month old who is constantly wanting to either be on the move but cannot yet crawl, or gets bored after 10 minutes of a single activity. Goes in her walker on and off which she loves, and floor time too but everything ive been doing previously I feel is no longer enough for her if that makes any sense ?? . What do you guys do for instance on a nice day, when alone for the whole day with baby apart from a general stroll around town/park ? My baby is often having 1-2 naps throughout the day, so there's plenty of time to do activities but at the same time I dont really know of any age appropriate things for her to do that I can also do alone with her as I dont have a friend group of other mums to meet etc. And her dad works all day long. I don't drive either. I thought about taking her to the beach on a nice day but concerned that shes yet too young and likely will just eat the sand more than anything 😅. Im starting to feel quite bad/guilty that im not doing much with her . Any suggestions??

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I just found out im pregnat with my partner again

I have other kids that arent his

Is it wierd he says to me he always need to have the weekend at his house with his kids because he needs a break from my other kids, but he tells me he wants to be with me forever and stuff but says he needs a break am i just overreacting

Screen-Free

Any other moms doing no screens? How do you get anything done or deal with the crying?? I feel like I never get a moment for myself or to even do things that need to be done like cleaning or cooking. My baby loves to be held all day but hates carriers. No judgement please! We are trying to do no screens for the first two years. Sometimes I have to just let him cry for a bit while I do something for myself and it feels awful. And let's not even get into the screaming in the car...I don't know if it's true and I feel kinda bad for saying this but I feel like screen-free parents just deal with a lot more crying 😞

Male nursery worker

Am I being unreasonable? I feel uncomfortable with a male nursery worker changing my daughter’s nappies. I was told he was “helping out” for a day? But no explanation was given. Can I raise it with the head without being seen as problematic? To be completely honest, I found it unsettling and odd he just appeared out of the blue..

Curious about the screen time epidemic

Tell me what your family does

Does anyone homeschool toddlers 2-3 years old?

If yes can you share what resources you are using, where you find them etc…

Being too sensitive?

I wanted people’s opinions on this and wondering if anyone else is in a similar situation! My husband is being super sensitive over friends and families opinions on who our new born baby daughter looks like. I think it’s ridiculous we are even bickering over this and having heated conversations. A lot of people have said she looks like her dad but some are saying she looks like me and just because he can’t see it, he gets annoyed with them for thinking it. I had a friend that came round to meet her and she said “she’s 100% ALL you” (me), he found this rude and disrespectful. I don’t think it is at all! Everyone sees babies differently and everyone has an opinion. I for sure don’t get upset if someone says baby girl looks like her daddy. It takes 2 to make a baby and she is gorgeous so it doesn’t matter, I’m the one that grew and birthed her but I don’t take offence! We then had a deep conversation and he opened up to me and said because he didn’t have much growing up as a child, he just would have loved our baby to look like him and to carry his features, considering she’s his biggest achievement. He’s convinced all MY friends and family just want her to look so badly like me and not him. (He’s very good looking may I add). I just get anxious every time someone comes round now as I don’t know what they will say regarding who she looks like! This is something I cannot control. He should be proud she’s gorgeous, happy and healthy. What are your opinions on this?!