What do your kids do when they come home?

mommy3b2c

Mon, Mar 20 2023, 9:32 pm

Today : he came home at 5:00 and we ate dinner together . Then we walked to my husbands office and sat with him while he ate the dinner we brought him. Then we walked home and I gave him a bath. Then we did homework. Then he played with his “baby yoda bop it”. Then my husband picked him up and took him to the gym and he had a parkour session with his coach. He came home, put on pajamas, watched tv for 15 min and then I put him to bed. I’m still laying with him and we’re listening to the miraculous menora.
And yes, he needs someone to pay attention to him and play , bake , read, etc… with him every moment of every day unless he’s watching tv or playing on his Nintendo switch. Even when he’s playing on his switch sometimes he keeps forcing me to watch him and doesn’t stop talking about what he’s doing and what round he is passing… 🤦‍♀️

amother

Pansy

Mon, Mar 20 2023, 9:43 pm

My kids are same ages as OPs. The little ones get picked up from school by babysitter and have a playdate and then they go together to get the older one from bus.
So they all come home at 5pm. It's bathtime right away...sometimes all together lol (same gender) sometimes separately. Then dinner. I read to them at dinner or if I need to do laundry, etc then I will put on a story podcast. After dinner they play a little then brush teeth and bed. I read to them when they are in bed also so bedtime is easy. Then shema and more singing and night over. The end
No screens during week so they don't even ask for it.

amother

Geranium

Mon, Mar 20 2023, 9:53 pm

amother Pansy wrote:

What device do you use for a story podcast?

amother

Moccasin

Mon, Mar 20 2023, 11:03 pm

I have 3 kids, ages 3-8. I relate. I've been struggling with the after school boredom for a while. I recently started this and it's helping so far bh. I went to the dollar tree and bought 6 bins and 6 table activities. Each day, I bring them to the table, give them a snack and immediately take out an activity. I'm finding this system very helpful for now.
The activities that I have are
Play doh
Paper and stickers
Coloring books and crayons
Popsicle sticks and glue
3 sets of mini jenga which they either use to build stuff or setup like dominos and push them down
One more but I forgot what...

amother

Tue, Mar 21 2023, 11:57 am

amother Moccasin wrote:

Great idea. Thanks

amother

Brown

Tue, Mar 21 2023, 3:23 pm

I try really hard to take them out every single day , somewhere. Otherwise they're begging me to watch (on my phone or on my computer that is really meant to only be used for my job, got it from my office)
Summer is really easy, I have access to a pool so we go swimming, water parks, play outside with neighbors, the park, ice cream, slurpees, sometimes all of the above. One of my parents is homebound with health issues so I try to take my kids and visit a couple of times a week, all year round. Winter we go to the Library sometimes, and bring them along with me on errands- like target pickups, grocery, Walgreens etc etc. I take them out for pizza every week or 2 and drag it out...
I am not the mom that sits on the floor and plays, or bakes etc. Wish I was. Sometimes I'll read books with them but that's really it. My resolution after pesach is to be better with sitting on the floor and playing with them.