I am so sad lately. I am upset with myself I am a SAHM and try my hardest to keep my almost 5 yr old daughter and son who is 3 happy and entertained. But it being winter we have alot of free time after our activities and she acts out really bad now-and has for the last month now. She starts school in the fall,and I feel like even though I want to be the ones to raise my kids-I am not giving them everything they need. I dont have any freinds with kids so they dont have any freinds and I am not close to my family at all. Its just me and my parents anyways.I tryeed to enroll on ecfe but had to leave after 3 sessions. My son couldnt take me leaving and actually hurt himself and was stressing out his sister and the other kids so He is not able to attend anymore. I guess they have a stupid rule that all moms HAVE to leave the room. after a half hr-so we didnt go back-I am not about to be forced out of a room when my son is screaming on the top of his lungs and throwing his body to the ground.I will try to take him to some play groups or the y to get him into some prgorams for kids his age.( I waited for 20 min each time also and he got worse every time) should I enroll her in a pre k school? She has so much energy mentally and physically I am finding it hard to keep up with her and keep her happy. My son is also picking up bad traits from her acting out and I really dont want that to happen. anyone ever been on my shoes or have any advice?
I have chosen to keep my son out of school until kindergarten. He will turn 5 next month and will start in August. He has not been in any kind of preschool. We have felt the pressure big time as only him and his best friend are this age and not in school. I just feel like this time is precious and he will have school for the rest of his life, so why rush it? Have you tried finding any mom's groups? I joined Mom's Club as soon as I moved here and it has been wonderful. I have made so many friends with kids since joining! We have playgroups for each child once a week, and there are random kid's activities and gatherings. We also participate in the library's storytime for both my kids. During the week, my hubby works all day. So, I always plan activities each morning with my kids and I. If we don't have playgroup or storytime, we will go to the mall or restaurants to play. We have had tons of snow, so we haven't played much outside. But in the spring, summer, and fall...we go to the parks or walks several times a week. I find by keeping busy and out of the house until early afternoon, it keeps him from going crazy in the house. He still lays down for one hour in the afternoon, then we play games until his sister wakes up. I also started my son in soccer last summer. He did two seasons and will be starting another soon. He loves it. We have practice once a week for an hour, and games every weekend. This gives him a little extra outlet to burn energy. Good luck, I know what a challenge it can be to keep them busy sometimes. I'd look into some kind of club, maybe you can meet other moms that are bored at home too!!
Thank you so much jgirl.. lots of advice..I know I dont want to start her if I dont have to into anything. like school that is-in the summer we never have this problem we go to the lake almost every day. Winters for us are just slow and hard to pass the time-we already go to the zoo as we are members but that is only 1 every wk or other wk.I will look into a mommy group and a reading time-she would love that! I really appreciate you writing me and love all of your advice!!hugz
