I feel like we have just finished the holiday, but the next one is almost upon us. Which also raises the question for me, what do you do with your children during the holidays? Last vacation I didn't feel like doing anything every day. So this time no ball pit or cinema, no just at home. But still the question keeps running through my head… what to do during the holiday before the holiday that is coming.
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Now our 5-year-old daughter is an only child, so it may also be more difficult to entertain (hopefully I'm not kicking anyone now, I don't mean any harm).
I have already indicated that my daughter can be kept busy if you go along with her fantasy stories, but since I am not the mother to that, it quickly comes down to IPad or television. But we also want to limit screen time a bit. Heaas, our daughter realizes that she has nothing to do without television and/or Ipad. Of course I also read all the articles that boredom is good for children, so I also planned to apply this to her. Only then I hate it when she's bored. I believe she has toys here for a small capital and even then she can't have fun on her own. So what to do in the upcoming holiday?
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Maybe it's just me, somehow I always have to get used to it when she's on vacation. Not because I don't like it, on the contrary, she's a nice cheerful chatty girl. But sometimes I just don't know what to do. The little girl doesn't sleep in either, so the days can be long.
The stupid thing is, when I had her around all day, I didn't give a damn. Before she went to school, she spun along in the rhythm. But now somehow we can't find the rhythm. Now that is of course not necessary since she is on vacation, but yes, there are certain things that just continue. The standard things such as shopping, unloading the dishwasher and mopping. Or keep the toilets and bathroom, do the laundry and you name it. She thinks this is stupid and therefore finds it boring at home.
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How do you do that, are you continuously busy with your child(ren) or do you let them muddle through yourself? Because it is quite difficult if your child cannot play alone.
Of course it's not like I let her go her own way all day long. Today, for example, after swimming, we went shopping together and cleaned out the dishwasher together. Afterwards I allowed her to watch television for a while, but not for too long. We rolled and baked croissants together. And while baking we played different games. After eating the croissants we continued with uno and quartet.
When I indicate that it is time to do something for herself, she starts whining about the IPad. But since I have a certain time in mind that she will be allowed on the iPad, that was not going to happen yet. She went upstairs to play and as long as I'm upstairs and doing the laundry it's fine. But as soon as I go downstairs she gets bored with a long face again. I watched this for a while which made her look for something to play. She found Mikado. After having played a few games, it was time for a screen to appear again. And of course she was completely sweet again, hadn't had a child.
How do you do that and am I doing something wrong? I like to hear advice, criticism, etcetera, because before I know it the next holiday is just around the corner. And then I would like to be prepared about what to do during the holidays!
