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Okay so i am a single mother to a 7 yr old, 2 yr old and a 3 week old. My ped said don't take baby to any public buildings till he is 2 months old. He is having some health issues. So he says go outside, zoo, park, ect. We live in Tucson AZ. Its 100+ degrees outside. The playground equipment is really hot and the zoo is out of the question unless we go really early in the morning to beat the heat.
We love the pool, but i dont think i can manage with 3 little ones and i don't think he can go?
I will do the zoo at least once.
I had planned on doing story time, and $1 movies, but dr said no way.
So does anyone have any ideas of how to keep my 2 and 7 yr old girls entertained this summer?
Great ideas! Thanks. We've been playing dress up this morning. Taking pics and doing our hair and playing with makeup.
A sprinkler in the backyard?
Kiddie pool in the back yard, bubbles, sidwalk chalk.
Finger painting in the yard.
I bought my girls shovels that are their size and let them go to town digging holes in the back yard. My four year old loves to 'dig for treasure'!
We love going to pools & water parks but don't know if you can bring baby or not.
Contact other moms in your area. Your 7 year old is in school. Ask the other parents. Arrange play dates with other moms with small kids. One of my daughters has a mama's group where 8-12 moms bring their kids together for play time.
Put up the misters in the back yard so the kids can play. Let them ply in the shade of trees. When I was in the 2nd to 4th grade we lived near Phoenix. My brother and I played outside during the summer in sprinklers, under old cottonwood trees and on shaded playgrounds.
You don't have to be inside in A/C to be able to have fun in the summer in Arizona.
Good luck to you and yours.
Can anyone help you?
A friend or another Mom?
Check into vacation bible school or with your local library to see if they have a 'class' your seven year old can do for free that will keep him/her entertained during the week.
Also what about a Monkey Joes or Pump It UP! type place?
Do you have any friends that could stay with your 3 week old 1x a week so you can take your other two out? I would also suggest doing the same with each of your older children (even if it's at night). Maybe have hubby keep the younger two and take your oldest to a movie or out to dinner or to the zoo and then switch it up with your hubby so he has the same opportunities.
Ask your 7 year old what he/she wants to do during the summer. What about going to the library each week and letting him/her pick out 5-10 books.
I'd plan to be outside in the mornings and evenings (keep baby inside with a monitor if you are nervous about him).
Let your seven year old choose what meals to make at least 1 day a week (even if it's sandwishes or pizza) and let him/her choose the activities for that day. Your 2 year old will probably be happy with most anything.
Be sure to give your oldest time to him/herself, too, so that he/she doesn't feel like he/she is a 'baby' like your other two.
Some suggestions for your 2 year old (maybe your 7 year old would be interested, too)...Play-do, shaving cream on a table or in the bath (even without water), crayons, stickers, etc. What about computer time? Movie day?
You can still do park early inthe morning and late in the evening. It's hot in texas too. You can literally see the neighborhhod come to life at 730 each night. Nikkis ideas for backyard fun work great for us. go to the park in the morning then hoome before 1030. Then the kids are in and out all day in between Nap time, bath time. lunch time. movie time. Then maybe park or walk around the block in the early evening. You might feel comfortable sending your older girls with friends or family once a week or so to get out of the house and give you and baby some quiet time.
You need to be able to have a friend or relative watch the baby some and let you do some special time things with your older kids.
It, of course, is for the babies health but it doesn't seem fair to them to be confined like this. Perhaps you can rally your friends together and have different friends take the older kids to the activities if you can't have the baby watched by some one you trust.
Can you go to the park in the early morning or evening? I know it's hard, I used to live in Yuma Arizona and I know the summer is pretty much all black flag weather. Can you buy a pool? I bought this 6ft diameter pool that fills up to my 2 1/2 yr old's bottom for $10 at walmart (in their summer seasonal aisle).
Can you buy a ball pit?
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Little-Tikes-Pink-Club-House-Pl...
Kids loves these things lol. Be prepared to pick up balls. I have cats and bought the turtle sand box and use that as a ball pit b/c they scratch those pits to pieces :(
I'd find little ways to bring the fun to them.
What does your 7 yr old like to do? Any crafts? I think Michaels if having a big 65% off sale. You can get movies from red box (or if you have netflix) and make a theater day at home with popcorn and stuff. From what the ped said, it seems like he can go outside (like beside the pool) but not in enclosed public spaces??
You could also ask your 7 yr old what she'd like to do at the house. If your 2 yr old is like mine she'll love almost anything.
Do you have friends that would go to the pool with you that could help watch the kids? I know it's hard, I'm a single mom too, and I know it's even harder because you have 3 to keep watch of so maybe a friend can help watch. Are there pools that aren't very crowded? In our city, there are parks, etc that are so packed but others that barely anyone goes to that are gorgeous parks. Good luck :) I know all outdoors is going to be beating the heat lol. I would try to search out different parks. A lot of the parks I saw in yuma had shades over them :)
