How do you cope with a toddler?

[zebrastripes]

I know it's a few months off yet,but i honestly don't know what I'm going to do when Willow is a toddler.At the minute I still have a bit of time to myself-for instance she's sleeping at the minute,so I'm online,later on she'll nap and i'll finish reading my book or whatever.And if she's awake and I need to get something done,in her chair she goes and she can entertain herself quite happily for a while.My question is: how do you cope with a toddler?I don't know much about them but all they seem to do is run about and scream although I wouldnt say the ones I know are exactly model children...

But anyway,I enjoy my couple of hours to myself and I'm taking it I won't be getting them once Willow gets older so how exactly are you meant to cope and when,if ever,do you get time to yourself?I mean i'm going to need time each night to do homework,how am I meant to do that if I have to constantly entertain a toddler?

 

[SarahH]

They still entertain themselves.

Arianna still has her nap in the afternoon, or if I'm busy she will sit and play with her toys.

If I am cooking, she comes in the kitchen and sits in her highchair and she copys Mummy with her toy pots and pans.

 

[zebrastripes]

They still entertain themselves.

Arianna still has her nap in the afternoon, or if I'm busy she will sit and play with her toys.

If I am cooking, she comes in the kitchen and sits in her highchair and she copys Mummy with her toy pots and pans.

Thank goodness for that...most of the toddlers I know are spoilt ones who constantly demand attention I had an idea they weren;t all like that but wanted to make sure

 

[amzhunny]

hey hun,

I look after my 3 year old niece for 2 days a week and i dont find her any trouble at all...sometimes she wants to play a game with me but most of the time she occupies herself...she doesnt sleep but i can still do thing i need to do.She helps with Amber and if i am tidying up she has to help me!! SHe is an angel..!!

xx

 

[bobtheunfortunateone]

I have a 2 year old and another boy on the way. I'm very blessed has he is so good, once they are walking,he is pretty happy now and then just to play by himself. My little boy goes to nursery just so I get a few hours to bond with bump and do house work because once I found out we were pregnant all his day time naps stopped, sometimes lucky like today

But this is when they get really interesting i think! just there imagination. They grow up to fast! Not all kids are the same, granted, but if they are good now, they tend to stay like that until 3 when they hit school and outside influences creep in.

 

[mrs_tommo22]

The joy of toddlers is they do entertain themselves, they dont constantly want you like a baby does. They make life much easier!

 

[Lou]

Isaac amuses himself, infact I now get waved at and told "bye" if I go in the living room while he is watcing TV or playing with his toys. Charming! Thats why I can get online so much more. Obviously they need to interact and play and sometimes they get restless and don't know what they want but they are so easily 'manipulated' into doing what you want them to do, you just need to be patient and imaginative! Isaac loves playgroup too and he loves other kids. Get out as much as you can too, fresh air knocks them out Isaac loves playing in his tree house, he'd stay out there all day if I let him You're a bright girl, I'm sure you are worrying about nothing You'll be a great mum to play with and I'm sure Willow will be very well behaved