The below is list of a couple idea’s I’ve come up with to get me through my days as a stay at home dad and their pros and cons instead of resorting to the television.
- Books
Pros:
books are cool,
books are educational,
books are colourful,
books are entertaining,
books contain characters from television.
Cons:
Books are edible,
books can be used as a weapon,
books are repetitive, seriously we own hundreds of kids books why do we need to read Fireman Sam again, oh yes it has a siren.
see a siren, whose idea was that? they didn’t have kids I can tell you that much
Toddlers can destroy a book in seconds.
Yes that is the same duck as it was when we read this book five minutes ago. No no, ducks are fine, no I’m not reading Fireman Sam again.
ouch that’s my head, ouch, ok who wants something to eat?
- Art
Pros:
Educational,
quiet,
productive, can show Mrs BC we’ve achieved something.
Cons:
Crayons are edible,
washable is marketing speak or lying,
no Daddy doesn’t want to draw you a snake, spider, Scooby Doo, etc. etc. etc.
Paint, do I need to say more?
Glue, do I need to say more?
that special shade of shit, I know, I know I’m supposed to coo and go ooh my babies made that but seriously it’s tough.
see those lines, yeah the kid missed them too
- The Play Cafe
Pros:
They’re relatively safe
They love it
They interact with other kids
Cons:
Other people’s children……
reproduced from http://iamspike.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/evil-children/
Extortionate prices
Clingy kids
They do their best, but by midday everything is bound to be sticky (I fear my kids are largely to blame here)
I’ve only just scratched the surface here but if anyone asks what I’ve been up to with all my free time since I’ve been home with my kids I’ll point them here and suggest that they give it a go sometime.
I mean seriously has anyone actually done a study that suggests the maximum amount of television it’s OK to let a toddler watch, is 12 hours a day too much?
TTFN
Mr Bunny Chow
P.S. the reality is they get no weekday daytime television unless Zimbabwe are playing cricket and then they get that. Doesn’t make it any easier to say no to them every day though.
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Hilarious post!! It brought back many memories that I can fondly remember while we are on our first vacation without kids. Ohhhh, it is so peaceful – no voices from the back seat whining “are we there yet, are we there yet?” LOL!!
thankfully mine are still pretty good at sleeping for extended periods of time in the car
the play cafe pros: you missed one… you get to see me!!!!
of course
LOL Love this! So clever