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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] If I were you and could afford it, I’d rent a row house on the Hill in reasonably close proximity to the Capitol (West side of the Hill, leaning SE for metro access). The Hill has a million little kid activities and playgrounds and on that side of the Hill you can also easily walk to the Mall/Smithsonians and Navy Yard stuff. Lots of playgroups and morning preschools if you decide you want some structure.[/quote]

+1 for the Hill. Plenty of families with young kids, and convenient to lots of stuff to do.

When my daughter was around 2-3, I had one day a week off work, and we did lots of museums and stuff on the Mall during our days together. I'm not sure she got all that much out of the actual museums at the time, but we made a little routine of visiting her favorite exhibits, seeing one new room or exhibit, then having a snack in a cafe or next to a fountain. As she got used to being in that kind of environment, she learned how to behave and what kinds of things to look for as we went through. She's now 12 and still loves to visit museums and historic houses or gardens.

And living in DC is especially great because the museums are mostly free. Because we could go back over and over again, I didn't feel badly about going for an hour or two at a time when she was little. She wasn't overwhelmed or exhausted, and I didn't have to worry about getting my money's worth.

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