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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had large areas of my home designated as kid's playroom.  We did not have a formal dining room or a formal living room, because that was my kids play area.  I did not believe in my kids going to the basement, away from my eyes.  The play area was set up like a daycare. We had a comfy couch, TV, snack area, painting and crafts area, dress up area, sleeping area, books, a place for physical playing, diaper changing area and eventually a small training potty too.   And it had childproof gates.  I spent most of my hours as a SAHM there.

I am sorry.  If you are a SAHM with small kids, do not think that you are going to be able to do other chores like SAHMs with school going kids do.  You have to pretty much operate as a childcare provider or nanny. And you have to be with the kids until your DH returns home.  It is a fallacy to think that your kids will entertain themselves. They still need you to direct their play or instruction. You are in charge of also keeping them on a schedule.

It is very hard but these years go by very fast too.  Remember that your kids are sponges. What you teach them now in terms of habits and routine, will endure. [/quote]

This is exactly right!   And believe me you will miss it when they are 18 and 29 and don’t want to play legos in the “legoroom” any more with you![/quote]

I wish they would play with legos. This is op. The 6 year old gets frustrated because his little brother messes up his creations, and the 3 year old throws them everywhere. I get so dizzy from all of the running they do! [/quote]

3 years old is old enough to learn the manners to not destroy the house and take apart his brother's toys as he is working on them. My 2 year old is mostly trained on this although she has some moments of course. [/quote]

He just turned 3. It doesn't help that dh doesn't give an f. Dh thinks a lot of this is" normal" . I came home from work to a drawing on the wall and another wall had a hole. Good times last night! [/quote]

It is not normal. And unfortunately is your kids has ADHD or is this rambunctious you need to work on boundaries, rules, behavior extra hard. He needs tools to manage his body and feelings. Because when he goes to prek (and he should at 4) or K it will be a hard hard transition. School is already very academic and a lot of sitting in K and its geared much more towards calm kids (mostly girls). [/quote]

Op here. He goes the gym childcare, and he's fine. The workers love him. I "love" how you tell me my child must go to prek. Newsflash, not everyone can afford prek! [/quote]

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