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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are 5 mo 4 and 8. We joined a pool for the second year in a row and I really want it to work for us. I see families with kids my age..sometimes even 4 kids or families with a set of twins...staying at the pool for 3,4,5 hours everyday. I can't seem to get that down. I try and stay organized.  A bag for towels, cooler, bag for toys, bag with extra clothes and diapers.  It seems by the time I get everyone in their gear, get the bags ready, get into the car and going we are - 45 minutes.  Older kids do well for the first hour usually. I try and get the baby to sleep in the stroller and join in. My 4 year old is fine in the baby pool so we maybe splash with the little one until she tires out. Then kids want to eat and then by hour 2 we generally break down. Baby either is up and overstimulated or tired and can't get into a good sleep. 4 year old wants to do more in the big pool but I'm unavailable for that. 8 year old sees friends and wants to stay longer but little kids can't handle it. It seems like I spend 45 minutes getting ready, maybe 90 minutes there are decent, last 30 terrible, then 45 minutes to get everyone back home and changed and repack the bag/wash towels/empty cooler. I don't know what to do to make this easier and longer?? What am I missing here??[/quote]

I'm really fascinated by all of you that only stay for an hour or 90 minutes.  How terribly wasteful and boring...

1- We do bathing suits at home, and sunscreen, and they eat lunch on the drive or walk to the pool.  I set up camp in the middle of the big and little pool, so I can keep a monitor on all, and nobody swims alone unless they can pass a swim test.  I'll do laps of the pool deck with the stroller, or put baby in a carrier and stand up to my knees on the stops with the 3-5 year olds.  Also, ALWAYS shower there, or at least rinse off, and if nothing else, everyone takes off suits and puts on dry clothes/diapers or undies.  The drive home has never not made anyone of my 6 fall asleep, in 13 years of doing this.  We go at 11 or 12 depending on the day, and are there until 4 usually.[/quote]

HAHAHAHA! Ask your pediatrician if it's better to expose your kids to the hot sun for 1.5 hours or all damn day.

I can walk to my pool in four minutes. I have a 6yo and a 3 yo. We get ready after nap, walk to the pool, have a great time for 1.5 hours or so, and walk home. By the time we are showered, that's about a 2-hour after-nap outing. By then, they are more than ready to cool off for a bit and color or paint or read while I do meal prep. We might take a walk outside or play in the yard. After a while, we come in and cook dinner. It's a nice afternoon.[/quote]

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