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[quote=Anonymous]My AP came when my daughter was 3 months. After awhile, I felt like the AP was probably getting super bored, and so was my kid. I mean what the heck would you do all day if you were in another persons home watching their kid all day? It’s not like you are going to rearrange the furniture, paint the bathroom you’ve always wanted to, etc.  Anyway, when my daughter was younger, I started to give AP task like, teach her baby sign language, teach her how to eat with a spoon, teach her to save bye-bye, stuff like that. I think my AP enjoyed the challenges and it helped them to bond. My AP was not thinking of this stuff on her own, because while she is a good AP, she is no Mary Poppins. I would also look at the weather for the week and write it down for the AP along with something like “good day for a walk!” so the AP knew I wanted this to be done. After the AP was here for awhile, we started to allow her to drive with our daughter. At first we did a lot of free library classes, but now they do swim classes and some other rec center classes. I also did some searching and found stuff like splash pads (free), parks etc for them to go to. I even have her take my daughter on trips to the store to buy food for the house. If they weren’t doing this stuff, they would be home all day watching a lot of TV which isn’t good for either of them. They also do play dates with other APs once and awhile. I totally understand the not feeling comfortable with your AP driving your kid, but maybe you will feel better about it after she has been here awhile and practiced. Or, hopefully you have a lot of stuff within walking distance. I know my AP really likes doing all this stuff, it is stimulating for her and my kid. She has a couple of AP friends that also care for young children and are stuck at home all day with them because they aren’t allowed to drive them, and there isn’t much within walking distance. The other APs have said they are really bored and unhappy.

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