What I am asking is how much time on walks, reading, playing in the house, projects, talking, playgroups etc. If you can specify how much and often of each. How much time does dad do this. Thanks
primalwhiteknight
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Whatever you feel is right. But don't leave your kid alone all the time. They do need time to play alone, but most of the time they want interaction with you. Doing whatever you want. There is no specified time for any activity. Babies are all different, thats why they don't come with manuels. Get an activity book and try some of the activities in there for one year olds.
star2003usa
I have a 3yr old, a 2 yr old, and a 1yr old. I am a stay at homemom running a mobile home park out of the house, so i can get pretty busy. I take the kids for a walk every night after dinner, usually about an hour, most of the day my son is running around the mobile home park with his dad fixing things. My younger two like to play by themselves. I try to take them outside and play outside. We are together all of the time but sometimes they just want to be left alone.
DONNA D
i'm in the privilege position of being a stay at home mum. my routine is worked around my 11 month old daughter. we usually do the activity groups, mums and tots etc in the mornings she sleeps around noon for an hour that when i clean and prep lunch etc, the afternoon we spend together wether its at home or out and about, the park feeding the ducks or what ever, when daddy comes home hes does the bath and sleep routine while i do dinner and more cleaning, at weekends it an even share. all though i do get my ly ins and breakfast in bed on a sunday...
Anonymous
My husband barely spends anytime with him. He never spends any alone time with him. I say I am with him 60%, babysitter is 35% and the other 5% is grandparents. I think the men are afraid of this age. But my husband never wakes up with him or even gives him a bath. It is a shame but I do the majority of the work. I hope this helped.
msmayasmom
my daughter is 11 months and i am a stay at home mom. we try to walk every morning for at least 30 minutes, but it is getting hot so that is diminishing. we read a lot. she is getting to that age where she knows what books she likes so we read and re-read lots of books for probably a total of 1 hour a day. we play around the house all day. eating, grazing, playing with the dogs, swinging outside, playing in the yard and all that for the majority of the day. daddy comes home and takes her outside to the garden and waters plants, gives her a bath, does a night time feeding and plays peek-a-boo. that is our day! good times all around!