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Ask HN: Home for the holidays with a baby and a toddler - what to do?

4 points by joebo ↗ HN
I am off work for the next week. I have two kids - a 19 month old and a 1 month old. It's cold and snowy where we live so limiting time outdoors with the 1 month old seems wise.

Any tips on how to keep the kids and wife happy during this time off and fight the urge to work on side projects?

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sebg
Hide and seek is always fun with toddlers. As is Hide an Object and seek it.
anywherenotes
Get Flying Saucer Sled, tie a rope to it. Dress your 19 month old really warm, put him/her into the sled. walk around your backyard/park pulling on the rope, your 19 month old should have fun. You can have 1 month old in a baby carrier, they will have fun just being close to you.
S4M
Show them youtube clips! My 2 years old son is crazy about winnie the pooh for example.
codegeek
Keep the 1 month old baby warm. Not much to do other than feeding, diapers etc for them.

With the 19 month old, you have a few options. Show them funny TV/youtube clips, peek-a-boo (my 2 year old nephew loves it), hide and seek, just running around like a train etc etc. rinse and repeat.

brudgers
Sit on the floor and play with their toys.

Then take a nap.

Repeat.

joebo
Good advice. That's close to what I've done all day. Lots of books too. It's been a good day.
brudgers
My favorite: One Fish, Two Fish. At one time I could recite most of it and irritated friends and family by doing so from time to time.

My son's favorite was "The wolf book" aka, The Three Little Pigs. That I could recite...with the voices. I remember doing so as last ditch entertainment as we neared home after a ten hour drive. He was sick, hungry and tired.

They are only so little for a brief time.