How much time you spend with your kids?

I try to spend time with "sweet pea" in playground or swimming pool.

But dd has an acute throat infection for the past few days so she's been crying and moaning. She's got a fever, stomach-ache, stuffy nose, and vomitting (sometimes).

I have to spend time with my 4 year old to make sure he doesnt peepee on mommys plants anymore. He loves to make them green!

and i love every minute of it!!!

the entire day revolves around my kids

I try to spend as much quality time as i can with my kids. I try to space the day into 1 hour intervals when we are home, one hour quality time(when possible) where we read, play, sing, dance,talk,take them to the playground etc and then i set them up with an activity ie art work or some toy so they can learn to spend time on their own and not become too needy and learn to enjoy time on their own. I use this opportunity to catch up on other stuff around the house, cook etc, so far it seems to work out ok, as i believe they grow up so quickly and i want to enjoy the time i have with them.

Mines called 'the minx' cos she is one lol, but a lovely one most of the time lol

"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid."

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

i call my baby yogi bear cause he eats and never stops

I call my 4-year-old dd (darling daughter) Sweet Pea. I first heard it in the movie Titanic and it has stuck ever since.

What other affectionate names do parents call their kids?

Hey, hes 4 years old too.

nice Javi calling your kid a Koala bear hehehe....

its kinda cute...

Life is a mystery..... you never know whats next.....

i have a 4 year old and now that she goes to school i get to spend 16 hrs with her after school she is all mine

Life is a mystery..... you never know whats next.....

I have a Koala bear. As soon as I get home, hes on my shoulder, piggy back. I just lawned my yard with my youngest on my head the whole time; workout for the champs.

No, forget reading and singing and playing...she needs to learn to cook and clean! First things first! If we had a chimney she'd be up that n all!!

"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid."

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Sometimes I also do that with dd. This happened twice recently:

1) I was folding and putting away my winter clothes last weekend. dd took some shirts and tried to fold them and lay them in the bag to be put away.

2) dd leaned over my back to "hug" me as I was changing a busted tire. She was interested when I was taking off the lug nuts.

But there should be solid time with dd -- reading, painting, dancing, singing.

Yes, I am with her, but doing other chores too

"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid."

- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Hapy and Supernurse...do you spend the 1-3 hours each day doing something (or being) with your child where he is the centre of your attention? I'm not trying to be testy but wish to dig deeper. Watching a movie together is OK but I think it is an not a good example. I'm not the model parent b/c I don't stroke/coddle dd as much as I should.

I probably spend 1-2/day (like Hapy) in concentrated play with dd in these areas:

1) Reading books (me reading and she looking at pages);

2) Walking hand-in-hand around compound and visiting playground (I do get sidetracked talking to the other mommies ;)

3) Make crafts (using paperplates, pipe cleaners, glue,

paint, etc.)

4) Jumping around together or "singing"

5) Cleaning or picking things up

# 5 is important b/c we have housemaid so I want to ensure dd sees the importance of doing work herself.

 I spend about 3 hours a day and same or more at weekends....depends on work!!

"It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

thats great

24 hours a day...................

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