Stay At Home Dads

[chathamf]

Any stay at home Dads out there? Im used to working all the time and all of a sudden I find myself going to be home with my little girl for an indefinite period of time. Im on week 2 and I dont know what im going to do with myself. I find myself bored, lacking motivation and unsure what to do all day.


Looking for things to do, good time killers online and any any tips at all to cope with my new dayjob.

[bourge73]

One word weed

[A790]

Start a home business?

[01RedDX]

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[blairtruck]

Originally posted by bourge73
One word weed

Originally posted by 01RedDX


You may think it's funny but I've found myself building Mega Bloks, drawing and watching Toopy and Binoo with my daughter all day and she couldn't be happier.

ive been home since kid was 11 months now going on 25 months old. im a little disabled so cant do a lot.

i can colour me some sweet pics now and watching cartoons is easy.
when it was warm we would bike (chariot) to the park every day for an hour. but in the winter we hibernate.

[chathamf]

Originally posted by A790
Start a home business?

Any suggestions? I've been crunching my brain about this since a while and can not come up with anything. Doing anything that would need a garage is out of the question.

[chathamf]

Originally posted by blairtruck






ive been home since kid was 11 months now going on 25 months old. im a little disabled so cant do a lot.

i can colour me some sweet pics now and watching cartoons is easy.
when it was warm we would bike (chariot) to the park every day for an hour. but in the winter we hibernate.

Yea I think the winter is the big problem here. I hate being stuck in the house all day, but there is just no way to do anything outside with an 18 month old in the cold.

[blairtruck]

my girl wants to watch bubble guppies all day. and netflix on an ipad can make it easier to do house work.
tv was my babysitter. cant be that bad.

[nicknolte]

My neighbor did this. Sold his previous business to stay at home with daughter, and has been a stay at home dad for about a decade now.

As far as I know he helps fill the time by volunteering at his daughter's school, and runs a leisure-based sporting goods business out of his home.

[blairtruck]

we go to the mall a little before the stores open so she can run around with much foot traffic. gotta watch out for senior mall walkers they want to touch and talk to the little ones.

[yellowsnow]

get a part time job which allows you to stay home? what kind of work were you in before?

[chathamf]

It's not a long-term thing. I'm an electrician, and just recently quit my job. But I have school coming up in the spring so there's not much point in me starting with someone and having to leave in a few months so I just decided to spend some quality time with my daughter.

[guessboi]

Originally posted by chathamf
It's not a long-term thing. I'm an electrician, and just recently quit my job. But I have school coming up in the spring so there's not much point in me starting with someone and having to leave in a few months so I just decided to spend some quality time with my daughter.

One of the best thing in life is to see your child grow up each and every day.
Spend time with your daughter since this is not a long term thing for you.

[rob the knob]

isn't 80coupe has a lady bread winner and he stays home? he lives a good life based on his posts here. post your secrets.

[sheik_yerbouti]

Places like the YMCA have free babysitting for members. Drop the kid off and get ripped.

[blitz]

How old is your daughter? Are you taking her out for daily activities?

[rob the knob]

many places offer for charge.

free would be nice!


link? share the wealth

Originally posted by sheik_yerbouti
Places like the YMCA have free babysitting for members. Drop the kid off and get ripped.

[chathamf]

She's 18 months but haven't been taking her out lately. Both of us were battling a bug and the weather's been too cold for outside activity.

[blairtruck]

Originally posted by blitz
How old is your daughter? Are you taking her out for daily activities?

im doing the potty training thing right now and public toilets she does not like. so staying home is easy.

[codetrap]

18 months... play teacher? Plan activities for you and your daughter? Start teaching her to swim, ride bikes, climb... at that sort of stuff that you can do with a two year old.

If you're gonna be there, BE there.

I know I missed out on a lot of stuff with my daughter growing up due to working, and I DID miss out. I'm jealous that you get to be there for all those firsts.

116 Things to do In and Around Calgary

Hit the fitness classes... get some books on teaching your child.. take them out and about to all the social activities you can find. There's shit ton's of mommy & me stuff, and some seriously nice milf eyecandy at them too.