Mommy Tip: Playing and Being Pregnant

This pregnancy has been a tough one. There are a lot of days when I am hardly able to stand long enough to make a sandwich for the kids or even just walking to the bathroom will cause me pain. I feel guilty all the time when the kids are so bored and I have to be laying down on my side to keep from cramping.

Here are some games that I have found entertain the kids enough to get the boredom out:

1. Find an online spinner, I used THIS ONE and put different things they can do in the front room on the spinner. I put twirl around, hop on one foot, and dance. This got the wiggles out and didn't make any mess!

2. Legos!  I grabbed our tubs of legos  and the boys made different creatures while I reclined and put blocks together for Elizabeth to take apart (That's really the only way she'll play with them). It does make a mess, but we made a game out of picking them up. I held the buckets and had them race to see who could fill up their lego bucket first. It helped that I made a rule that the Legos had to stay in the front room, so I could point out more block for them to pick up.

3. Fort.

I had the boys pull out the chairs from the dinner table and their big blankets from their beds. I did have to get up once to help keep the blankets from falling down. It entertained them for a while and made reading time fun for them.