How Do You Combat Cabin Fever With A Toddler?
All cooped up and nothing to do? Beat the winter blues with games and activities for parents and children. Plan a fun activity to do at least every other day. Your toddler is as bored and frustrated of being cooped up in the house as you are. What makes things worse is that your child doesn’t understand why you are staying home; he or she may become angry and act out. Try to engage your toddler in a fun, creative physical activity once a day. Plan the activity for a time during the day that you feel drags on forever. Throw a beach party. Turn the heat up, put on shorts and get the beach gear out. Throw a blanket on the floor and have a pretend beach picnic complete with fresh fruits, cold juices and ice pops. Play a game with a beach ball or sort old shells from summers past. Make an indoor fort. Your fort can be as simple as a blanket over the dining room table or as complex as your living room furniture allows. Let your toddler have a flashlight to navigate the fort and have fun craw
