SweetD Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 My almost six-year-old stepdaughter is completely unable to entertain herself and its driving me mad. I watch her Wednesdays thru Fridays all day as I don't work then and we have custody of her on those days. I also have my three year old bio daughter these days too. Onto the problem...I am becoming drained because I am 8 months pregnant and she is constantly saying "I'm bored, theres nothing to do. Come play with me!" I have never dealt with this with my daughter. She can play fine with no TV on for up to an hour at a time by herself. I think the problem is that step-daughter spends 75% of her time in front of the TV or playing video games when she is by moms or grandmas house. I have always had a strict, one movie per day limit with my three year old and she is able to sit with a book, color, play with blocks, playdoh, etc without insisting I entertain her somehow. Now that I am pregnant it is even more taxing because I need the relaxation yet I refuse to turn on the TV or video games to use as a babysitter. Any ideas on what to do? It makes me feel helpless that we can only "control" her environment 50% of the time (while shes by us)... Link to post Share on other sites
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