Activities for VERY active 3 year old?

Proud Mama

My son is very active and rambunctious, I need some ideas for how to keep him entertained that isn't messy as I run a storage facility and have random times when the phone rings or someone comes in and needs assistance. I need activities that are OK for him to be left alone with for a short time without danger or the risk of him making a mess. Any ideas are welcome

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My brother was like this. He was kicked out of play group as a toddler, and was known to climb store shelves if brought indoors. So, for a number of years, his mother would bring him to the park all day every day, where he could let out his energy.

Some indoor ideas for the situation you're talking about:
Buy a mini indoor trampoline for him to jump on (they fold up)
Let him play with some giant cardboard blocks (these are super fun, and don't hurt if thrown, as they're made of folded up cardboard)
Get him a mini tent, and give him soft toys and supplies to build a fort
Brio trains
Set him up with an activity table: drawing station, play doe station, Lego station, silly faces mirror station, puzzle station
Automatic bubble machine
Turn his favourite music on
Put on a children's CD with his favourite stories or songs

Some tips for the long run:
Make sure your child is getting enough sleep. For this age, he should be going to bed around 8PM, sleeping about 11 hrs at night, and getting a 1-2 hr nap in the early afternoon. Children often act more manic and wild when they're over-tired. A well-slept child is an easier child.

Make sure he's getting enough exercise. During his waking hours, give him plenty of opportunities to run around and get his ya-ya's out. Plenty of outdoor time to run around; a play-ground; and a foot-trike, tricycle, or bicycle with training wheels are all a 3-yr-old needs. As an extra option, if he seems ready for some structure, you might also enrol him in sports or dance lessons. Yoga, swimming, and ballet are great options.

Keep him away from refined foods such as white flour and sugar. Make sure he is getting 3 balanced meals and 3 snacks each day. Give him water to drink instead of juice (or if you do give juice, cut it with water).

Have him practice moments of stillness. Have him sit in a chair, starting with 1 minute, and gradually increase. Don't make it a punishment, but do it when he's getting too wild, to help him calm down. Children's emotions and energy can get so intense, that they don't know what to do with themselves; thus resulting in wild mania. By teaching him self-discipline (which actually means teaching) in a safe setting controlled by you, he will gradually build the skills to calm himself. You can make this activity fun by putting on some calming music, or reading him a story. It's not a punishment: it's quiet time.

questions about healthy living?

heather d

I am trying to lose wieght and know that crash dieting isn't for me nor does it actually work. I am 160 and 5'5, female. My ideal wieght is 130. I have been watching my calorie intake and am slowly adding in an exercise regimine, but I want to know if there is anything else I can do? I keep reading all types of online weight loss tips and books, but they all seem to have conflicting suggestions. I am also taking Hoodia, which does help me not feel hungry all the time (and I am taking the minium dosage)

Can someone suggest to me certain exercises I can do at home or in the car( I do lot of driving)?
Is there foods, other than celery, that has no fat and very little calories that I can eat? ( I hate celery)
Should I detox? I have lowered my calorie intake to 1500 or less, but should I go lower?
I would really appreciate some guidance.

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Sounds like you have the basic building blocks of a healthy diet. Congratulations! Many people never get that far.

I started a program last year, and I have been in maintenance mode for 8 months so far. You are doing the right thing by starting slowly. You might want to tweak what you are eating to make sure that you are getting all the nutrition you are supposed to get. Are you getting 5-8 servings of fruit and vegetables a day? Are you getting 25g of fiber a day (that REALLY helps with feeling full)? Detox doesn't sound necessary, and if you are eating enough fiber and drinking 8 glasses of water a day - that will... er... get you regular and take out anything that's been sticking around too long. Water will also help you feel full.

If you are reading weightloss books, start taking notes. If you read something that really makes sense to you, write it down on a notecard. Then, stop obsessing over it. It sounds like your current calorie intake is fine if you are consistently exercising. If you go too low, you are in danger of hitting starvation mode.

For food, I love broccoli - I keep the frozen stuff with low-fat cheese sauce in my freezer for snacking. I have no-sugar added applesauce cups at work (50 calories a serving), along with mini whole wheat bagels (120 calories and high in fiber). A turkey sandwich on Low-cal, High fiber bread is 130 calories. The fruit bowl in the house is always stocked, and I just can't seem to buy enough bananas. As for exercise, I have a jogging trampoline in front of the TV - it's not the same as going for a run, but it still gets me moving instead of lying on the couch.

Good luck!

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Water Trampoline?

Elime22

I am thinking about getting a water trampoline to put on a lake and had a few questions. Can you actually jump on them like a normal trampoline or are they just like a platform to sit on? How much is a decent price? Do you have one?--If you could go back, would you get one or not?

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they don't have much bounce and get boring fast. would never buy again

what is the best water trampoline?

i have a lake house and most of the trampolines don't work i don't care about the price just want one that works

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One that floats! (sorry for joking!)

I really have no idea. If no one can give you a good answer, I'd google "water trampolines" and see if you can get some results from people rating water trampolines from online sellers. By the way, you are sooo lucky that you have a lake house!!!!!

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This is my story What you think?

16 HOCKEY

So ive decided to wright a story to help other teens not make the choices I made when I was going through a tough time.
Dont correct me on typos or fragments, just tell me what you think of the introduction. (overview)
Thanks for your help.


My name is --------------, I am sixteen years old and I live in Bixby Oklahoma with a total population of 20091 people. Im writing this story because I want parents, and other teens to know whats going on with an average teenage male.
I was born in chatanooga, Tennessee where I moved to Edmond Oklahoma before I was even a year old. I quickly moved from edmond to the Bixby area in oklahoma. Life was great, picture perfect, one of those families like you see in the old movies. With the wife cookin dinner, kids playing, and dad just coming home from work. I lived in a blue, two story house, my room was downstairs next to my parents, and my younger sister lived upstairs. My room was filled with dalmations, as a kid it felt like I owned every stuffed animal dalmation out there. I could hide in the large pile of dogs, and my mom "couldnt" find me. All of the memories in that house were good, I had a rowdy neigbor about my age that would come over and throw rocks in the street with me, and I also had another neighbor that I would peak over my fence and spy on them. When you walked into my blue house, there was an old couch with a quilt (That I could never find out where it came from) hanging above it. The kitchen was connected with the living room and a halway which led to my parents and my room. One of my best memories was waking up at one in the morning and going to look at the rubber lizard that I had put in a bowl of water and the package said it was to grow up to two feet. I loved that house, there were only two bad memories. The first was when I was spinning around in circles and hit my tooth on a chest my parents owned, the second was when my mom got super glue in her eye and my dad was gone so we had to ask Mr. bush (Our neighbor, also a preacher) to take her to the hospital. Those were absolutley the favorite times in my life that I will always miss.
When I was in kidergarden (with the best teacher ever I might add) my parents bought a lot about four miles away and planned to build a new house. We sold "Big Blue" and moved into a rental for a while. Kandace, my little sister, and I would always go to a day care center called childs play while my parents when out to dinner, every Friday night. When our parents picked us up from the center we would always be expecting some kind of reward like we deserved it. One time we got a trampoline, and the other we got a white dog named Daisy. Finnaly our new house was finished, our new neighborhood was called Stanfordelm and we were only the second house in our coldisac. I didnt like this house as much but it was okay, my sister and I got to stick our hands in the concrete, that was cool, but it was different. It wasnt the place that I called "home" but my mom loved it so I went along with it. This house didnt bring memories, or friends, or anything like Big Blue. We slowly stopped talking to people and it seemed that all our family cared about was my dads job. One day I came home from school and everything was like normal, but later that night I remember seeing my dad crying and I didnt know why. Apparently my dad had stolen software from a company that he quit, leaving my family with all kinds of Lawyer stuff. My parents owned the resteraunt guide for a while, then it went under. I always wanted to know what that ment but everytime I asked a "stupid" question, my mom said I would get a "stupid" answer.
When my dad had to sell his buisness or whatever he did with it he got a new job, but it ment he had to live in texas. So for a long year my dad would commute from Texas to Bixby every weekend. My parents seemed to be fighting more, over stupid reasons I didnt understand. On my eleventh birthday night, I came home while my dad was out of town, to find my mom drunk and passed out on the floor. I then dragged her to her bed and told her goodnight. That day changed my life, and from that day forward, it would never be the same.

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actually it's a little every day

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