Taking Toddlers To The Park On Your Own?

[SweetSerenity]

I have a question...

Does anyone else find it hard taking their toddler to parks??

I just came back from taking Peter to the River and he loved running around, playing with the ball and the playground, but he kept running over to some older kids who were on the swing.

I kept stopping him and saying no as he would of got knocked over, and he was just so determined to go and after me picking him up physically and moving him, he would run straight back over and then throw a HUGE tantrum from me stopping him again...

In the end i had to leave because he was not going to stop.

So i thought ill taking him to a nice payground just around the corner, he was great for say 15min and then wanted to go near the road, after me persisting saying no...same thing happened a HUGE tanty and him no giving up... Again we left then just came home...

Does anyone else deal with the same and what do you do?

Its embaressing when he chucks these HUGE tantrums and i try and distract him with something else but he is too stubborn to not go for what he shouldnt.

Help??!!!

I want to take him more but not if its always going to be a battle.:no:

[Becteria]

Maikyra can be a pain too but i persist, its worth it becasue she learns what is expected. Can you try some gated parks, or toddler focused parks.

[V8]

DS loves going to the park and i am afraid when he gets a bit older and faster, he'll be exactly the same. My solution will be to put a playground in our own backyard! lol, but sometimes that's just not feasible. Have you tried an indoor place?? They can be lots of fun, they do cost money though...

[Lirael]

i never take my kids to the park. DS runs and does not stop(has no idea of roads etc) and DD follows.

[SweetSerenity]

I havent seen any fully gated playgrounds around here unfortunately. I might have to go hunt for some...:detective:

The second one i took him to today had a fence seperating the road from the playground but he just wanted to run around it :rolleyes:

Yeah we have indoor ones but its quite pricey and i cant afford it as a regular thing unfortunately.

Im planning on setting up a nice play area in the backyard of the new house we're moving into which i guess is a nice solution, but i still would love to take him elsewhere, especially the nepean river, its so big and child friendly :)

[Duchessa]

I think they are developmental problems that you just have to go through one way or another... I take my 2 y/o twins and it can be hard some days, but it is worth it :)

[neeky]

sweetserenity have you tried checking your local councils website? i know the Brisbane city council lists all the parks in the area and has a suburb search option and i think it lists what facilities and stuff there are.

DS loves trying to play with the older kids. I let him go near them, but unless they want him to play with them i make him watch from a distance. Sometimes if he keeps running up to them when they are on the swings, if there are others free i get him to go on them. and he is just amazed that he is doing the same thing as the bigger kids.

I try to avoid the park on weekends and school holidays coz there are just so many more reasons for him to have tantrums on those days. I try to go within school hours so theres less kids there.

[mum2bubba]

I know what you mean, Hayley loves the park sometimes we take her to the school up the road on the weekends so she can play on the equipment there, if we're at a park she wants to go near the swings even if theres ppl on them, I have to run and stop her before she gets hit. Then when its time to leave she throws a tantrum and doesn't want to get back in her pram. I think maybe next time I might bribe her with something :D :o