Activities

My wee boy is only 13 months, but we've been doing stuff with him since he was 4 months old and TBH I think you can do too much in a week. We found with about 3 days out of the house it was too much. We go out everyday, but only have 1 scheduled thing a week and then coffee group every fortnight. That way if he's sick, teething or just generally unhappy we don't feel like we're wasting our money by not going.

It also depends on what sort of activities you want to do and how they fit into your day. Swimming and active music and movement classes can be pretty tiring, as is playgroup but sometimes that's a great thing because then you get a wee rest while they're snoozing!

We do a couple of activities a week but have recently cut out a few things to give us a some at home days just to chill out. Samantha gets quite grouchy if we over do it, plus the routine goes right out the window!
We do Jumping Beans in term time on a Wednesday and try and make it to the local library on Thursday for Rhyme time.
I find that is plenty at the moment and still leaves us time to catch up with friends and have playdates. Plus I think I sometimes forget that although Sam seems like a big girl she is still a baby and can't cope with a full on day everyday

Thnks for your comments. I feel I need to clarify that I wasn't meaning that being at home is 'boring', my wee lad loves "mucking about" at home!

We do two scheduled activities a week, playcentre and mainly music, and that is enough for us. There is a temptation to go to all the fun offerings but you have to remember that it is on top of all the other things you do in a week as well (shopping etc). I try to do fun things at home with him as well, we sing and dance, draw and have exploration time in the garden together. By the end of the week we are exhausted!
Having said that I really think that by 18mths they really need some peer interaction and thrive on having some time outside of the home. 18mths is when I started Dominic at playcentre and he just took off and is florishing. We have been doing mainly music since he was 6mths old and he loves that too.