While my 16-month-old daughter might not yet be a toddler (she is more so cruising than toddling/walking), she is certainly more a toddler than a baby. When she was a baby, we could just leave her on the ground with her toys and she'd be entertained for hours. But these days the girl needs new activities, a change of scene, things to climb/explore, etc. As such, we are on the hunt for toddler-friendly activities and places in our new city of Syracuse. So far we've found the following:
- Wednesday morning story hour (10 a.m.) at the Paine Branch Library in Syracuse (Eastwood)
- Thursday morning story hour (10 a.m.) at Barnes & Noble in DeWitt
- Train and Lego tables at Barnes & Noble in DeWitt
- Playroom/childcare area at the East Area YMCA in Fayetteville (we are now Y members, so we take advantage of this resource)
- The Rosamond Gifford Zoo (got a family membership for Christmas)
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| Our daughter at Barnes & Noble in DeWitt |
We also started attending the Plymouth Congregational Church downtown; they have a playroom/free childcare Sunday mornings as well as family fun nights every few months.
We've heard about a few more resources we'd like to check out:
- Family fun nights (Friday evenings 5 to 8 p.m.) at the East Area YMCA, which are free for members
- Tuesday morning story hour (10 a.m.) at the White Branch Library in Syracuse (Butternut Street)
Clearly, there are number of wonderful community activities/resources for our daughter. It would be great, however, to find more free or low-cost activities such as nearby playgroups, play spaces, and sing-alongs. Maybe these exist, but we just need to find them. Or maybe something like a playgroup we would need to start.
Whatever the case, the situation should improve in the spring when we can take walks and benefit from nearby parks, beaches, and playgrounds. We're hoping that will also give us more opportunities to meet local families including stay-at-home dads like my husband.
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