Have you tried a local mother and toddler group that way you dont have to leave har and you can chat to other mums while your daughter is playing.

I'm a SAHM with my 2 year old daughter as well. She likes "helping" around the house right now. When I fold wash I have her help me match socks and she loves being in the kitchen banging pots and pans. I have a water table for her that I now fill with birdseed since it's too cold for the water anymore. She loves playing outside and pouring the birdseed into cups and strainers...and clean up is a snap since the birds come and eat up whatever has spilled! She loves music too, so I have a bunch of children's CDs that I play during the day...she has some music toys that she loves as well (maracas and a tambourine and a drum). She's really into books and toys that she can stack or open/close. It's a good age for giant legos and/or blocks.

We have a mom's group that we're a part of, we get together with them once or twice a month maybe. Other times we walk to the local playground and meet up with neighbors there. Our library has Mother Goose time every week, we like going to that on occasion too. All those things are free to do and help break up time at home, which I know can sometimes feel endless especially when your husband works all the time!

Good luck, HTH!

I guess i am very lucky, my daughter plays well by herself. I work all night so i am able to stay home with her, but sometimes I am very tired, I only get 3-4 hrs of sleep at night. I do rotate her toys, so each week it is like there are new ones and we tend to get out to the park or mall at least twice a week to break up being in the house all day. I have a set time for music and play with her as well as time she plays by herself. I do allow 20-30 min of educational tv for her, once in the morning so i can have coffee and at night so I can start dinner. I also bathe her during the day so that takes up time as well. I know it is not easy, and maybe a moms morning out a couple times a week would help you, I know they have a lot of those here at many of the local churches.

When I had one child I always use to set a side one hour of mommy and Brody time. We would play games, playdouh, read or go to the park. During the day while I was doing other things I would play a movie, bring toys out in the living room and he would also follow me and try to help so I would put him to work, buy asking him if he could help me by going to get somting or giving him a rage and let him pertend to dust like mommy. Now I have another baby and I also babysit. That's great because he can play all day long with his friends and he dose not have to leave the comfort of my home.

can you invite a friend from church over once a week?

WE do a lot of playdough, painting, marble rolling, cars
digging in the dirt and helping around the house we also go for walks around the neighbourhood and look at the trees leaves bugs etc....you could always do up a roster of your daily activities
xox