Have you a local library or something where he can go for an explore?
We do and on Wednesday's I take him to Baby Reading Group at the library which is a baby reading class. It's a lot of fun - the read stories, sing songs, play with puppets, books, bubbles, and get to interact with other babies. The last session ended in mid-December but starts again this week, which will be good
Are you totally housebound with that much snow? We don't get snow here, so I'm not sure what it means for you. Can you go for drives?
We aren't totally housebound, no...unless the weather is bad of course. I live in a small town, so there just isn't really a whole heck of a lot to do here in the winter. He's pretty good in the car, but generally falls asleep so if we go anywhere worth while (usually at least a 30 - 40min drive), I know he's going to fall asleep in the car and it makes our naps messy. Even still, it doesn't bother me too much if he has 1 messy nap day. We have a great park, beach, and splash pad which was great to utilize in the spring/summer/fall, but in the winter...just feeling housebound and a little trapped some days. At least if we had a mall or something we could go and just walk around, but we don't!
Bath time used to be our favourite time, but now...ugh. He is constantly trying to crawl in the tub, or he stands up and tries to climb out...which is slippery and dangerous. Now that he's crawling he doesn't want to sit on his bum, so bath times are pretty short these days. They usually last until he starts horsing around and then I take him out, because constantly fighting with him to sit on his bum usually results in screaming fits. I want bath time to be a happy time, so out he comes when the funny business starts!
I used to take him swimming at the indoor pool when he was younger, but as he got older and went down to 2 naps, the time the pool was open for him really interfered with his morning nap, which is the one I try to keep the most consistent. It's hard to be bound to naps sometimes too and not have that flexibility. But, we all know how important they are!
Anyway, I am going to try to find something for us to do today so I don't go completely bonkers