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Depends. I work part time.

On work days (3 per week), I probably spend an hour playing with him between daycare and dinner and then another 30 minutes reading and chatting before bed.

On my SAHM days (2 per week), I play with him all day from when my husband leaves until he gets home so I'd say 8-10 hours depending on how long nap lasts. Since I just had Lo2 and was hugely pregnant, the amount of active play decreased on the past few months (me on the floor with him) but I make a point to do that several times a day for an hour or so each.

On weekends, DH and I typically split play time half and half though we also tend to just be out and about more so there is more park visits and less toy playing. With breastfeeding Lo2, DH had definitely had to step up in the playtime department.

About 20 minutes a day. By the time I get home from work that's all we have time for before it's time to get ready for bed. Several hours a day on weekends.

During the week, about an hour. On the weekends, we spend a lot more time together, but we're not always playing. We are doing chores, errands, etc.

When I was at home with my son, I played with him most of the day.

I have to say that DH and I aren't really good at "playing" with DS per se, but we don't really feel like its necessary to constantly occupy our kids as entertainment. We actually encourage independent play a lot. We mostly observe, sit next to, or supervise him playing. If we're laying down near where he's playing he uses us as a jungle gym and is climbing all over us, so I guess that might count towards playing with him. I don't really worry about it because we're just around him a lot during the day (I work part time and DH works from home most of the week). We also try to eat meals together or roughly at the same time and we go grocery shopping as a family together on the weekends. DH and I have our own "activities" we usually do with DS during the day that might count towards play. DS and I have a chasing game, we do some tickle games, and I'm constantly chatting with (to) him and engaging him somehow. DH takes DS to the park almost every day for about an hour, he gives him his bath at night where they splash around, and they usually play blocks and read for about 30 minutes before bed. I would say on average, he "plays" with us for about an hour or 2 a day, but he's around us far more than that.

Hmm. I had to think about this, haha. Short answer: 2-4 hours total on days we stay home in the morning. 1-2 hours total on days we don't stay home in the morning. I'm a SAHM but we go somewhere like a playdate, gym or the children's museum in the morning 4 out of 5 weekdays.

This doesn't really include the minutes here and there of goofing off or randomly sitting down and doing a puzzle together. We basically play intermittently all day but if we go somewhere in the morning, I don't really actively play with her for a prolonged period until the afternoon, post-nap. In the afternoon, we usually stay around the house and I often will do an "educational" activity with her. I count that as playing.

@hilsy85: Same.