10 steps to being a fun mom *and* a good housekeeper
Something I discovered just yesterday is that it's possible to succeed at this toddler/preschooler and newborn thing. Just not maybe every day. For a while yet.
(How did my grandmother manage twelve children?!)
Here's what you do:
1. Partially fill three large bowls with water and set them on the kitchen floor.
2. Holding baby, get some balls and show your toddler it's perfectly fine to make a mess by aiming the balls into the bowls.
3. Marvel at how good he is at actually getting balls into the bowls.
4. Try really hard not to laugh when he slips on the wet floor, despite multiple warnings not to run or jump. I'm sorry, but people slipping can be funny.
5. Tire baby out, then put him in the swing when you realize he's fallen asleep.
6. Continue to play with toddler until he begins to lose interest in the game.
7. Break out a new Little Einsteins DVD.
8. Mop up water on floor, thus cleaning the kitchen.
9. Prepare self a snack like a NutriGrain-waffle-with-neufchatel-cheese-and-raspberry-preserve sandwich.
10. Check e-mail for 10 minutes, by which time the baby in the swing begins to cry.
And then you watch the remainder of the DVD while your baby nurses as though he's never eaten before and never will again, and you ponder when you'll get to the rest of your e-mail and blog commenting.
Easy-peasy!
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(How did my grandmother manage twelve children?!)
Here's what you do:
1. Partially fill three large bowls with water and set them on the kitchen floor.
2. Holding baby, get some balls and show your toddler it's perfectly fine to make a mess by aiming the balls into the bowls.
3. Marvel at how good he is at actually getting balls into the bowls.
4. Try really hard not to laugh when he slips on the wet floor, despite multiple warnings not to run or jump. I'm sorry, but people slipping can be funny.
5. Tire baby out, then put him in the swing when you realize he's fallen asleep.
6. Continue to play with toddler until he begins to lose interest in the game.
7. Break out a new Little Einsteins DVD.
8. Mop up water on floor, thus cleaning the kitchen.
9. Prepare self a snack like a NutriGrain-waffle-with-neufchatel-cheese-and-raspberry-preserve sandwich.
10. Check e-mail for 10 minutes, by which time the baby in the swing begins to cry.
And then you watch the remainder of the DVD while your baby nurses as though he's never eaten before and never will again, and you ponder when you'll get to the rest of your e-mail and blog commenting.
Easy-peasy!
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posted by Holly at Tropic of Mom at 7:45 AM
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10 Comments:
Sounds like you are finding your rhythm! 12 children ... the older ones help raise the younger ones ... My Grandpa was the oldest of 13!
Sounds like you've got it down pat! Congrats! :)
For the first three months with a new baby, you do whatever you can to survive each day. :)
Good idea!
I wish I'd thought of that when my kids were little. The finger paints turned out to be a very bad idea. For me,anyway.
Seriously. How do people with huge families do it? I love the idea of a waffle, cheese, jelly sammich. Yum!
I really enjoy the whole, mop the floor and this clean the kitchen. I have only one child but I will totally remember that tip!
She had 12 kids?
I just cannot even imagine.
Sounds like you are adapting quite well already!
When my son was born I used to set my daughter up at the sink with a bunch of plastic dishes. She would wash dishes for a good hour!
Clever!
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