Post by lilyelayne on Apr 19, 2016 10:16:58 GMT -5
Maybe one year photos if the rain holds off. Ho hum.
Morning was better than the night. DS was up at 10, 12, and 2 cause his teeth hurt, and Advil didn't seem to help, and he didn't wanna nurse that often so it was difficult to soothe him. Then he woke up at 6 ready for the day. I turned off his white noise, opened his blinds, gave him a book, and went back to bed. We both fell asleep at some point, and he didn't wake til 9. Yay!
Today today is for cleaning and my house really needs it. I just hope V let's me get things done.
Anyone with advice for cleaning with a toddler? He just goes behind me and grabs his toys back out of the cutest or wants me to hold him or unloads the dishwasher as I'm loading it. Lately any cleaning has been done when he is asleep, but then that's my time too, so I get distracted easily.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Apr 19, 2016 11:39:28 GMT -5
kartish DD loves the dishwasher too, I usually give her something she can play with (she really loves to have a spoon and a plastic bowl or tupperware container).
I'm having a super productive day at work so far which I really needed. This morning I left my phone in the car and I didn't realize until the train was pulling in, so I had to run back to the car and then back up to the station and I ended up just missing the train, not a great start to the day - but apparently getting in late really lit a fire under me to get some stuff done so maybe it was for the best.
Today today is for cleaning and my house really needs it. I just hope V let's me get things done.
Anyone with advice for cleaning with a toddler? He just goes behind me and grabs his toys back out of the cutest or wants me to hold him or unloads the dishwasher as I'm loading it. Lately any cleaning has been done when he is asleep, but then that's my time too, so I get distracted easily.
I mostly do while he's asleep, or playing in another room. We don't have a dishwasher so I do dishes while he plays on the kitchen floor. Sometimes if I'm desperate to sweep & mop and he's awake, I'll wear him on my back.
I've heard to clean the bathroom while you're in there when he's bathing, but I feel like my bathroom cleaner chemical smell is too strong.
I feel you on not wanting to clean during nap. If I only get an hour and a half of me time all day, it's really hard to squeeze in cleaning and a work out and a shower when all I want to do is breathe and relax and have a cookie. So usually I pick shower and a cookie. Oops.
kartish agree with giving him something he can play with from the dishwasher. I usually unload the forks and knives from the silverware basket and let her play with the spoons and basket. Things like dusting I do while she's awake. I give her a paper towel and pretend to spray it with the windex or furniture polish (complete with the "kshhh" sound lol) and she'll "help" me dust the end tables. This usually keeps her busy for a while as long as I "spray" her paper towel a few times. Toys I usually don't bother to put away until she's in another room or sleeping. Bathroom I usually do while she's in her highchair finishing up breakfast or lunch. I'm a neat freak. I could talk cleaning all day. Wow that sounded pathetic lol!
Post by dmorgendorffer on Apr 19, 2016 14:47:40 GMT -5
DD loves to rub things with a paper towel too. Or unravel an entire roll of them.
Folding clothes is the one thing I cannot do with DD around, it is a never ending cycle of her wanting to unfold everything that I just folded. And she gets angry if I put the folded clothes out of reach so that she can't unfold them.
I am pretty excited because the bubble stuff I ordered for DD was delivered today. I really hope her reaction is as entertaining as I am expecting it to be.
Lol, V helps unload the silverware from the dishwasher, and then I give him a bowl and spoon to play with, but as soon as he sees dishes back in the basket, he wants to help and starts pulling anything he can reach out. I usually can only load the top then give up and go do something else and finish it later.
I did successfully straighten up the living room with him only pulling half of his toys back out. And folded half a basket of clothes before he spread the remainder out across the living room. But is nap time so I hope my motivation continues.
seamonster how've you been? Feel like I haven't seen much of you lately?
I'm doing OK. Just busy with work. And toddler. You may see me more today if baby Tylenol doesn't do its job and get my baby to sleep longer than 45 minutes.
On chicken pox watch again this week. A kid in the older toddler room caught it. The younger and older toddlers are rarely together in the afternoon so we might get lucky.
1. What is something you're looking forward to this week? Speech evaluation at our elementary school for DD1 on Wednesday.
2. What is something you need to do that you've been putting off? Cleaning the kitchen and laundry.
3. What is your kid(s)' favorite thing to do these days? Favorite toy? DD1 -play outside or go to the mall (play area/train/lunch out). DD2 playing in the sandbox. She just went in it for the first time the other day. She's hooked!
4. What's something your kid(s) has done lately that's surprised you? DD1 -sing herself to sleep. DD2 walking a lot more. And by a lot I mean just a little bit a day.
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