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- If you’re a working parent of an infant with low sleep needs, how do you function at work when you’re in the throes of baby’s sleep regression?
- Should I cut my childcare down to 12 hours a month if I work from home?
- Will my baby have speech delays if we raise her bilingual?
- Has anyone given birth in a teaching hospital?
- My child eats everything, and my friends’ kids do not – how should I handle? In general, what is the best way to handle when your child has some skill/ability and your friend’s child doesn’t have that skill/ability?
- ADHD moms, give me your tips to help with things like behavior in the classroom, attention to detail, etc?
- I think I suffer from mom rage…
- My husband and kids are gone this weekend – how should I enjoy my free time?
- I’m struggling to be compassionate with a SAHM friend who complains she doesn’t have enough hours of childcare.
- If you exclusively formula fed, what tips do you have for in the hospital and coming home?
- Could I take my 4-yo and 8-yo on a 7-8 day trip to Paris, Lyon, and Madrid?
Clementine says
What are your best low stakes mom hacks?
Yesterday I made a comment about reading my kids books in the bath and realized that we all have little random parent ‘tricks’ that might help somebody else. Not looking for life changing, but things that help.
I feel like I have a bunch, but some of my favorites are: feeding my kids their vegetable as an ‘appetizer’ while they’re doing their daily ‘I’m SSOOOO hungry, I need a snack!’ in the 8 minutes before I put dinner on the table, having exclusively white fitted sheets + fun duvets for the kids so they can make their own beds, and having a drawer full of $10 Dunkin/Starbs and $25 Target gift cards for the inevitable ‘Oh, it’s teacher appreciation day!’
Cb says
We do a similar “starter” before dinner.
I also have a basket of books in our room, the dining room, the sun room so we can always pick up a book and read. We often go and read outside in the garden. I’ll bring books with me if we are headed to a park.
I keep a list of what I’ve bought in larger sizes on the notes app on my phone, so I can pick up things on sale (H&M sale rack is my jam) and avoid overbuying.
Does anyone have a hack for sport stuff storage? Our garage would maybe fit a smart car…and I keep tripping over the cricket set when I put bikes away.
JAmom says
For sports gear storage, installing a slat wall in the garage has been revolutionary for us! Anything that gets relatively frequent use has a shelf/hook/basket/bag attachment on the slat wall, leaving us enough room for a car and walking space without anything on the floor.
Cb says
Ah that’s such a good idea. We have one wall which would work. Between the recycling boxes (my kingdom for a wheely bin) and 3 bikes / scooter, it gets a bit crowded.
Anonymous says
I live in an NYC apartment with no garage or outdoor space. We just put sports/outdoor gear in our closets in bins. Before we had a bike room in our building our bikes were on racks in the entry. The scooter sits in the entry. In general when space is limited the solution is often to go vertical (up high or under something) and/or mount things to the wall.
anon says
Love this tread. We should do it monthly – hey mods!!
Food- frozen peas are great for pre-dinner snack (no chopping involved even for the little one, can always have on hand!)
Laminated safety sheet – but most usefully has the wifi, garage code, etc so that whenever someone comes over I’m not searching for the d*mn sticky note I used to keep the wifi password on :P Took 5 minutes to type up and idk why I didn’t do this sooner
New-to-me mom hack to cut down on laundry – I now insist kids change out of pajamas right away and put them back in the PJ drawer (even slightly “dirty”/worn). This way they actually end up re-wearing a few nights in a row, instead of getting breakfast foods on them or leaving them on their bed (ends up on the floor and not re-worn).
Toothbrushing – one of my littles LOVES brushing and used to cry when time was up. Now I have her put the toothbrush away (she’s 1.5) herself and even though it’s a slow process at her age, it’s stopped the tantrums and me pulling a toothbrush out of her mouth!
Throwing stuff away! – not really a “hack” but I threw away the sippy cups that were driving me nuts and a pain to clean. Should have done this sooner because it saves so much irritation when doing dishes. I sometimes lean from frugal to cheap and hate throwing things away, but sometimes it is WORTH IT.
Cb says
Oh a PJ one. We were having bedtime dramas and started getting into PJs downstairs right after dinner, we keep them in a basket in the living room. The amount of post-dinner playtime is now contingent on how quickly the jammies go on. And it means one less thing in the potty, teeth, rigamarole.
Clementine says
Good ones!
Related: we keep a few pair of socks right by the door where we put on our shoes. They just live in the mitten/sunscreen basket.
DLC says
We keeps our socks with the shoes too! Each kids gets a bin for shoes and socks by the front door.
anon says
We still keep pjs upstairs in their bedroom, but they go straight upstairs after dinner to put on pjs and then get to come back downstairs to play for some amount of time that’s dependent on how much dawdling there was while changing. It’s made bedtime much less stressful for our family!
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
+1 to throwing things away. We keep the occasional school artwork (I have a bin just for this purpose) but most everything goes into trash or recycling – including the random plastic crap that somehow kids seem to amass. Also putting things in donate/give away piles (and getting rid of them) as they come up vs. batches.
Also, a hot take — but for DS #2, we put a queen bed in his room. I just slept in that the first few months for the nursing on demand vs. bringing him in our bedroom.
We lived in apartment for DS #1, and now are in a home with 2 kids. We never did a “nursery” type of room for either kid – just rooms that function for where they are in life. DS #1 has a toddler bed, shelves full of books, and his toys (all with places). DS #2 sleeps in a PnP, and his room has the aforementioned queen bed, peanut changing thing on an old trunk, etc.
Instead of meal prepping or cooking every night – I cook 2x a week – Sunday is Pasta night (some type of pasta – Thai, Italian, Mexican, or Indian), and Monday or Tuesday I make something from a rotating list of recipes. That usually gets us at least enough dinner until Thursday, which is quesadillas. Friday is takeout or chicken nuggets/tots for DS #1. Caveat I like cooking and meal kits just wouldn’t do it for my spice-crazed Indian palate.
And finally, Subscribe and Save on Amaz*n. I despise going to big box stores, and as evil as da Zon is, it’s where I’m at in life right now.
EDAnon says
We use diaper boxes for donations. For every diaper box that comes in, a diaper box full of donations goes out. We have yet to have trouble filling it.
Anonymous says
They have to clean up their toys before we watch a show.
They get to watch peppa pig during teeth brushing, which means it’s something they look forward to and enthusiastically participate in- bonus I can also brush and braid their hair during that time.
I am RUTHLESS with getting rid of old clothes, toys, artwork, etc, so we actually have very little clutter.
AwayEmily says
Oh I have one — we were having a lot of bedtime delaying, and so a couple of months ago we added a new component to the bedtime routine: “Fun Time” in their room. It can only start after BOTH kids are in their PJs with their teeth brushed. We all count down “3…2…1…FUN TIME!” and then basically go nuts with them. This usually involves forts, a parent being a monster, and lots of climbing around on/jumping off of the Nugget. They get ~10 minutes of this, then it’s story time to calm down, and then bedtime. They adore Fun Time (rough-housing with their parents, what’s not to like??), and so all I need to say if they start to whine about going upstairs/brushing teeth/etc is “we’re not going to have enough time for Fun Time unless you get going…”
(I will note that we also moved our old queen mattress onto the floor of their room and while it’s not the most aesthetically pleasing, it has really cut down on Fun Time injuries)
anon says
Stealing this and all these tips!
blueberries says
Sorting through their stuff (piles of school art, projects, etc) to give away/throw away/keep along with a couple chores that aren’t usually theirs earns screen minutes.
So Anon says
I shared this one earlier this week (maybe last week….). I keep two command hooks on the side of my fridge and hang a binder clip from each one. Any kid papers get added to the binder clip. Kid papers include their various passwords (google classroom, apps) written on an index card and thrown in a sleeve protector. I put a third command hook/binder clip underneath their two, and I put the school schedule in a plastic protector and hang it on the fridge. Above the command hooks, I have an erasable weekly calendar where I put what’s for dinner, who is picking them up (me or the babysitter), any appointments for the week, etc.
Pogo says
My newest one is brushing the 4yo’s teeth in the bath.
For lunch and dinner my hack is a formula, which makes it easy for me or anyone else to do with minimal thought: main dish + fruit + veggie + protein + “treat” (dried fruit or cookie). For the nanny I wrote up a list of the options based on what we usually buy, and then photocopied it. Each week I highlight what we actually bought at the grocery store (so if we don’t have peaches, she’s not searching for them or offering them and then having to backtrack w/ a hangry preschooler). That way the only thing requiring thought is the “main dish” which for lunch is typically a sandwich and for dinner is a rotating set of options. We have a picky eater, so I am starting with mostly kid-friendly but sticking to “this is dinner tonight, if you don’t want it and your tummy is still hungry you can have toast”. Thank you to Clementine for that hack!!
Clementine says
Yes! The ‘default’ option. I don’t want my kids to actually go hungry, but I’m also not going to play ‘is there a better option’. Toast with butter is what I use – sometimes peanut butter if I think they’re really hungry.
(A friend with a big family and a couple picky eaters uses PBJ. Don’t like what’s for dinner? PBJ is always an option.)
AwayEmily says
I think my carb maniac children would choose PB&J or toast over literally any other dinner food. We do carrot sticks with peanut butter as our default option for that reason (idea taken from a friend whose kid has a more refined palate, and so does carrots with hummus).
Anonymous says
I agree with this. We always have a formula of main + veg + fruit. Two of the three things are always something that kiddo will eat – most often the fruit and vegetable. If she gives a good effort at trying the main and doesn’t like it, we’ll offer toast and/or yogurt. If she throws a fit, she can deal and have more fruit and/or vegetable if she is hungry. That said, 75% or more of the time, it is a main I know she’ll eat too. I tend to cycle through the same 15 or so dishes that everyone likes.
Anon says
Love this and second the suggestion for a regular series on this topic! Some things working really well for us right now with lower elementary and preschool kiddos:
– designated coat hooks by the door for each kid, so we aren’t scrambling for backpacks, masks, raincoats, whatever every morning.
– similarly, we keep a basket for each kid under the bench in our foyer. At the end of the day, we run around and do a quick sweep of stuff that needs to be put away. Then at the end of the week (or whenever the baskets are full) we empty the baskets and start again.
– story and meditation podcasts for long road trips (thank you, Story Pirates and Ahway Island!!)
– potty steps in the cars so the youngest can climb into her giant carseat by herself
– we watch tv at dinner. Our rule is no screentime during the week, except for Wheel of Fortune (of all things) at dinner. It’s been a game changer for getting everyone to the table at the same time and keeps things on track for the evening routine and bedtime.
– our family life is basically a version of the days of the week song right now. Friday = movie night; Saturday = Game night; Sunday = leftovers, etc. We’ve leaned in hard on routines lately, and it’s made life a lot easier.
Also, I can’t believe I never thought to have a gift card drawer – GENIUS
Anon says
Popsicle baths – coaxes reluctant toddlers into the bath AND no mess from cleaning up after a popsicle
Similar to the veggie hack above but setting out bowls of fruit on the weekend – it buys me some time before I have to wake up enough to cook breakfast and the kids are more likely to eat the fruit when they’re hungry pre-breakfast
Magnatiles or magnets on cookie sheets or on the garage door – the kids are 100 times more interested in building with them when we add in a fun “extra”
Screen time at set times during the day – kiddo knows when she gets to watch her show and that she’ll get it again the following day, so no whining for TV and no whining when it goes off. We rarely deviate from the screen time schedule.
Always having frozen peas on hand – instant veggie for pretty much any meal. Stir into pasta sauce or mac and cheese during the last few minutes of cooking and you don’t even need to dirty another dish.
Setting a timer for transitions – “Okay, we’re leaving the park in three minutes! I’m setting the timer” and my toddler gets to shut it off when it’s time to go. It’s basically magic – I have no idea why it works so well, but it does.
Anon says
– pack of random cards + stamps (i know this is not revolutionary and has been discussed here before)
– keep socks by the door (no socks in the room)
– painting with water colors in the bathtub or general painting in the bath tub. the water colors they can do with the water on a bit (like the cheap $1 set that has 5 colors). one time i let them paint themselves in the bath tub and then it was quite easy to wash off. also, on a a particularly fussy evening – they ate dinner in the tub which made for easy clean up. i always keep the just add water annie’s microwavable mac n cheese on hand bc that + peas + fruit can be dinner in a pinch.
– 2 lunchboxes per kid. we do have a nanny, but honestly even if we didn’t i like to pack for two days at a time
– setting a time after dinner and when it beeps they know it is time to clean up their toys, brush their teeth, etc.
anon says
I got like 5 lunchboxes when we had to pack lunches at the old daycare. Even if I had to add a fresh “main” the night before, I could do the yogurt, dips, etc. compartments on Sunday all at once. Hack or laziness, either way it helped for me.
Mommasgottasleep says
I’ll play by way of eating some humble pie: I was very anti screen time when my first was under 2 (my second and third now watch the Simpsons at six months – mom of the year over here), but a small hack I’ve shared before is to give 4 year old a snack immediately upon pick up at day care and then let him watch 20-30 minutes of tv as soon as we get home. He can decompress from school and I can pick up the house or start dinner prep or honestly chase the other two around the house.
anonamama says
Just found out our CVS (and I think most/all of them) will sell OTC items through the drive through pharmacy lane. They have a ‘menu’ of about 10-12 things, but if you call in advance they can usually pull anything you need from the pharmacy section. After leaving a recent doc appt for LO, I called from the parking lot with the items they suggested and had it ready by the time I got over there. Huge time/hassle saver.
Ifiknew says
I sold my big expensive double stroller and have a 4 and 2 year old (3 months since they turned those ages). I have an inexpensive umbrella for the 2 year old that I don’t like but should I just push through or is it worth buying a more expensive umbrella type stroller? What do you guys do on hikes, zoo etc for those ages?
Cb says
I only have the one but friends with two often get a used CityMini double.
anon says
We bought a used one like this sit and stand. I like that our older can walk and hop on when tired, and it’s not too bad pushing with just the younger one in front. Graco Roomfor2 Click Connect Stand and Ride Stroller – Gotham
AwayEmily says
A foldable wagon!! One of the best purchases we ever made for our 2-years-apart kids. We have one from Costco but Wirecutter has reviews if you want a fancier one. We use it a TON — and it’s nice because it’s multipurpose (great for zoo and the like but we also use it to get the CSA pickup, they repurpose it as a “school bus” and pull each other around in it, etc)
Anon says
Ditto. Wagon for life over here. Bonus is that the other kid loves to pull it
Anon says
Our main stroller (Uppa Vista) just broke (halfway through our day at Dutch Wonderland!). We have an umbrella stroller, and the Evenflo wagon, so I don’t think we are going to replace the Vista. We have a 9, 4 and 2.
For the 2 year old, she walks or i will use the baby carrier. If my husband is taking them somewhere he might use the wagon, but he usually just makes them all walk. The wagon is a pain to get in the car so we’ll see what we end up doing for linger trips.
anon says
I’ve had a rough couple of weeks and am feeling low emotionally and energy-wise. I am also solo parenting for most of the weekend. Any ideas of things to do that aren’t going to zap me? Kids are in elementary school. I know that if I go all-in on screen time and laze about the house, I’ll kick myself for wasting a nice holiday weekend.
JL says
My kiddo is way easier to entertain outside. I’d probably plan to hang out in the yard or driveway a bunch. And hit up an ice cream drive through a time or two :) Take out and delivery or super easy meals of questionable nutritional value that kiddo will eat without complaint. How old are your kid(s)? They could invite friends over so you do less entertaining. Or you could have a mom friend and her kids over to visit once or twice. Get yourself all sorts of indulgences for after bedtime.
AwayEmily says
+1 to outside time. Plan a trip to a new playground (bonus: pick one further away, get some audiobooks, and everyone can zone out during the drive).
Also definitely movie night.
Cb says
Some sort of adventure playground where the kids can run around and you can have a coffee and read your book? A playdate with friends so they keep themselves occupied while you have a rest?
Ifiknew says
It helps me to have a rough plan each day, until 9 is screen time / breakfast / free play, 9 to 1130 is something out of office like playground, playdate, outdoor pool, outdoor museums, splash pad, library, groceries then lunch and rest time then repeat of morning activity options from 3 to 5 pm then screen time / dinner / bed. My kids are 2 and 4 so probably different for elementary but I solo parent a lot too.
anon says
Do you have any mom friends so you can have playdates? I do best if I can spend time with another adult while the kids play.
AnonATL says
20% off at Boden today. Hope all the US-based moms have a nice long weekend. We are off to the beach. Only a few hours of scream-filled car ride left…
Pogo says
godspeed!!!
Curious says
You are the best. I have been holding off on a purchase waiting for a Boden discount!
EP-er says
Thank you! I have been waiting to buy something too adorable but too expensive…. (They have guinea pigs!)
Anon says
I am very pregnant and DH is taking the kids out of town on vacation with my family this weekend (road trip not flying but my OB nixed it).
I know this question in various forms has been asked many times but what would you do with that time? Anything involving physical exertion is out at this point and trying to be pretty COVID cautious given baby’s impending arrival!
Anonymous says
I would stock up on delicious food, park myself on the couch, and watch mindless TV. I’d also go to a coffee shop and eat pastries outdoors with a good book or a friend.
Anon says
I would see if someone would come to my house for an outdoor prenatal massage.
Anonymous says
I would lie on the couch and nap and watch TV, get a pedicure, and get take out.
Pogo says
+1 nap nap and more nap
No Face says
NAPs. Do you have access to a pool? The buoyancy feels good when extra pregnant. Prenatal massage. Eatings tons of takeout that my family doesn’t like.
Cb says
Is there anything you can do to prevent a cold turning into an ear infection or are some kids just prone? Kiddo started coughing Monday PM, got PCR tested Tuesday, and Wednesday night was up all night sobbing. He’s only been to the doctor 4x in 4 years, and it has always been an ear infection.
anon says
Humidifiers and lots of fluids help with congestion. Sleeping propped up can help with drainage into the ears.
anon says
Fluids fluids fluids! And try to go easy on decongestants, because they have a drying effect. If the mucus keep moving, bacteria are more likely to get washed out instead of festering.
Pogo says
Totally anecdata but I think some kids are just prone. Mine has never (knock on wood or ‘touch wood’ as you would say !!) had an ear infection. Anything to minimize the mucous helps as others have said! I would do snotsucker for sure.
Anonymous says
+1 – mine never has had one; I almost had tubes.
Anonymous says
Daycare is just giving my 10month old one long nap a day but at home he is falling asleep and so ready for his first nap and gladly takes two naps. Any conversation about his naps is never productive. They mean well but I think he works them. Do I just need to give up on this? It’s an issue for me, maybe because they also often forget to put naps into the app that updates us.
EDAnon says
I don’t have advice. My center didn’t switch to one nap until they were a year. Is the problem that the baby falls asleep too early in the evening?
Sleepy says
My 13 month old falls asleep on his own, generally with minimal crying, but has been waking up in the middle of the night, often multiple times. He sometimes sleeps through the night so I know he *can*, but I don’t know what to do when he does wake up. We’ve been trying to let him cry it out with periodic check ins, but it goes on for so long no matter what we do. I was awake for 3 hours last night. Help! Will Taking Cara Babies’ course help with this? Or is there some other method I should try?
No Face says
I make sure that my little one is very well-fed before going to bed. After the first year, I also leave some sort of interactive toy in the crib. (Like a toy remote with buttons). Unless the crying indicates that something is really wrong, I don’t go in. Sometimes I will briefly wake up and hear the little toy making noises, but I just fall right back asleep.
Anon says
Is it from teething? If so some tylenol may help.
anon says
Could he be hungry? I’d try making sure he is getting a bottle/snack a few minutes before bedtime, if you aren’t already.
Anonymous says
12-15ish months was our worst for sleeping by far. I don’t know if was teething, developmental, nap changes, all of the above? But it will get better.
Pogo says
When your kid moves up a class at daycare do you get anything for the teacher whose class kiddo is leaving?
Anonymous says
I used to write a nice note and get some food for the teachers to share (donuts, fancy popcorn, etc).
Boston Legal Eagle says
We did. A card and cash for each of the main teachers.
anon says
I always gave a $25 gift card, just like school end.
Anonymous says
We just did this and sent a nice note. I’d asked here at the time, and it seemed about 40/60 yes/no on gift. Since we’d just given a teacher appreciation gift, we decided not to do a gift, but I’ve been second-guessing the decision ever since.
AnotherAnon says
Just another vote that a heartfelt note is plenty.
anon says
My LO recently moved to a new class and it didn’t even occur to me to do this. He was in his other class for less than 2 months though.
Cb says
The JCVI (UK vaccines authority) just recommended no regular vaccination for 12-16s…much less younger groups. The testing centre I was at on Tuesday said it’s all kids getting tested…
Also no longer recommending isolation for close contacts under 5s and loosey goosey on whether self-isolation required for older kids (no masks in preschool or primary). I think their strategy is for all children to get covid before Christmas?
Boston Legal Eagle says
This sounds like the chicken pox method… literally everyone in my 1st grade class caught that. But this seems fraught when it can lead to more serious illness in some kids?
Cb says
Right? Guess they figured there are food shortages (Brexit) and likely toy shortages (Brexit, lack of truck drivers), so every kid will get a mild but potentially serious illness instead. Debating the ethics of a 2 week holiday in the US when vaccines are approved for little kids. Kiddo and I are both US citizens.
TheElms says
I’d do it. No shame or guilt.
EDAnon says
I’d do it too.
Realist says
Yes. Polio changed the disability scene in America, both from the immediate effects and the long-term post-Polio syndrome that showed up decades later. In the short term, roughly as many kids have serious complications from Covid as from Polio. Long-term remains to be seen, though MIS-C cases might end up being an early sign of the long term picture.
Realist says
They may not say they are pursuing a herd immunity strategy, but if you look at the infectious rate for Delta and look at the “mitigation” measures being used in schools and daycares, the plan appears to be infection by Christmas. USA is doing the same thing while pretending there is an effort to keep kids safe.
Anonymous says
I was at Kindergarten orientation today and while the kids will all be masked, the desks are arranged where the kids facing eachother. Technically they are 3′ apart as measured belly button to belly button so they are following the rules but seriously, if we are going to sit the kids like this and they are without masks on top of each other on the playground, I really struggle with indoor mask mandates. I’m okay with extreme safety precautions and frankly I’m okay with a less cautious approach. This weird in between land seems like complete theater to me.
My kids are 3, 5, and 8. I am generally pro-vax, DH and I are COVID vax’d, kids have always gotten their flu shots. I have no interest in getting my younger two vaccinated for COVID. I would much prefer to take them to a friend’s house and let them catch it, chicken-pox style. If it’s mandated, then they will get their shots. My kids are such low risk profile for COVID that I wish they were just done with it already.
Anonymous says
Why on your last paragraph? Respectfully, you have no idea whether your kids are low-risk for COVID. Some kids are having previously undiagnosed conditions flare upon COVID infection (or vax, but the likelihood there is that natural infection would have produced a worse outcome for the child). Plus the potential for longterm effects on children. Why do you want to take these risks?
Anonymous says
Just for commiseration. Started daycare again with a kid who wasn’t gone since March 2020 (part time nanny). Poor kid has cried for hours over the last few days and nearly broke my heart this morning. Our older one had hard drop offs but is also less tenacious personality-wise so it was fewer hours of crying and less crying at home on the way.
anon says
It’s so hard! Ugh. Hope you both get lots of hangout and cuddle time this weekend
Anonymous says
Right there with you….my younger just started and she has never been in group care b/c of COVID. Same personality difference as well between my kids, too. Hugs.
Strategy mom says
We’re on week two and it’s getting better! Keep the hope alive!