Feeding Tuesday: Dishwasher Safe Divided Plate
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My eldest is in that phase where none of his food can touch (and he also eats about a third of the foods he used to eat when he was an adventurous toddler), and I’ve just kind of decided to lean in rather than wringing my hands over it too much. I bought some beautiful BPA-free plastic divided plates a while ago that say they’re dishwasher safe, but my new thing is that I want to wash anything plastic by hand. This just meant that the fancy plates were never free, or it felt like my husband and I were doing the dishes all of the time. So I went on a hunting expedition, and found these shatterproof glass plates from Corelle — with divided portions. They come in 8.5″ plates as well as 10.25″ plates, and they come out beautifully in the dishwasher. They’re $7 per plate over at Amazon (with bulk discounts available — 6 plates for $30, for example); Corelle.com also has them for $6, but if you buy 4 you save 30%. Another bonus: they’re really thin plates, so they take up much less room in the cabinet. Score. Corelle Livingware 8-1/2-Inch Divided Dish
Am I naïve to think you can just use regular dishes with children? I was raised with nice “real” dishes my whole childhood and we had some break but no more often than I break wine glasses or whatnot as an adult. I actually still have some of my dishes still as an adult and they are lovely and have lots of happy memories attached. I am hoping I can use them with my child now. I understand this means I won’t just be able to leave her unattended to eat and will have to teach her to be more careful, but is this really impossible? I sort of hate plastic dishes, even nice ones, so hoping that my plan will work.
We are expecting our second child in December, and I am looking for book recommendations or other ideas on how to introduce the idea of having a sibling to our toddler, who is 2 and 3/4 now and will be 3 and 1/4 when baby arrives. I’m picturing some age-appropriate books that we can read with him on what it is like to be a big brother or sister and where babies come from, but am open to any suggestions on how to share the news with him and talk about his questions and concerns. TIA!
Wondering what you all do to keep memories for kiddos from Kindergarten on up. I have saved a ton of artwork and school papers, certificates, etc. from this Kindergarten year. I’m tempted to scan everything but I don’t know if I will ever find the time. And I find when I do scan things I put them in a folder in my computer never to be viewed again. Do you have a memory book? A box? Just looking for some good ideas so I can get rid of some of these papers!
I know most people here have little kids, but for those with school aged children, does this ring true to you? (Link to follow.) I’m going to get into so much trouble as my kids get older. First CPS is going to be at my door for letting them walk to the store. Next I’m going to row with their principal over school silliness. (I realize this isn’t about the school, but the concept of lots of parental volunteering at school at all irks me, as does scheduling things during the work day. My mom could never take time off from work for these things, and it made her feel unwelcome at my schools and excluded by the SAHMs.)
Two thoughts: On the one hand, yes, it drives me batty when our school schedules things during the work day and the few times that I have managed to attend an event at 10am on a Wednesday, the overwhelmingly present population is SAHMs. I live in an area where dual parent working families are more rare than the 60% national figure, so I feel like the constraints of dual working parents are not taken into account a great deal. On the flip side, my husband is an elem school administrator, so I hear it from his perspective as well: Many times the schools cannot keep teachers outside of a certain number of hours that are all reserved for teaching, so it is impossible to schedule events (e.g. concerts) for the evening because they cannot require the teachers (or custodians or other school personnel) to attend and those school personnel have their own families and events to attend. That being said, I have zero problems going to the school administrators and saying that certain things don’t work for our family and most other dual parent working families.
Hi – we’re expecting our first in July and trying to plan a bit for the first months. I have a tight-knit extended family who all lives nearby and will be dying to meet the baby, but also respectful of whatever time-frame we request. My parents will stop by regularly to help for the first couple of weeks. When should I suggest that my aunts, uncles and cousins come by to meet the baby?
Who recommended the blog Lag Liv yesterday? I’ve read three posts today and cried twice (dog, 3rd baby)! Thanks for the rec (I think?)! Except that now I’m feeling even sadder that my husband really really doesn’t want a 3rd kiddo.
Wondering if anyone out there has been able to juggle pumping at work with somewhat rigid work schedules. I regularly have depositions at other offices and have little to no control over the scheduling. Has anyone out there been able to make it work with just two pumping sessions during the day? Also, if anyone has any books/articles/blogs that they have found helpful about this, that information would be greatly appreciated. TIA!
Why would you not want to wash plastic in the dishwasher? I’ve never heard of that being a problem; what’s the issue?
For those of you who have unpaid maternity leave through FMLA, how connected were you (if at all) to your job while out? There’s part of me that thinks checking in on my email a few times throughout would make the transition back easier (and perhaps ease my mind about how it’s going while I’m out?), but part of me thinks I’d be a sucker to do it as I’m not officially an employee or being paid. Curious how other people have approached it.