![]() ![]() You can make clean up time a game, and sing songs or say a prayer while you're working together. ![]() It won't be that helpful to you, lol, but they can work alongside you and learn, and it's keeping them occupied. 4-year-olds can put away clean plastic dishes, sort the silverware, wash fruits and veggies, fill a cup with water, and clear their dishes from the table. Two year olds can clean up their toys, fold washcloths, wipe a table or counter, and sweep with a small dustpan and broom. Quality time doesn't have to be playing. It keeps the kids interested and limits the mess because there aren't as many toys available to dump out all over the floor. I kept a limited number of toys out at a time and rotated them weekly. (This one step some probably saved me many hours of sorting socks over the years.) I'd use the crockpot a lot or I'd cook enough for a few meals so I didn't have to make an entire dinner every night. All the kids had white socks (all the same brand) and dirty socks went in individual mesh garment bags that could be zipped up for the washer and dryer. Sometimes felt like a lot with them all crowding around me, but looking back, it's a sweet memory. They all knew that milk time was book time. Since I homeschooled, I would read out loud to the older kids while nursing the baby. ![]() I'd vacuum or clean the bathrooms during nap time on a specific day of the week. Darks on Monday, whites on Tuesday, sheets on Wednesday, etc. I had a schedule for chores and laundry so I never had to think about what to do next and nothing essential was forgotten. My oldest was 7 when my 4th child was born (and I was 27) and it definitely gets easier when you have a kid old enough to be a "helper." I'll share a few ideas that worked for me, hopefully something here might be a blessing to you, but the most important one of course is prayer! Hang in there, Momma - the Lord is with you! (and lol about him vetoing your plans). I'm trying to give it up to God but I am terrified of screwing up my kids attachment. I'm 24 and though I'd be a veteran mom by societies standards, I'm a baby mum by Catholic standards haha, and I am wondering what you mom's with big families do in times like this. The baby gets what she wants most of the time but the older two I just can't engage with nearly as much as I want. My kids are 4, 2, and 10 months as previously mentioned. (I have NEVER been so reliant on screens as we try to heavily limit them). Play downstairs, watch Benjamin Cello or Brother Francis, etc. Anyways, I find myself shooing the kids away ALL the time. My house is a mess, though I am really trying to catch up today, but I am just exhausted and I want to curl up and never see the light of day again. I feel like a horrible mom but I am barely getting by. I am still breastfeeding my, very attached, youngest who is 10 months. ![]() I'm sick and super hormonal emotionally so I suck to be around. I'm wondering how much quality time y'all spend with your children? I am currently pregnant with my fourth (extremely unexpected and kind of a "God wanted it" baby as my husband and I were mostly abstinent and only slept together once what was supposed to be two weeks after ovulation so I feel like God vetoed our NFP plans lol) and I have always been one to try to spend quality time with my kids but it's just getting to be too much. ![]()
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