u/IronTongs

Hey all, I have a 1 and 3 year old who eat most things. They don’t really eat leafy greens or broccoli that often, but most other veg is alright.

I’m looking at doing the 28 by Sam Woods and it comes with recipes. Is it something that is palatable by kids? Is it a good program? I’m still breastfeeding for 1-2 months so not looking to lose weight, just seems like a good program to have food mapped out and same with fitness to get ready for weaning.

Thanks!

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I have a just turned 3 year old and I’m finding it hard to manage behaviour when I’m either already needing to do something (eg whining to get into the car but we also need to get home from daycare) or I can’t deal with it (eg I’ve just sat down to pee and he starts playing with the baby gate or I’m on the motorway and he’s decided to start screaming for fun).

Obviously being 3, he doesn’t always stop when asked, but I’m kind of at a loss of what to do. If he’s on the ground crying because he wants to get into the car and I’m just having trouble getting the keys out and it’s taking a while, it feels like I’m giving in and he can learn that chucking a tantrum means he gets what he wants but we do need to get home and he can’t do that in a car park. Similarly if he’s doing a behaviour that he knows he can’t do, like screaming in the car, and I can’t pull over or the baby is now crying and I have dinner with me that’ll get cold, I just can’t think of a proper way to get it to stop because ignoring it means it’ll happen the next time too. It also happens with things like going for walks, if I try to get myself ready and change a surprise poo from the baby, its constant “mummy I waaaaant to go for a waaaalkkkkkkkk 😭😭😭😭” but sometimes we do really need to go because that’s how we’ll get to the bus to go to an appointment or whatever.

It doesn’t happen super frequently but often enough to be annoying and it’s getting more common. I’ve tried asking him to stop, removing him as soon as I’m done with whatever I was doing it, telling him he can’t do xyz if he keeps going, explaining the steps we need to do before going (eg I’ll put on your shoes, my socks and shoes, and change baby, then we’ll go out the door and I can put baby in the pram). When I can, I will remove him from the situation or say we’re not doing x because of abc behaviours, which has worked well.

Any ideas for those situations when I can’t actually actively do proper parenting for whatever reason?

We’re tossing up on having a third and I would like to hear from parents of school aged kids how they balance it. Pre-school age is sorted for us with daycare.

How do you balance it when there’s 3 events (1 per child) at the same time?

What do you do if they all have hobbies that you need to take them to and they’re in different directions (and a fair drive away)?

How do you find balancing more than one child per parent for individual time and needs?

What do you do for school holidays when they’re younger (eg 5, 7, 9)?

We have my mum as our village for things like emergencies and a day of care a few times a year but we can’t rely on her to commit to taking the kids weekly to their hobby or coming to watch a game or anything like that. We don’t want a long age gap, 3.5 years max between second and third, so we’re on a time crunch.

I was the middle of three and always felt like I missed out but my parents worked long hours and we couldn’t afford extra curriculars so that was sorted. I’m just afraid my kids will feel like I’m too busy if we have three? How has everyone else done it? Thanks!

We live in a cold house with minimal options to properly heat in the mornings, so we usually just layer. Has anyone gotten the Bonds Padded Zip Wondersuit for day use? Can babies still crawl in them? Or is it too bulky for that? Thanks!

I want to preface that I’m not talking about having a spotless model home, more like emptying and refilling the dishwasher, vacuuming, mopping, cleaning the bathroom, putting away the misc items with no clear space, putting away laundry etc.

I’m having trouble coming up with the motivation to clean and I’m wondering how others overcome it (or maybe don’t have it?). My kids are almost 1 and 3, so they’re starting to play together for periods of time. My older one also goes to daycare 3 days a week so I only have the 9mo at home 3 days. I find when I’m at work that I find it easy to fit around WFH hours and have more motivation. Staying at home, when my kids are playing independently, I can’t find the motivation to get up and do something productive like spend 10 mins cleaning the kitchen or high chair.

Does anyone have tips on how to get more motivated to keep the place tidier?