Overall I feel like we have had a pretty smooth transition from one to two kiddos. We have had our challenges, but I am so grateful that I can look back over the last six months and see how we have overcome the challenges.
My two biggest challenges right now are probably common for most moms: finding time to get all the housework done and getting dinner on the table.
Housework and Daily Tasks
I have heard other mothers say that they lose a little bit of their brain with every baby and I believe it. If I don’t write down what I need to do every day and organize my time, I feel like I can’t accomplish anything which means that daily things around the house often go undone.
During one of little brother’s morning naps last week, I put big brother on the computer, grabbed my cleaning supplies, and worked hard to clean all the blinds in our house. I am ashamed to say I am pretty sure they had not been cleaned since we moved in a year and a half ago! Yikes! It is just one of those things, I would think about occasionally but never took the time to do.
Whether it is the things like cleaning the blinds that doesn’t need to be done every week or cleaning the floors that does need to be done every week, I am in need of something to schedule my time and help me remember what I need to do and when to do it! One of my mentors suggested the Home Routines app on the iPhone. I set it up over the weekend and I am looking forward to giving it a try after the Thanksgiving holiday. The app allows you to set up daily tasks as well as weekly tasks for a different zone in your home. I will let you know if it helps with mommy brain!
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| A screenshot from the App. You can customize tasks for each room. |
How do you schedule your household cleaning?
Dinner
Hal’s work schedule usually gets him home later in the evening so I give D a snack around 5ish so that he can eat a later dinner. Since having kids, this time of the day has always been difficult for me, but it has really been a challenge since little brother was born. It always seems that I need to be cooking dinner at the same time that I need to be getting B a bottle and put to bed while big brother is just needing some extra attention. My best solution to make the evening go smoothly is to get dinner ready before 5:00. The crock-pot and anything I can prepare early and put in the refrigerator have become my best friend! Two recipes we have tried in the few weeks are Italian Chicken and Polynesian Chicken. They both received thumbs up from the judges, Hal and D, so we will try them again!
What is your favorite meal that can be prepared ahead of time?
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