One bad lunch reaction could mean going through an entire giant bag of cotton balls. This is why - even though I'm not a fan of chemicals and whatnot - I never wavered in my commitment to using baby wipes. It was impossible to change those kids quickly. Or neatly.
She also believed that her kids' toys should be rearranged during their nap times. As an enthusiastic college student, I loved this. It was fun setting up their toys in creative ways. I remember doing this early on with Ironflower and even Lovebug, but I'm afraid it only happened a few times for Hugmonkey. I know I didn't even think about it once Hugmonkey was old enough to notice what Ironflower and Lovebug were playing with and want the same things.
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But an odd thing has happened since I rearranged the living room a few days ago. I made a dedicated play area and suddenly my kids are playing with all of their toys again. Toys I thought they'd outgrown. Toys I was thinking about donating. Toys I was slightly ticked that we'd wasted so much money on. They have not cared one bit that we've been stuck inside a lot, awaiting the thunderstorms of doom.
It is freaking awesome.
Apparently the whole rearrange the toys trick works on big kids as well. I'm thinking I'll rearrange the play area again in another week or so. I'm wondering if I should go back and read old posts to learn some more parenting tricks that I've forgotten.
4 comments:
I love doing this. It totally works and it is a great way to get the forgotten toys played with again.
I would recommend this to every parent.
this works on the clothes in my closet, too, you know. suddenly, oh, there's that blouse; that one i love so much but forgot I had.
You are a visionary. I am so doing this!
Nina's Mama - I think it just never occurred to me that it would work on grade schoolers.
Cindy Lou - I wish it worked with my closet!
LucidLotus - No, I just remember other people's good ideas. :)
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