Hi ladies, hoping to gain some insights and advice as to a day-to-day schedule with my toddler. I just want to know what you are doing with your kids and whether what I am doing is 'correct'. I find that I feel very guilty when I do house work or for instance catch up on emails which I try to limit anyway, but I want to know that what I am doing on a day to day basis is the best for my 11-month old.
How do you handle actually doing house work or something like cooking, getting ready or doing makeup - is it fine to leave my LO to roam around the room and explore or play on her own? I always make sure I am aware of where she is and talk to her throughout, and when she needs me or wants me, I pick her up, play with her or tend to whatever need it is she needs filling, and I make sure I set aside dedicated playtime with her for the rest of the day - but what about those in-between life-moments? I mean surely one is not supposed to be actively playing with them every hour of the day?
Please can you let me know what you do in the day and how you handle playtime and housework as well as letting children play on their own, which I know they also need to be able to do. How do you balance this?
My other question: I am currently pregnant and baby will be born when LO is 20 months. How to handle a toddler and a newborn?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Helana
How do you handle actually doing house work or something like cooking, getting ready or doing makeup - is it fine to leave my LO to roam around the room and explore or play on her own? I always make sure I am aware of where she is and talk to her throughout, and when she needs me or wants me, I pick her up, play with her or tend to whatever need it is she needs filling, and I make sure I set aside dedicated playtime with her for the rest of the day - but what about those in-between life-moments? I mean surely one is not supposed to be actively playing with them every hour of the day?
Please can you let me know what you do in the day and how you handle playtime and housework as well as letting children play on their own, which I know they also need to be able to do. How do you balance this?
My other question: I am currently pregnant and baby will be born when LO is 20 months. How to handle a toddler and a newborn?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Helana
If my kids want to be with be, they are welcome to join in the work I am doing, or they can play on their own nearby. When they were too little to join in any type of age-apropriate work, I would wear them while I worked. When they were your daughter's age, they would definitely get down and explore on their own while I worked nearby. The environment was always safe, plus I was right there. As they got older they started helping in any way that they could...washing, sorting, handing me things, mixing, putting away, folding, stacking, cutting, pouring, digging...anything they wanted to help with. Children LOVE doing real work! There is just as much brain development and learning going on preparing vegetables for dinner as there is playing baby games, so keep that in mind and see if you can find a way to include her in your tasks, even at this age now!
Again, thanks for the comment!
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