One thing I am so, so, so horrible at is cooking dinner. Well, really, I go through phases. Some weeks I do a meal plan and grocery shop accordingly and try really hard and make some semi-ok meals. Other times its, sadly, cereal for dinner. So I'm wondering if anybody has a good cookbook that involves 1) quick preparation, and 2) everyday ingredients? Or maybe even just one loved recipe to share?
Also, I have never tried the freezer meal thing mostly because I don't have much freezer space and I just don't know what to do. Anybody know of a good freezer meal cookbook or how-to book?
Or does anybody just have some good tips on how to actually get dinner made?
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Mess, Mess, Messy Mealtimes
I just cleaned up lunch and it made me wonder if anyone has any clever methods of containing the mass of crumbs and sticky goo that seems to explode in the kitchen every time a child eats? We have plastic pocket bibs which are extremely helpful to protect clothes but what about everything that doesn't make it into the bib?
I thought about getting cafeteria trays but wonder if it would be just one more thing to wash?
Ooh, what about an animal trough? Wait, except thats no good either because they don't like their food mixed together. Hmmm.
If you've found something that works-do share! I'm not looking for a miracle here, just something that seems to help. I can only sweep the floor so many times in one day!
I thought about getting cafeteria trays but wonder if it would be just one more thing to wash?
Ooh, what about an animal trough? Wait, except thats no good either because they don't like their food mixed together. Hmmm.
If you've found something that works-do share! I'm not looking for a miracle here, just something that seems to help. I can only sweep the floor so many times in one day!
To Be (potty trained) or Not To Be (potty trained)
For those of you changing toddlers diapers...
As crappy as it to change diapers let me just give you a few things to think about to maybe, possibly, help the chore not seem quite as bad.
My little Liza was recently potty trained pretty much on accident around the time she turned two. I really wasn't ready for what came with it, though. I don't want to seem like I'm complaining but I just wanted to let you know potty training early isn't all good.
Here are the pros of early potty training for us. 1-The actual headache of potty training is behind us. 2-I don't need to use huge amounts of diapers anymore (she still wears one at night) 3-No more toting stinky diapers to the outside garbage.
But...here are the cons. 1-Eliza now wakes up at all hours of the night to use the "toywet". 11:00pm, 2:30am, 5:00am. Sigh. She has a diaper on but wants to go on the toilet. I think she is pretty young to hold it all night. Maybe soon? Please? 2-Pretty much every place we go we have to use the bathroom. I'm not a huge fan of public bathrooms so I don't love this much. Especially with pudgy fingers trying to TOUCH everything in the stall. 3-She needs to use the toilet ALL the time! Mostly at the worst time-something is boiling on the stove, I'm in the shower, we're in the car, etc. And you can't just have her wait a few minutes until its more convenient. When she says she needs to go she needs to GO. 4-I am not off poop patrol yet. I still have to go to the bathroom with her and pretty much help her every step of the way, which, unfortunately includes wiping poop...still.
So there you have it. Pros and Cons of early potty training. Did I leave any out? What do you think? Better to potty train ASAP or wait until they are a bit older?
As crappy as it to change diapers let me just give you a few things to think about to maybe, possibly, help the chore not seem quite as bad.
My little Liza was recently potty trained pretty much on accident around the time she turned two. I really wasn't ready for what came with it, though. I don't want to seem like I'm complaining but I just wanted to let you know potty training early isn't all good.
Here are the pros of early potty training for us. 1-The actual headache of potty training is behind us. 2-I don't need to use huge amounts of diapers anymore (she still wears one at night) 3-No more toting stinky diapers to the outside garbage.
But...here are the cons. 1-Eliza now wakes up at all hours of the night to use the "toywet". 11:00pm, 2:30am, 5:00am. Sigh. She has a diaper on but wants to go on the toilet. I think she is pretty young to hold it all night. Maybe soon? Please? 2-Pretty much every place we go we have to use the bathroom. I'm not a huge fan of public bathrooms so I don't love this much. Especially with pudgy fingers trying to TOUCH everything in the stall. 3-She needs to use the toilet ALL the time! Mostly at the worst time-something is boiling on the stove, I'm in the shower, we're in the car, etc. And you can't just have her wait a few minutes until its more convenient. When she says she needs to go she needs to GO. 4-I am not off poop patrol yet. I still have to go to the bathroom with her and pretty much help her every step of the way, which, unfortunately includes wiping poop...still.
So there you have it. Pros and Cons of early potty training. Did I leave any out? What do you think? Better to potty train ASAP or wait until they are a bit older?
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