Potty/teeth/hair all take place in the bathroom. Get dressed should take place in the bathroom but doesn’t, I should start putting his clothes in there instead of by his shoes. Potty can happen before breakfast but in case it doesn’t having it on there is a good reminder without it turning into an argument.
If she wakes up early there is playtime between breakfast and clothes
Evening:
-Dinner
-Run around the house in circles to music
-Bathtime
-Brush Teeth
-Nighttime diaper
-Sleep Sack
-Read Books
-Sunset light while singing songs and moving towards crib
I almost called you out when I wrote it lol. Mostly we are clothed . The song of the week is “Run baby run” but sometimes it’s more random. We also play “go go go” a lot where mom is forced to sit on the floor and dad is definitely not allowed to sit on the floor because he has to chase the toddler around saying “go go go!”
My toddler runs anytime her nappy is removed. The bigger one used to have nightly naked runs through the house before pjs. We might being that back as part of getting their wiggles out…
The little one LOVES curtains. Perfect as a makeshift tent, and there is always a chance a cat is hiding behind one for her to pat! So far this is OK because she hasn’t tried swinging from them etc.
Haha yes when we potty trained Latte, first undies and park day SirB was like “oh my god she’s even faster without a diaper. This was a mistake. Is it too late? Can we go back???”
I don’t know if my kids have ever been through the house unclothed. Possibly they are missing an essential part of their childhood?
We have a list too. It looks like this because I can’t draw, but my kid can’t read. I would definitely have considered purchasing one from Etsy if I knew that was a thing.
She sings the whole list to the tune of Daniel Tiger’s list for getting ready.
I hesitate to provide advice because I suspect that our children (and maybe parenting styles) are different.
For Pipsqueak, as long as she’s not sick, teething, or in her first 2-3 weeks at a new daycare, we usually let her cry for 5-10 minutes and often that’s enough that she’ll go back to sleep. If she’s getting extremely worked up we’ll go in sooner and do one of two things:
Pick her up briefly for a hug/cuddle and then lay her back down and rub her back for a minute before leaving the room again (total time in the room is 2-3 minutes and I never sit down)
Lay on the floor next to her crib while she works on calming down and going to sleep. Sometimes this involves softly assuring her that someone is still there but it’s nighttime and we are going to close our eyes and go back to sleep.
Major disclaimers: there is only one baby in our house so crying will not wake up a sibling. Pipsqueak has never coslept (by her choice as much as ours). If she’s sick she will fall asleep with me in the glider but otherwise it she just wants to talk and play if she’s with an adult in a lap or bed.
I wait if she’s grumbling/protest crying (will often go back to sleep after a moment) but not “crying/upset” because yeah, my kids will escalate from that one and its an hour of terror for them even after I pick them up (probably what I messed up the other night, tried to put back in cot while upset crying and that made it all worse). Personalities, eh?
Hmm. Ok so in the morning she clearly has her “I’m awake!” Voice and is using that. She always calls out “Mama!” After that, very different from her calling out/cries for milk during the night. Hmm. I don’t want her to think I won’t come, but I can wait 5 minutes after the first “Mama!” (Which is probably 10 minutes after the first “I’m awake!” sound and see what happens.
. The song of the week is “Run baby run” but sometimes it’s more random. We also play “go go go” a lot where mom is forced to sit on the floor and dad is definitely not allowed to sit on the floor because he has to chase the toddler around saying “go go go!”
okay very different vibe. Sorry, EDM baby over here has been addicted to the drop since she was in utero.