Managing the mayhem in March - who wants motivation to babystep through the month with us?

[carrotsandcelery]

Starting from March 1st lets babystep our way through the month, throwing in the odd mission.

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We have pointy sticks -> to get you off the sofa and chocolate and stickers as rewards.

Let's end our CHAOS and enjoy our sparkly homes.

If it wasn't part of the meal you served then you probably were wise to say no as he will be asking for all sorts if you go down that road.

You could offer a tiny buffet at meal times. If you are having casserole then I would put a small spoonful of that down but with a few things you know he will eat alongside it. After a while he will go back to eating the casserole and the other things can be gradually reduced. The fact that a few acceptable foods are there might make him accept the plateful.

The alternative is what you are doing and putting down the family meal and letting him get on with it or not as the case may be. That is probably the quickest and clearest solution.

If you counted his calories for the day it is probably enough and he may well be full up by teatime.

Sooner or later he will have a growth spurt and he will scoff half the contents of the cupboard

Thanks for your kind words/support. I'll stop whittering on about it now

I agree with carrots, that seems a reasonable amount of food for today.

Have you tried getting him involved with making the food? (another ploy we used sucessfully with DD1 a while back) - DIY pizza was always good fun (although she'd eat so much of the topping while making it she couldn't manage much when it was cooked), building her own wraps, letting her spread her own PBJ/marmite sandwiches, letting her "help" put the carrots in the casserole dish, squeezing one of those fruit pouches over her yogurt...

I have in the past yes, although I'll admit to it being more lunchtime than tea time. I absolutely believe that if I put pizza in front of him at tea time, or fishfingers and chips, he'd have eaten it - this truly is just battle of the wills.

One of the teaching assistants commented the other morning about him believing everything had to be on 'his terms'. This is one of those things I think, where he thinks he can make the rules. I'll go with it to a degree as I hate the thought of this becoming an actual 'issue'.

chaotic why not give him pizza or fish fingers? (obvs healthy versions!) Or will he then demand ask for it every night?

Ta Da

• empty all the bins
• hotspot 2 (2 min) post pile
• 5 min Room Rescue (bedroom)
• 15 Minutes declutter (dining room)
• make kids tea
• make our dinner
• cleaned hob
• shine sink
• Lay out clothes for tomorrow

To do

• hotspot 3 (2 min)
• go to bed on time - oh dear

oh - i forgot the bathroom/mission stuff

• window
• mirror
• shower screen
• taps
• floor

Morning all

I worry bessie that if he refuses to eat 'proper' food and then the 'treat' food comes out, just to make him eat, then he'll expect that and dig his heels in further for it.

He slept all night (not that his brother did ) and so he can't be doing too badly on hardly eating between 1pm and 7am

Ta da so far
Breakfast for children
dw emptied
Dishes put away from drainer that I couldn't be arsed to do last night

Morning! Totally de-cluttered the bathroom yesterday and had a good clean up of all the surfaces too. I realised how dull and boring our bathroom is, a trip to Ikea needed I think!!! :)
Ta da:
Dressed
Shiny sink
what's for tea - pasta bake
swish and swipe in bathroom
swish and swipe in kitchen
breakfast for toddler
checked calender/diary
beds made
wm on

To do:
shred day 3
room rescue - after toddler has gone to bed
hoover
clean kitchen floor
cooking with toddler
mission

Oooooh camper how is the shred thing? Do I need to get it?

That's an understandable concern chaotic... could you trick him into thinking other food is a "treat"? (sweet potato mash? Strawberries) or somehow stop pizza being seen as a treat? Or perhaps then he wouldn't even eat that?! I'll shut up now, he's not waking in the night, so he must be getting enough grub inside him!

bessie are you still there?

I am looking for the link for your feta and spinach muffins and can't find it. I can't find it on your blog either. Any chance you could point me in the right direction please?

carrots - here it is!

considering that blog is run by google, the search facility is bloody crap

Morning all!

Ta Das:

washed and dressed to shoes
dcs breakfasted
ds's lunch and snacks made (had to be inventive as so little food in the house)
dcs to school
dw on
wm on
worktops cleaned
soup in slow cooker
ds's wardrobe tidied up a bit
dd's wardrobe tidied up a bit

Come on everyone!!!!

zoo's sick note is accepted. Scout snuggling is also permitted. Where are the rest of you? Or are you all so busy scrubbing, flinging and polishing that you haven't had the time to come and brag about it???

I had a nap this morning

TaDahs:

TS breakfasted & Lunched
Last night's slow cooker and pots washed up
Breakfast & lunch dishes washed up
Hospital called
Emails done (Guiding stuff)
Bags for weekend packed (birthday & Mother's Day presents and Easter Eggs, not clothes)
Trains played with (track has been extended)
Lots of snuggling and reading (I think Toddler's needed it so I've just gone with it)
Made decisions regarding dinner

Ta Da!

• washed & dressed to shoes
• UN-made bed (to air)
• Took DD1 to pre-school
• Swish & swipe
• What are we eating today?
• Look at list
• Look at calendar
• WM/TD/DW on
• Made (& got into) my bed
• hotspot 1 (2 min) - post pile
• popped to shops to buy nappies
• ate lunch
• got DD2 weighed (97th percentile! )
• booked spa thing (valentines pressie)
• made

To Do

• drink
• more bathroom missions (bath & towel rail)
• defrost make tea for DD2
• pick DD1 up from pre-school
• hotspot 2 (2 min)
• 5 min Room Rescue
• 15 Minutes declutter
• shine sink
• Lay out clothes for tomorrow
• hotspot 3 (2 min)
• What are we eating tomorrow?
• go to bed on time

I realised I have 8 weeks until I go back to work So I need some serious kicks up the bum encouragement to do some detailed cleaning (beginners - do NOT click this link!) to get everything in order before I go back & become too exhausted to do any cleaning (carrots do you remember me doing this roughly this time last year when very pg?!)

bessie I can't believe that was a year ago.

How many days will you be at work?

What sort of hours will you do?

Scout and bessie you have redeemed yourselves.
zoo you are off the hook.

The rest of you will be facing a punishment exercise (possibly poo scooping in my back garden after a very old dog ) if you don't get some lists up here quick smart.

BC you can summon one load of washing up -->

Erm...I'd better get my arse off mn and do something then

carrots I will do 3 'normal' days at work - prob 8:30-4:30ish. The girls will be at their GP one day, and 2 days at nursery/pre-school. We are thinking about putting DD1 into nursery for another day a week so that I get one day at home with DD2 & I can take her swimming, but need to work out if we can afford to do that.

right... must stop arsing around on here & clean!

Aaaarrrgghhhhh. I've just got bleach on my navy cardigan.

I blame you carrots for guilting me into getting off my backside and doing actual housework

Today I have:
Got all dressed
breakfast for all
DC to school/nursery
been out all morning
had lunch
hanged 1 load of wet washing
put away some dry washing
washing up x 1
MNetted.

DH is doing the school run. (he has a few days off.)

There, I have done something, I just forgot to put it on here .

Ta da:
Dressed
Shiny sink
what's for tea - pasta bake
swish and swipe in bathroom
swish and swipe in kitchen
breakfast for toddler
checked calender/diary
beds made
wm on
shred day 3
room rescue - after toddler has gone to bed
Mission
Walk with the DDs to get some fresh air

Still to do:
hoover
clean kitchen floor
cooking with toddler got no bits :(