cod's tips for idle parenting day one

[FluffyMummy123]

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If you alternate weeks doing the brownie run check the term calendar first to make sure you haven't got the week when they are at the Lido 15 miles away

If it's someone else's turn to have your dd try to make it the night before they have to take cakes in for the school Fayre. Saves you the bother.

If you do a jobshare, make sure one of your days is Monday as you get bank holidays off. (Not exactly about parenting, but still...)

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Always save Easter bonnets/Roman day costumes etc for re-use in subsequent years or with subsequent children.

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Is that what you've done then?

(the job, not the suit)

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When your dcs start school - herd them towards the children with no brothers or sisters. The parents take your dcs to places like Alton Towers and at no cost to you

Make up a large jug of juice just before they come home from school and have snacks ready-to-rumble, so that when you get in, they can help themselves without whining at you 'I'm thirsty, hungry' etc.

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Don't bother with sandwiches for packed lunches.. bulk buy Dairy Lea Lunchables. You kids will be nutritionally deficient but your life/mornings will be less stressful which is the main thing.

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If they insist on having friends over, invite for each child. One jealous, bored, left-out sibling is hell for the idle parent

Pesto - that is especially good when dcs have friends round. They think you are a cool mum

Put them in clean school clothes before bed. They are then instantly ready when the alarm goes off. Keep baby wipes and cereal bars in the glove box so they can wash/eat breakfast en route.

Creates an extra HOUR of sleep!

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Space your children out so that the first one is old enough to care for the second one.. the second one for the third one.. etc.

But preferably just have the two. Three is too much like very hard work for the idle parent.

Work 100 hour weeks. You'll barely see them - they'll be raised by your childcare provider.

Excellent

re taking Mondays for jobs, actually you get more holidays pro rata

I get 3 days hols extra to make up for me 'missing' the benefit of the bank holidays (I work Tu/W/Th)

so work when you want

We've got the fridge and ice thing too Cod