Never get a moments peace and quiet. Welcome to parenting people!
But I have found a few sneaky ways where you can maybe get a few moments to unwind.
1)Ball Pits
They are actually quite comfortable. Yes you may get a ball in your face or trodden on by an over excited toddler, but if you snuggle in you’ll find it is in fact the only cool place to be in a soft play area and you might get a moment or two.
2) Playing hospital role play – yup pretend to be sick, have your children care for you for a change. Yes you may get poked and prodded and they may try to force feed you milk with blueberries but you also get 5 minutes with your feet up.
3. Olympics – get yourself a clip board and a bit of paper and a “judges chair” and get the kids to do Olympic tasks. My husband recently built them a slide and they do slide olympics. They get right in to it “ta da’s” at the end and everything.
4) TV – yeah sorry.. well no I am not sorry. Its ok to have a day or 2 where you slob about and stay in your pyjamas and watch movies or weird tv programs.
5)Watching the clouds go by- I have discovered that if Big Pig climbs in to bed with me we can stretch the actual getting up part for at least another 15-20 minutes watching the clouds pass by the window.
6)Hiding – yup you may be reading this and thinking I’ll never hide from my cute little baby well just wait until they are 5 and 2 and you just want to eat a sandwich and you know if they see your sandwich they will want to eat that sandwich. You will sneak in to a quiet area of the house and hide with that sandwich.
Do you have any others to add?
This is GENIUS! I’m going to have to quote you in my Mum Hack Resource Review! Ace xxxx
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Thanks!! Xx
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As I write the girls are pretend cooking up a feast of food for me. #thesatsesh
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#thesatsesh I love watching clouds and finding objects – seriously cathartic. You are alone on the ball pit idea, the words make me itchy lol. Next cloudy day though – I’m lying down and watching the world go by, literally 🙂 inspiring x
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I definitely use hide and seek, TV and playing being the patient in Drs!!!!! Mmmmm not sure I have any others to add. I will have to try the Olympics one! xx #thesatsesh
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