Surviving Two Under Two - Weird Tips
My boys are 18 months apart, and I swore by these tips when they were both under age two!!
Now they’re 17 months old and nearly 3 years old, so I’ve added a note underneath for how I’ve adjusted these tips as they got older.
β¨ Make lunch in the morning β¨
Even making something as simple as a pb+j can seem overwhelming when the newborn baby is screaming to be fed and the toddler is hangry… and both always seem to happen at the same time π .
I pack a lunch in the morning for my toddler when I have a moment, so I just need to pull it out of the fridge at lunch time.
β‘οΈ I still do this! Now I pack both their lunches in lunch boxes as I make their breakfast. We have a picnic lunch most days, so I bring it on our morning walk with us. (If we’re going to be at home for lunch, I still often do this!!).
β¨Clothes on the main floor β¨
Instead keeping the kids clothes up in the rooms, we keep them in the living room. Babies and toddlers are MESSY and my boys go through a lot of outfits in a day - it’s so much easier to be able to change them here rather than going upstairs with a baby and a toddler every single time.
You can do a dresser, bins on a shelf, inside the tv console… there are so many ways to do this!
β‘οΈ We don’t do this to that extent anymore, but I still have a couple extra t-shirts on the main level and a dirty laundry hamper!
β¨ Socks by the front door β¨
Have you ever tried to get little kids out the front door? Sometimes it can take longer than the walk itself π . And there’s nothing worse than realizing they don’t have socks when you’re all ready to leave.
I keep all of our socks by the front door in a basket. One less thing to worry about.
β‘οΈ Yes! We still do this in the colder months π.
β¨ Bassinet in the bathroom (for day-time naps) β¨
I did this tip for the first couple weeks, and it seems weird but it really helped a lot. My toddler was only 18 months old when my baby was born so I didn’t feel comfortable leaving him alone downstairs if I had to run upstairs to pop the baby’s soother back in. This was so much easier!
π What’s your weirdest tip?
