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Wed, Dec 02 2020, 7:53 pm
Hashem_Yaazor wrote: | Haha. Shower. I find it hardest when I have a little baby but otherwise basically if I can do it at night, great, otherwise a quick one in the morning and hope my older kids keep the little ones safe for an extra 5 minutes. Or I only get dressed after my husband brings them to school on really pressured mornings and shower then. But again, with a little baby, hard to rely on that. |
When my kids were newborns, I showered when they napped. Once maternity leave is over, it’s nearly impossible. My baby is a year now, and I still can barely find time to shower. I do it cuz yuck, but only every other day, and it’s so so hard.
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Wed, Dec 02 2020, 7:56 pm
amother [ OP ] wrote: | I have less than 6 kids, but I figured those who have at least 6, must be busier and may have time saving tips. Do you all work full time? | I'm a sahm. But it's a full time job imo!
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Wed, Dec 02 2020, 8:02 pm
amother [ Papaya ] wrote: | Yes it most certainly is! But you can cook, clean, and shower while you’re at your full time job. That wouldn’t fly in my workplace. | right. Unless you have a baby and toddler home all day and baby is tiny so can cry at any time of day or night, and toddler wakes early (when my 2 youngest were too young for playgroup). But bh I had dh or my older kids watch the baby as I took a speedy shower.
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Wed, Dec 02 2020, 8:15 pm
amother [ Papaya ] wrote: | That IS hard. I get you because I dealt with that after I came home from a full time job. The newborn stage is murder. I definitely lack in the self-care department then! Laundry was never folded. Just fish through the clean clothes in the clean basket.
Kudos to you for being able to do it all day! I would go nuts after 2 hours! | bh they are older now. The years do pass really quick!
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Mon, Jan 25 2021, 1:22 am
I have 7 kah. I order everything online. Rarely I have to go shopping to an actual store. If I need something desperately, my older children are happy to zoom to the store and back on their scooters. I leave some money on accounts in different stores so I don't have to have cash handy.
I try to buy in bulk so I'm not running out often. Soaps toothbrushes toothpastes flossers shampoos deodorants even plastic shower curtains shower puffs ziploc bags foil aluminum pans. And on and on. If everyone's toothbrushes are accidentally knocked into the bathtub, no problem, I have more in the closet. If someone suddenly runs out of deodorant, there's more waiting for this situation. I buy chicken by the case so it lasts a good few weeks. I'm mostly buying fresh fruits and vegetables each week.
I do one load of laundry a day so it's not overwhelming and that keeps it from piling up. My hamper has sections so every day I take one section and put it in the machine.
I don't freeze meals because I don't see the point. I'm not saving time, it takes the same amount of time to cook or bake now as it does later on. And we like our food fresh. I don't have luck freezing things well. Even when I make challah a few days before shabbos and triple wrap it still doesn't taste the same as fresh.
I don't have cleaning help but we all chip in. Mostly on Fridays, everyone cleans their rooms plus helps to clean one common area. Around Tuesdays I'll peek into the kids' rooms and tell them after school to take apart their hurricanes. Every night after dinner the robot vacuum makes its rounds while we clear the dinner table, wash down the heavy plastic on it, clean the high chair, wash the dishes and kitchen surfaces, and clean the toys off the floor and clear the couches. By morning it looks like we haven't cleaned so I do it again once everyone's in school.
I'm home with a toddler.
Around 2/3:00 every day I cook dinner- simple. A protein, a starch, and a vegetable. Sometimes I put up a big pot of soup early in the week and it lasts a few days for lunches or as an addition to supper.
I do all dr appointments except emergency ones because my husband is quicker than me to leave the house and get to the dr in half the time.
I use disposables all the time, not dishes. I have enough with washing pots, no thanks to anything more.
Oh I shower every night before bed. It's my number one priority. Husband watches the baby and I take a nice 20-30 minute quiet shower break.
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