When your kids are in super rush for playing or school, what they will call?? "Mommm....". Is the life of a mom is easy? Never, as the age of kid grows the dealings with their children challenges moms everytime. Here are some mom hacks to calm your preschool kid to have some breath time when they throw a tantrum.
- Emergency kit for boredom: Kids usually get bored easily. Get some handy games ready, which doesnot involve physical activity, like simon says, or any funny incident of your or theirs, which can grab their attention immediately (I say create one!!!),or some kind if games that doesnt involve outdoor like hopscotch(draw one in your living room), hand fight, roleplays, imaginary professions, or some brain teasers, puzzles, tongue twisters can help you before they throw a tantrum. While you are travelling these type of verbal games can come for rescue.
- Preplan: Its like a roller coaster ride when you have kids around, managing household chores (if you are working then office work), kids school, attending other people at home. Nothing goes as per plan, still when you make a plan, atleast if one goes as per plan, you can be happy. Have a clear idea about wht to cook, how to engage kids, prioritize the chores for the next day.
- Rotate toys: Here is the important hack for moms. Dont give whole lot of toys to kids everytime. Hide some of them, and give it when they are bored of the present toys. Likewise you can hide color pencils or crayons or anything. It will make your life easy. If possible talk with your apartment or community moms and rotate toys with others. If you are okay you can donate some of the toys to other kids.
- Have routine: It is better to have a routine rather than to start from planning the day. It makes people in house will know what you will do in a purticular time. Kids also will be able to understand what mom will do.
- Seem effortless: Dear mothers, you will look beautiful when you smile. Everyone in the home know you work 24/7, don't say them everytime when they are not helping you. From the moment you tell them, you become a nagging mom. It is not like you dont have right to express your feelings, you can tell them, but it is for our own peace of mind. If you are frustrated, find another way to manage your anger. Whatever you do, seem them effortless. You can be a role model for your kids.
- Pick your battles: Not everyone/everything is worth of your energy and time. Learn to let go!!
- Give everything a place: Even you are Working mother or Stay-at-home-mother the problem comes when the home is messy. If you are okay with it then no problem, but when you are purticular then the problem comes. Best solution is give everything a place and let everyone know it should be kept in its place after use.
- Meal Prep: When you have toddlers around it is almost impossible to cook at a strech. So do the meal prep, like chopping veggies, gringing, or planning breakfast, or buying the ingredients, in your free time.
- Find your let out/backup: Whatif you dont like to cook for a day? Or want to take out yourself for a date? Take help of your mother, sister or friends for a day. If you want to talk to about your feelings then you need a trusted person. Find your immediate go-to person, which is best for your mental health.
- Learn everyday: No your life is not only revolve around kids and family, brush up your hobbies or learn new hobbies, which can fill your soul. Ask your kids what mom do? Only cook,clean, work? Sometimes you need to set inspiration for your kids. I know a mother who learnt her car driving in her late 30's just when her son asked whether she is capable of driving or not? Her son was surprised when she drove car to pick him up from school. Learn everyday!!
- Engage them in your chores: The best way to have quality time and engage them at the same time is to assign them some household chores. It is not like assign them like jail warden but make them to do in a playful way!! Try saying "Lets do a colorful roti today, can you bring some orange color vegetable in theP. fridge".. While you are cooking. It works like a magic.
- Dont be available for kids all the time: During this pandamic children are so much attached to mothers. They are not interested to meet other person. I met few mothers who complain about this. The dependency on mothers percentage had grown abnormally. The only thing you need to do for this is to let the kids play individually for some time or let them play in group(in a normal conditions..of course!!)
P.S. : Bonus Hack: Have an extra bandaid in your hand bag. We don't know what kids do anytime. It may not reduce the pain, but it gives them a psychological soothing. Whenever my daughter comes to me that she got hurt, and I give her band aid, she goes happily that it will take care of her "boo-boo". Sometimes being mom is so easy!!
Happy motherhood!!
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