Caring for newborn and running day home

[CrazyEight]

One tip - I started when my youngest (of three) was 8 months old, and my other 2 were 3.5 and almost 5. I found quiet times to nurse my youngest, who thankfully was an easy baby, but I distinctly remember one time I made couple batches of playdough for a house full of kids (3, 4, 4, 5 and 5), set them all up at the kitchen table with the brand-new playdough, cars, rolling pins, cookie cutters, etc etc, and quietly went to the living room next door to nurse the baby. They were playing quite happily, and then I heard one of them say their playdough was getting sticky. The next thing I know, they have pulled the big bag of flour that I stupidly left on the counter down, and dumped flour ALL over themselves, their playdough, the table, and the floor. My entire kitchen was white, in about 30 seconds flat. I had to strip all of them, wash all their clothes, and it took almost an hour to get it all cleaned up they made such an incredible mess!

So moral of the story: don't use new playdough as a quiet activity to let you nurse the baby! Or at the very least HIDE the flour bag!! Oh good times....

[godsgirl]

LOL!! Ok, that's kinda funny! I'm sure not at the moment but looking back it was. Thank you!!