How to make the hours between 5 and 8 p.m. suck less
There are a lot of factors that can send parents over the edge in those few hours a family spends together between work and bed. Some are longstanding and universal, like that dreaded Witching Hour, when our precious children turn into a tornado of emotions; others are minute, like in my house when my nine-year-old chews with her mouth open or my toddler throws her spaghetti at the wall.
We?re supposed to cherish this time together, but also feed, bathe, and provide a healthy bedtime routine for our kids?which is asking a lot. So, how do you cope"
After nearly a decade of experimentation, and about a week of incessantly polling my fellow parents, here’s my list of tactics to tame the anarchy that governs the hours between 5 and 8 p.m..
Dinnertime There is an easier way, I promise, but it may include two words every procrastinating parent dreads: meal planning. Not into it" Don?t worry, we have other ideas, too.
Meal plan
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How to tackle double bedtime when you?re alone with a toddler and a babyAfter literal years of scoffing at the idea of putting a meal plan into practice, I?m here to report that it actually does make life easier. Every Sunday, our family gets together? all laptops and iPads on deck? and spends a half hour cruis...
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